Jupiter and Mars are now only one day away from their conjunction, as seen from my location in central Virginia on this morning of November 15. Mars shines at magnitude +0.71 and Jupiter is magnitude -2.15, with only 1°13'24" separating them. Tomorrow morning will be their closest approach. The picture of Nov 14 shows the two almost in conjunction from the standpoint of right ascension, because they are nearly vertically aligned compared to the constellation boundaries, however the conjunction in ecliptic coordinates, which in my opinion makes more sense, is on November 16. Unannotated image. |