A Fantastic Weekend Sky Show

HERE : When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon are converging for a beautiful three-way encounter in the sunset sky. Just hours ago, Rafael Schmall photographed the trio over Somogy, Hungary:

From upper left to lower right, the lights are Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon–all three bright enough to beam through wispy clouds.

On Saturday, Feb. 25th, the line will collapse to form a skinny triangle: sky map. It happens again on Sunday, Feb. 26th, with shifted vertices: sky map. Try to look before the sunset sky fades completely black. Venus, Jupiter and the Moon surrounded by twilight blue is an especially beautiful sight. This is such a nice event, NASA has issued a news release and video about it.

more images: from Azhy Hasan of Erbil city, Kurdistan, Iraq; from Marek Nikodem near Szubin, Poland; from Bernard Durand of Serre-Ponçon, France; from Russell Cockman of Black Rock, Melbourne, Australia; from Stefano De Rosa of Turin, Italy; from Mike O’Hara of Charlotte, North Carolina; from Ravindra Aradhya of Bangalore, India; from Kosma Coronaios of Louis Trichardt, South Africa; from Maximilian Teodorescu of Dumitrana, Romania; from Wienie van der Oord in the Negev desert; from Ali Al-Hajari of Isa Town, Bahrain; from P-M Hedén of Vallentuna, Sweden;