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lately, bright Jupiter and fainter Mars have been easy to spot for early morning skygazers

before dawn on january 7 the two naked-eye planets reached a close conjunction near the horizon, only 1/4 degree apart in predawn eastern skies

that apparent separation corresponds to about half the angular diameter of a Full Moon

just off the wing of a high-flying aircraft in this snapshot from early morning january 5, Jupiter (left) and Mars (middle) are also lined-up with the well-balanced Zubenelgenubi (right), alpha star of the constellation Libra

below are lights from central Europe near Prague, Czech Republic, planet Earth





























in apod.nasa.gov/apod