I've heard that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, so it seemed fitting that the two planets seemed to chase each other into the sunset on Valentine's Day. The bright
evening star Venus shone bright high above the horizon, but it wasn't until I got the photos onto my computer that I noticed fainter Mars to the upper left.
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| Single frame, Canon T5i, f/8, 0.8 sec, ISO 400, 50mm |
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| Single frame, Canon T5i, f/8, 1.3 sec, ISO 400, 30mm |
Keep an eye on the two over the next few days, as the couple will get closer together. I guess you could say the pair got together on Valentine's Day, got closer over time - finally, on February 20, the planets will have a kinky 3-way with the slim crescent moon after sunset. I doubt the 50 Shades of Grey movie includes planetary conjunctions haha!
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| Mars, Venus and the Moon within 2° on February 20th, screenshot from Stellarium |
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