Bangkok Planetarium is urging stargazers in Thailand to look towards the western horizon about half an hour after sunset on Sunday to catch the rare conjunction of Venus and Saturn. A conjunction is when two planets appear close together in the sky from Earth’s perspective, even though they remain far apart in space. Venus and Saturn will appear about 1° apart on March 8.
During the event, the two planets will appear strikingly close together in the evening twilight. This is only a visual alignment: although they look like near neighbours from Earth, they are in fact separated by roughly 800 million miles in space.
Bangkok Planetarium said stargazers could observe the Venus-Saturn conjunction from 6.40pm to 7.20pm on Sunday.