Don’t be asleep at the early morning of Friday, February 1, 2008. It will be the time when Venus, the closest planet to Earth, and Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, appear the closest together in the night sky, dont miss it The most spectacular celestial sights over the next couple of weeks are reserved for the early morning sky. Two bright planets will converge, and then be joined by the moon, SPACE.com reports.
For the past several months, dazzling Venus has been prominent in our morning sky. And about a week ago, Jupiter also began to emerge from out of the glare of the Sun. The two planets are currently rising out of the east-southeast horizon about two hours before sunrise.
At last quarter (half) phase on Jan. 30, the moon will stand alone, high toward the south at sunrise. Early on Sunday morning, Feb. 3, the moon will sit well off to the west (right) of the planets. Monday, Feb. 4, the show will reach its peak when, about 45 minutes before sunrise, Venus, Jupiter and the moon — the three brightest objects of the night sky — will form a striking isosceles triangle, with the two planets 3 degrees apart and the moon marking the vertex of the triangle just over 5 degrees below the “dynamic duo.”
By the way, what else is expected us in 2008?
February, 21 will be total lunar eclipse,
August, 1 we will have chance to watch total solar eclipse,
August 16, will be partial Moon eclipse,
December, 1 Venus Jupiter and Mercury will be joined ,
December, 31 will be joining Mercury and Jupiter.
That’s all.
