Venus – Jupiter Conjunction 2015


On June 30th, the planets Venus and Jupiter were in conjunction – that is to say they appeared close together in the night sky – between the constellations Cancer and Leo.

Complicating the view here in Kansas City – apart from our garden variety periodic thunderstorm – was smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires in Alberta and Saskatchewan, riding the jet stream south.
Despite these difficulties, I managed to snap a few images over several nights with my cell phone camera. Watch as Jupiter and Venus converge and then part over successive nights, as Jupiter moves toward conjunction with the sun on August 26th:
June 22
June 22

June 23

June 24

June 24

June 28

June 28

June 30 (Conjunction: 1/3 degree apart)

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1/3° apart
1/3° apart
1/3° apart
July 3

July 4

July 5