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Astrological events today jupiter4/14/2024 ![]() ![]() But the two quickly separate as Venus sinks and Spica soars. In the morning sky, on the 1st brilliant Venus appears in the southeast close to Spica, the brightest star in Virgo, the maiden. It travels the night sky amid the large knot of bright winter constellations, near the left leg of the Gemini twin Castor. December’s full moon rises about 45 minutes before sunset on the 26th. The bull’s eye is the bright star Aldebaran, which is closer than the Hyades and not part of the cluster. A mere 150 light-years away, it’s the closest star cluster to Earth. Below the Pleiades is the V-shaped Hyades cluster, which forms the face of Taurus, the bull. ![]() The cluster’s thousand-plus stars formed in the same stellar nursery and are approximately 445 light-years away. The Pleiades are only about 100 million years old, compared to some 4.5 billion years for our sun. About midway between Jupiter and Capella-the bright star in the northeast-you’ll see the Pleiades cluster. East of Jupiter, two famous star clusters herald winter’s approach. So will Jupiter, a beacon in the eastern sky. In the west, Saturn drops as Earth leaves it behind in the orbital race, but it will always be up at nightfall. In the first half of the month, no moon will interfere with views of the early evening sky. The dark skies of December form a fitting backdrop for the interplay of the moon and planets and the arrival of the iconic winter stars. ![]()
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