Tag: planets
5 curiosities about Mercury, tha smallest planet in the Solar System! It is one of the most difficult planets to observe, given its proximity to the Sun. Mercury will be at its maximum east elongation on February 10, 2020. On this evening and in the following, the planet will be visible from the northern hemisphere […]
Here are the main astronomical phenomena of the sky in February 2020 The duet between Moon and Venus, Mercury which, at maximum east elongation, presents optimal visibility conditions. These and other wonders that heaven will offer us in February 2020. Let’s discover them together… Planets and conjunctions Mercury – This month opens with the maximum […]
From Schiaparelli’s canals to new missions, some interesting curiosities about the planet Mars The planet Mars is the fourth in order of distance from our mother star after Mercury, Venus and Earth. It will face the South-East horizon on January 18 to give us its first conjunction of the year 2020, with the red star […]
The sky of December 2019: constellations, conjunctions, shooting stars… With the winter solstice leading the way towards the season that sees the constellation of Orion in the northern skies as the protagonist, the sky of December 2019 will be propped up with “shooting stars”, conjunctions, and the planets that until now have made it by […]
A November full of astronomical events: in addition to the transit of Mercury, shooting stars and beautiful conjunctions… A special occasion, that of 11 November, which will allow astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts to witness the most anticipated phenomenon of the year: the transit of Mercury in front of the Sun. Telescopes focused on the event […]
The seventh planet in order of distance from the Sun, will be in opposition to our star on October 28, 2019. This is a good opportunity to learn more about Uranus. Here are 6 curiosities on the planet. Uranus, from the name of the Greek father of Cronus (Saturn) presents like every planet, characteristics that […]
The October sky with its astronomical phenomena. After a summer full of astronomical events and phenomena, such as the eclipse of the Moon on 16 July last, shooting stars and beautiful conjunctions and oppositions, the month of October 2019 appears apparently less rich in phenomena. However we will be able to admire many beautiful conjunctions […]
Visible from the end of September. It presents different characteristics that make it a planet … fascinating! Venus, the “planet of love” will return to peep out from the glare of the Sun from September 20th. In fact, we will be able to observe the “vespers star” and the morning starting from the last decade […]
With its apparent magnitude of +7.82, the planet Neptune will remain invisible to the naked eye during the opposition. The eighth planet of the Solar System, will find itself in opposition to the Sun on September 10th. Because of its high distance, only one probe in 1989 managed to reach it … Neptune: from the […]
The curtain on the autumn skies is about to open. The Aurigids inaugurate the month of September 2019, while at the end of the month we await an interesting planetary conjunction with our natural satellite… Constellations The constellations and asterisms typical of the autumn months begin to make their way in the September sky. Among […]