SpaceWatch This Week: Venus, Uranus, Saturn, Moon

Must-See Close Encounters of the Planet Kind Occur This Week

by Geoff Gaherty, Starry Night Education

Date: 08 February 2012 Time: 03:20 PM ET

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On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, Saturn, Spica, and the moon meet in the morning sky. CREDIT: Starry Night Software View full size image

There are two interesting meet-ups in space for skywatchers this week: close encounters between the moon, several planets and stars.
The movements of the sun, moon and planets are all confined to a narrow band of sky known as to astronomers as the ecliptic and to astrologers as the zodiac. Almost all of the activities of the major solar system bodies play out among the 13 constellations that mark this band.

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