Mercurio, Júpiter y Saturno brillarán en una triple unión esta noche.

Mercurio, Júpiter y Saturno se reunirán esta noche, enero 10, para una triple conjunción espectacular.

The heavenly attraction comes after last month’s magnificent conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn, y ahora Mercury también se ha unido a la fiesta.

Last month’s conjunction was also called the ” Christmas Star” after it happened just days before Christmas.

Jupiter and Saturn appeared as one bright star

The two planets appeared so close together that from Earth they appeared as one bright star.

While Jupiter and Saturn seemingly almost overlapped with each other, Se cree que los tres planetas forman un pequeño triángulo como resultado de la conjunción de esta noche..

LiveScience.com informes, y encajará en un círculo de menos de cinco grados.

Según Space.com, the three planetas have been in this tiny circle since Friday, ene. 8, y permanecerá ahí hasta el martes, ene. 12.

sin embargo, en términos de visibilidad, Se predice que la conjunción será baja en el cielo vespertino suroeste justo 30-45 minutos después de la puesta del sol esta noche, y que Jupiter, Mercurio y Saturno serán los más cercanos a ellos hoy.

Jupiter will be the brightest of the three planets and will shine about two and a half times brighter than Mercury and ten times brighter than Saturn.

Jupiter will also be at the top of the triple-cross triangle, and Saturn and Mercury will create the bottom two corners.

Stargazers have been advised to use binoculars to view the rare event, as it will “help pick up the planets against the bright twilight sky.”

Although the three planets may appear quite close to each other during the conception, they are still very far apart.

At the beginning of conception a few weeks ago, Jupiter was about 550 million miles from Earth, while Saturn was about 1 billion miles away.

Mercurio, sin embargo, is much closer to us earthlings and is about 120 million miles away.

Then why do they seem close together, I hear you ask? Livescience.com explains that the three planets look close together because their orbits place them all in a straight line relative to Earth.

If you miss today’s event, es posible que desee prestar atención a otra cosa cuando la Luna Menguante visite Venus mañana, ene. 11.

Según Space.com, el par de planetas se elevará alrededor 6:40 a.m. y sentarse “unos dedos separados” el uno del otro en el cielo.

Crédito:

https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/jupiter-saturn-and-mercury-will-shine-in-triple-conjunction-tonight/

https://www.space.com