Monday, November 18, 2024

Venus Crosses the Milky Way (early evening)

During the middle part of November this year, the eastward orbital motion of the brilliant planet Venus will carry it across the Milky Way, allowing
imagers and telescope-owners telescopes to see the planet paired with several bright deep sky objects, including the globular star cluster Messier 28 on November 16 and the larger, brighter globular cluster Messier 22 on Monday, November 18. In both cases the planet and the cluster will share the field of view of a low power eyepiece, but the clusters will show better with bright Venus tucked just out of sight. At mid-northern latitudes, the sky will darken nicely before they set, but observers at southerly latitudes will get a better view.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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