If you’ve looked up at the Perth sky in the evening over the last few days, two very bright ‘stars’ may have caught your eye. No Perth UFOs here, just Jupiter and Venus dancing together.
Perth sky with Jupiter and Venus via @PJneedsleep
Perth skyline looking west with jupiter and venus too #perth now all i need is an aurora pic.twitter.com/C8RHVXRxxQ
— pj (@PJneedsleep) June 23, 2015
Over the last week or so, Venus, Jupiter and the moon nearby have dazzled with “a picturesque celestial triang”.
Now Venus and Jupiter are slowly converging together this week and it will be a pretty cool sight in the Perth Sky.
#perth if you look west at sunset and evening and see a bright star, its Jupiter and Venus at conjunction @tweetperth pic.twitter.com/CpScNb7zW8
— Perth Observatory (@perthobs) June 30, 2015
From AstroBlogger:
If you turn your eyes to the western even skies in the twilight over the next few nights you will be in for a treat.
The two brightest planets in the sky, Jupiter and Venus, have been putting on a nice display as they have been steadily drawing together. But now it gets better.
Over the next few days the crescent Moon joins the pair, most spectacularly on the 20th when the Moon, Jupiter and Venus form a triangle, but the days after still pretty good as the Moon, Jupiter Venus and Regulus form a line.
After this, as the Moon pulls away, Jupiter and Venus come closer, being spectacularly closer on the 30th June to 2 July.
Reminder: Venus & Jupiter in the western sky after sunset this week https://t.co/dOHntT3T9k #Venus #Jupiter
— Observing Space (@ObservingSpace) June 30, 2015
Venus And Jupiter Are Close Together In The Sky Over #Perth Tonight, And Saturn And The Moon Are Near Each Other Too: pic.twitter.com/YpMMpkXAoq
— Weather WA (@weather_wa) June 29, 2015
