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Planetary conjunction, Venus + Jupiter + Crescent Moon, a typical winter night.

July 17th. 2015

Virpi Niemela - Edificio Estación Sismológica La Plata.

Sergio Montúfar
Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas de La Plata - Planetario Ciudad de La Plata - UNLP

Morning Sky (labeled) by Greg Hogan, on Flickr

date: 10/08/2015 (mm/dd/aaaa)
hour: 05:30 UT
Camera: Canon 40D & Tokina 24mm
ISO:400
Exposure: 3,2 sec
Place: Cáceres, Spain
The four morning planets and the moon draw the ecliptic line in the sky. Mercury is very dim yet.

View of the crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus over Flagstaff, AZ ... the world's first dark sky city. for a full sized version: http://kathrynneugent.com/FlagstaffMoon ... ter-bg.jpg

Conjunction over the Mediterranean Sea
Planetary conjunction of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon and its reflections of different colors.
30" canon 1000d made in Vinaròs (Castellón) Spain.
Copyright: Fede (Iko) Margalef.


Full http://www.nomadaenlanoche.com/conjuncio.jpg

planetary spectacle from 10.October
http://www.astrofotos.at
Copyright: Robert Pölzl
In the morning of Saturday i captured the impressive constellation of our planets Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Moon near the capitalcity of Spain - Madrid in the small village "Ucles".

If you want a higher resolution and more informations about the region and the capturedata click here.
http://astrofotos.at/index.php?view=det ... Itemid=134

It was an amazing feeling to be part in this wonderful Region ( i mean on earth and solarsystem:-))


Best regards from Austria
Robert Pölzl

Autumnal Conjunctions

The moon gives a striking appearance to a gap in the clouds.
Starting from the bottom : Jupiter - Mars - Moon - Venus and from here to the left, in the clouds, Regulus.

Copyright: Pierluigi Carotti

Ecliptic - Venus Jupiter Mars Mercury Align
www.ancientstarlight.com
Copyright: Drew Sullivan The image is also available here, both with and without labels

http://www.ancientstarlight.com/Ecliptic_10202015.html

Drew Sullivan

October 23, 2015 Venus, Jupiter and Mars Conjunction
Very nice visual as well as photographic Conjunction
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Russell King

Conjunction
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat Venus and Jupiter
Copyrights: Thierry Fernandez Beehive Custer, Moon, Venus, Jupiter
Copyrights: Greg Hogan Planets align at Dawn!
Copyrights: John Chumack The Crescent Moon, Venus, Mars, & Jupiter Before Dawn
Copyrights: Robert Pettengill Conjuction images 09-Oct-2015
Copyrights: Ian Sharp Moon, Venus, Jupiter Mars - Conjunction
Copyrights: Patrick Lécureuil Morning gathering over Ganden Monastery
Copyrights: Jeff Dai The planet/Moon massing, 9 October, 2015
Copyrights: Pete Lawrence

The Moon and five planets
Copyrights: Josselin Desmars Conjunction Regulus (alpha Leo), Venus, Moon, Mars, & Jupiter
Copyrights: Danilo Pivato Conjunction
Copyrights: Rodrigo Andolfato Conjunction between Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter
Copyrights: Alessandro Merga Multiple conjunctions
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar Venus,Mars,Jupiter,Moon and Mercury
Copyrights: Peter Muks Planet lineup, 10/10/2015, from San Ramon, CA
Copyrights: Tony Woodward Triple conjunction in the port
Copyrights: Raffaele Barzacchi Mercury and the Moon - October 11, 2015
Copyrights: Brad Timerson Planetary traffic in Leo
Copyrights: Emmanuel Beaudoin

Planets Venus Mars Jupiter and crescent moon in zodiacal light above Mont Blanc
Copyrights: Guy Delubac Conjunction
Copyrights: Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/ Morning array of planets
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel Moon and Mercury
Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler Celestial Alignment
Copyrights: Rahul Zota Mercury and the Crescent Moon, Venus, Mars, & Jupiter Before Dawn
Copyrights: Robert Pettengill Planets Still aligning in Leo
Copyrights: John Chumack Conjunction
Copyrights: Nikita Kharlanov

Planetary conjunction + meteor
Copyrights: Matipon Tangmatitham 4 rocks and a giant
Copyrights: Jason Dunn Conjunction Jupiter / Mars
Copyrights: Greg Hogan Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury
Copyrights: Barry Parks Bright Planets still dancing in the East every morning
Copyrights: John Chumack Planetary Parade - Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and the Earth (Manhattan)
Copyrights: Alexander Krivenyshev Venus and Jupiter Conjunction
Copyrights: Joanna Bialek 3 Planets and zodiacal light
Copyrights: Óscar Blanco

Planets show over Yading
Copyrights: Jeff Dai Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury (Redstone)
Copyrights: Larry Landolfi Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, and a meteor from the Ramon Crater, Negev desert, Israel
Copyrights: Michael Krypel Planets through Arches National Park
Copyrights: Patrick Cullis Planets Cluster in Morning Sky
Copyrights: Jimmy Westlake Venus-Mars-Jupiter conjunction
Copyrights: Jacob Gerritsen

Dawn Triangle of Planets
NASA Science News | Science@NASA | 2015 Oct 24

Autumnal triplet
Copyrights: Tamas Ladanyi Cosmic triangle in the sky over Manhattan on Monday morning
Copyrights: Alexander Krivenyshev Venus, Jupiter, Mars Triangle on 10-26-2015
Copyrights: John Chumack

Mount Democrat Conjunction by Patrick Cullis, on Flickr

Jupiter, Venus, and Mars rise behind Mount Democrat, one of Colorado's 14'ers. With fresh snow lit up by the moon the three planets rise behind the 14,155 foot peak near Leadville, Colorado. Taken on the morning of October 28, 2015.

http://www.patrickcullis.com

Venus and Jupiter conjunction
Copyrights: Manolis Thravalos Morning planets show: Venus, Jupiter and Mars
Copyrights: Michael Daugherty Three Planets Together
Copyrights: Wang Letian Conjunction
Copyrights: Patrick Cullis

jupiter above, venus and mars

jupiter, venus and mars
400 mm highway madrid lisbon (mercury is also)

Planetary Conjunction over Lick Observatory
Copyrights: Rick Baldridge Conjunction
Copyrights: Alice Týnská

Venus, Jupiter and Regulus
Copyrights: Mathieu Genete

Mars, Venus Conjunction 2015 from La Palma
Copyrights: Agustin Nunez

The Planets continue to dance in the East as the Moon joins them
Copyrights: John Chumack Meteor with Planetary Conjunction
Copyrights: Derek J Demeter

Multi Planet Conjunction & Ganges, India
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar Planet Conjunctions 11-7-15
Copyrights: Greg Hogan ISS crossing path of Moon Vénus and Mars
Copyrights: Guy Delubac Conjunction: Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Moon and ISS
Copyrights: Thomas Vuillaume Venus Moonrise
Copyrights: Austin Lee Jupiter, ISS, Mars, Venus and the Moon
Copyrights: Doyle Slifer Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter Conjuntion 2000m above sea level
Copyrights: Gabriel Funes Moon Venus Jupiter mars Conjunction 11/06/15 05:53am
Copyrights: Alan Gillespie