Don’t miss the closest conjunction of the year

On August 19, at 04:09 GMT, Mercury and Mars will appear extremely close to each other in our skies, with Mercury passing 0°04' to the south of Mars. The conjunction will be better visible from the Southern Hemisphere; use a pair of binoculars if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere.


Mercury will be the brightest one in the duet, shining at a visual magnitude of -0.5. The Red Planet, in its turn, will have a magnitude of 1.8. Look for them in the constellation Leo. To find the objects in the sky, use StarWalk 2.


The next time you’ll see such a close approach of Mercury and Mars (<0.1 degrees) will be in 2032, so don’t miss this chance!

  The next close planetary encounter, in general, will be between Venus and Neptune on April 27, 2022.


Happy observations!



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

UFO DISC WITNESSED NEAR LAKEWOOD NAVAL BASE IN N.J. 12-22-15

Image
ALIEN DISC WITNESSED NEAR LAKEWOOD NAVAL BASE IN N.J. JUNE 1963 ……….. LAKEWOOD NEW JERSEY “I was about 12 or 13 years old. It was daytime and I was doing someones hair in the living room near the front door of the house. I heard a loud humming and fluctuating sound coming from outside. I went out to see what it was. I stood out in the middle of my front yard looking up. Trees obstructed my view until the craft slowly moved into view right above the tree top. It then stopped over me. I felt paralyzed, maybe because I was shocked. I know I was thinking, pay attention to everything you see so you don’t miss any detail and can remember what you are seeing. The craft was shaped like a disc, but it tapered in the back to a point. It was a little more round at the top and flatter(but not flat) underneath, like a disc. It had 3 elongated lights around the front, but were spaced . I saw none in the back. It was about 30-40 feet in diameter. After a few moments, it moved slowly over me and th...
Read more

Jeff Bezos Is Backing an Ancient Kind of Nuclear Fusion

Image
  This tech could be more practical than tokamaks. By Caroline Delbert  “Smaller fusion reactors could have their breakthrough moment far sooner than large projects." The Jeff Bezos-backed General Fusion and Commonwealth Fusion Systems both are targeting 2025. These reactors use extraordinary magnets to pressurize elements into superhot plasma. Two competing nuclear fusion companies, each with venture capital superstars as major investors, say we’re approaching the “Kitty Hawk moment” for their technology as early as 2025.”  Magnetized target fusion (MTF ) dates back to the 1970s , when the U.S. Naval Research Lab first proposed it. But MTF’s proponents say the technology is now bearing down to reach the commercial power market. What is this tech, and will it be viable before the competing fusion model of tokamaks , like the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)? Like a tokamak, an MTF reactor involves hot plasma contained by a powerful magnetic fiel...
Read more