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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 March 29   
      
                       Venus and Mars: Passing in the Night   
                  Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Kiko Fairbairn   
      
      Explanation: When two planets pass on the night sky, they can usually   
      be seen near each other for a week or more. In the case of this   
      planetary conjunction, Venus and Mars passed within 4 degrees of each   
      other earlier this month. The featured image was taken a few days   
      prior, when Venus was slowing rising in the pre-dawn sky, night by   
      night, while Mars was slowly setting. The image, a four-part mosaic,   
      was captured in Brazil from the small town Teres+|polis. Besides Venus   
      and Mars, the morning sky now also includes the more distant planet   
      Saturn. Of course, these conjunctions are only angular -- Venus, Mars,   
      and Saturn continue to orbit the Sun in very different parts of our   
      Solar System. Next week, the angle between Saturn and Mars will drop to   
      below a quarter of a degree.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: rings unknown   
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