Shortly after 7 p.m. right now, sky gazers can see Earth’s two neighbors – Venus and Mars – shut to one another. This phenomenon is named ‘Planetary conjunction’ and the planets could be seen by their brightness. Venus shall be brighter than Mars as seen in vibrant white, whereas Mars could be seen in crimson.
It shall be simply seen to the bare eye within the western sky shortly after sundown. The two planets can be simply 0.5 levels aside, or the width of a finger. Along with the planets, you’ll see a skinny, dimly lit crescent moon. From tomorrow, Venus will proceed to maneuver to the left from Mars each night.
Venus and Mars shall be solely half a level aside, or concerning the width of an index finger at arm’s size. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The Pune-based Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IAA), Bengaluru have invited photographic entries for the occasion, the perfect of which shall be revealed by the institutes.
Mars and Venus are passing shut to one another within the sky and shall be solely 0.5 levels (as broad as the dimensions of the Moon) on July 13. On July 12, the moon may even be near him. This is a unadorned eye phenomenon, so exit and watch them each night from right now. We carry you 12 posters! pic.twitter.com/kdLmiDPsCO
— IIAstrophysics (@IIABengaluru) 8 July 2021
The final Venus-Mars conjunction occurred on August 24, 2019, and the subsequent one can be on February 22, 2024.
Last month, NASA introduced two missions to Venus, referred to as DaVinci+ and Veritas. NASA expects to allocate $500 million for every of those missions, which is able to launch between 2028-2030.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
