In late November, Saturn and Mercury will make a very close conjunction, coming within 1 degree of each other from our perspective. The pair will be low in the SE sky an hour before sunrise.
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| November 23, 2013 Mercury is about 6° above the horizon to the SE about an hour before sunrise. Screenshot from Stellarium. |
Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) is predicted to pass Spica on November 18 as it dives toward the horizon, passing the Mercury Saturn conjunction around November 22-23.
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| November 25, 2013 Mercury and Saturn will be within 1 degree separation low in the SE to the left of the double star Alpha Librae (α Lib). Mercury will only be about 5 degrees above the horizon an hour before sunrise. Screenshot from Stellarium. |
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| November 26, 2013 Mercury and Saturn switch places, with Saturn now on top and still within 1 degree separation. Saturn will only be about 5 degrees above the horizon an hour before sunrise. Screenshot from Stellarium. |
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| Saturn joins the party on December 1, 2013 - this screenshot from Stellarium shows 7:00am ET from Indiana |
Eric, for those of us into Astrology, the posting of Mercury and Saturn at 1 degree conjunctions photographs gave a great visual to the archetypal "Saturn" the teacher interacting with "Mercury" the mind/communications. great work! For anyone "ruled" by Mercury (especially during this last retrograde cycle), I trust if they come across this site--they will be as appreciative as I am!
ReplyDeleteHey sproxit thanks for the comment. You can download free software called Stellarium to see past, present, and future star charts - that's what I used to generate those images. http://www.stellarium.org/
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