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Conjunction of the Planets Venus and Jupiter.—An interesting spectacle for the naked eye will be provided by the conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter on May 17. The nearest approach of the two bodies will occur at 7 P.M. when their distance apart will be only 11/4deg;. This will, however, be nearly two hours before sunset. The two planets will set at about 11 o'clock (Summer Time) and should offer an interesting configuration during about an hour and a half preceding that time. The higher object of the pair will be Venus, which will be a little above and to the left of Jupiter. This will provide an excellent occasion on which to estimate the difference of colour and magnitude of the two orbs.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 125, 757 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125757a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/125757a0