Conjunction!

Jupiter and Venus are at it again.

Tonight is their closest approach in our skies. I returned to the same palm as last night so as to take a comparison shot.

To give you a sense of just how close the two planets are together, I also took photos of moon and the planetary pair fully zoomed and then added the images together. Here's the result:

Because their brightnesses are so different the exposure for the moon was 1/10 that of the shot of Venus and Jupiter.

The planets will still be close for the next few evenings, but they are already pulling apart. Still, if you missed it tonight, it is still worth looking at.