Since last Tuesday, February 28, and until this Thursday, March 2, a remarkable astrological event has been seen in Barcelona: the conjunction or Venus and Jupiter alignmentboth brightest planets Of the solar system. It is expected that it will be able to see again this Thursday night, if the clouds allow it.
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Users of social networks They did not want to miss this amazing astronomical showin which both planets have been very visible from Earth, appearing as if they were very close to each other.
The #moon #moon aligned with both #Venus Yo #Jupiter the albada of the first day of any #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/bPiiBQNYOv
— Albert Vázquez (@Cel_ennuvolat) January 2, 2019
Fa uns breus instantaneos, Jupiter accompanies the Galilean satellites and Venus, in its closest apparent approximation in the Barcelona sky #samyang135 #nikon5600 pic.twitter.com/ujtCQmwoJq
— Petriz Laboratory (@PetrizLab) March 1, 2023
From right to left: Moon, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter.
Ahir vespre, from Fabra.#miremelcel #Barcelona @TomasMolinaB @MeteoMauri @Monica_Usart @btveltemps pic.twitter.com/VDyVAyiyJC— Joan Anton Català Amigó (@estelsiplanetes) November 8, 2021
However, if we observe it through a telescope, we will be able to appreciate that it is only a optical effect. Although it may appear that Venus and Jupiter are almost touching, they are actually separated by a few 800 million kilometers away.