{"id":4034,"date":"2020-03-19T13:46:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2020-03-25T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T08:46:37","slug":"moon-v-pleiades-20200326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/moon-v-pleiades-20200326\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon, Venus & Pleiades"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a nice conjunction of The Moon, Venus & Pleiades star cluster coming up.<\/p>\n

On the evening of Thursday the 26th of March<\/strong><\/span>, the very thin crescent Moon will be low in the western sky as the sky darkens.<\/p>\n

(Note: The size of The Moon has been exaggerated in these images).<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The next evening (27th March<\/span><\/strong>) The Moon is higher in the sky.
\nIt is now approaching Venus and The Pleiades.
\nTheses are themselves getting closer for a close encounter early next month.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

On the evening of the 28th March<\/strong><\/span> the three objects are close together, making a nice triangle.
\nThis will be a great photographic opportunity to capture the three objects in one image.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The next evening The Moon will have started to move away as the crescent thickens.<\/p>\n

Early next month Venus photo-bombs The Pleiades.
\nI’ll post more details about this later.<\/p>\n

Keep Looking Up!<\/p>\n

Keep Safe and well.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All diagrams produced using the excellent planetarium software Stellarium.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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