New Delhi: A celestial show greeted
skygazers at the break of dawn on Monday with Venus and Moon
coming together in the eastern sky for a conjunction.
The phenomenon was seen in the early morning sky
during which the thin waning crescent Moon poised directly
above Venus, popularly known as Goddess of Love, Director of
Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and
Educators (SPACE) C B Devgun said.
Conjunction is a term used in astronomy for the
relative positions of celestial bodies. In the Moon-Venus
conjunction, two celestial bodies will appear close in the
sky.
Some astro-enthusiasts saw the celestial treat with
naked eyes but some used a pair of binoculars for its exact
positioning in the northeastern horizon at around 4:00 AM when
Venus rises, he said.
The crescent Moon was right on the meridian, high in
the south, and the planet Venus was only 4 degrees away from
it, to the lower left.
The event was visible from all parts of the world,
even from light-polluted cities.
Venus, the undisputed Queen of the morning sky, will
appear in the eastern sky before sunrise everyday till
October, and then begin to disappear once again into the glare
of the Sun.
Bureau Report
