Jupiter and Venus are converging in the evening sky and will be putting on a beautiful show for the next couple of weeks across North Georgia.
On the night of June 8th/9th, Venus and Jupiter will reach their closest conjunction in the western sky at just 1.6º apart. For comparison, that is about the width of 3 full moons. They won’t be close enough together to be seen at once in a telescope, but in a pair of binoculars, you’ll be able to just clip both of them.
Until then, they will be slowly creeping closer together each night. A sharp eye with a low horizon may even pick out Mercury in the sun’s glare closer to the horizon. After dark, you can also catch both Castor and Pollux, the twin stars in the constellation Gemini.
Check the star charts below for where to look! All these were created with Stellarium, which you can use yourself at https://stellarium-web.org/.
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