The Night Sky Guy

Planets Begin Sky Snuggle

Saturday night planets put on sky show in the west

Over the course of the next couple of weeks a trio of the brightest planets in the evening sky will slowly meetup to produce an impressive tight triangular formation the first two weeks in August.

But you don’t have to wait because you can go outside the next few nights already and watch as the planets, Venus, Mars and Saturn slowly converge low in the western sky just after sunset. This Saturday night – july 31st- planets Mars and Saturn will be their closest for the year – less than 2 degrees apart.

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