The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared a complete list of all the important astronomical events held in January, with interesting space observations that you can look forward to. Comet Venus, crossing Saturn, the Moon and Jupiter just one degree apart, is among the celestial delights that should be seen in the sky.
See the full list of astronomical events:
All month: NASA said Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), first spotted in March of last year, is observable with binoculars or small binoculars all month long; the recently discovered comet will be closest to the Sun on January 12. The comet will pass closest to Earth on February 2. In addition, the space agency also said that Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus will be visible throughout the month. without the aid of binoculars or binoculars.
January 2: The Moon and Mars will be high in the southeast in a beautiful grouping with the Pleiades and Aldebaran star clusters.
January 6: Full moon
18-24 January: Venus can be seen crossing Saturn after sunset. On January 23, they will be just one degree apart in the sky, with a crescent moon hanging just above them. To look for them, NASA explained that “the trio will lie low in the southwest about 45 minutes after the Sun dips below the horizon.”
January 21: New Moon
January 25: The Moon and Jupiter will be just one degree apart, about halfway up the sky.
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