{"id":65157,"date":"2025-08-13T13:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/65157\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:26:12","slug":"we-received-so-many-images-of-the-venus-jupiter-encounter-we-just-had-to-share-them-here-are-some-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/65157\/","title":{"rendered":"We received so many images of the Venus-Jupiter encounter, we just had to share them. Here are some of the best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a great week for stargazing, the Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak and Venus and Jupiter looking beautiful together in the morning sky.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/venus-jupiter-conjunction-12-august-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 August 2025, Venus and Jupiter were so close together<\/a>, they appeared as a double star in the dawn twilight, just before sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed it, don&#8217;t worry, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/venus-jupiter-august-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the two planets are still close together<\/a>; it&#8217;s just that they&#8217;re now beginning to slowly drift apart, day after day.<\/p>\n<p>And now the Moon is hopping across the sky, tracking further eastwards each day and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/moon-planets-august-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meeting numerous Solar System planets as it does so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next week we&#8217;ll be greeted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/planet-parade-august-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 2025 planet alignment<\/a> when Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, the Moon and Uranus will be parading in a line in the morning sky.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who sent us their images of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Here are some of the best.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vinod-Sawlani.jpg\" alt=\"Vinod Sawlani captured this image of Venus and Jupiter on the morning of 12 August 2025 from the south of France\" class=\"wp-image-174424\"\/>Vinod Sawlani captured this image of Venus and Jupiter on the morning of 12 August 2025 from the south of France<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asnath.jpg\" alt=\"Venus and Jupiter as seen by Asnath from South Africa, 12 August 2025\" class=\"wp-image-174426\"\/>Venus and Jupiter as seen by Asnath from South Africa, 12 August 2025<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole-azzarito.jpg\" alt=\"Carole Azzarito caught Venus and Jupiter in the early morning sky, Carnforth, Lancashire, UK, 12 August 2025, 04:30 BST\" class=\"wp-image-174427\"\/>Carole Azzarito caught Venus and Jupiter in the early morning sky, Carnforth, Lancashire, UK, 12 August 2025, 04:30 BST<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wendy-siperki.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy Siperki photographed Venus and Jupiter just about poking above the trees in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 2025, 06:00 local time\" class=\"wp-image-174428\"\/>Wendy Siperki photographed Venus and Jupiter just about poking above the trees in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 2025, 06:00 local time<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chirag.jpg\" alt=\"Venus and Jupiter captured by Chirag Upreti over Croton Reservoir in NY State, USA, 12 August 2025, 05:23 local time. Equipment: Sony A7R3 camera, Sony 24-70mm Sony G lens. Exposure: ISO 200, 24mm, f\/5.6, 1.5sec\" class=\"wp-image-174438\"\/>Venus and Jupiter captured by Chirag Upreti over Croton Reservoir in NY State, USA, 12 August 2025, 05:23 local time. Equipment: Sony A7R3 camera, Sony 24-70mm Sony G lens. Exposure: ISO 200, 24mm, f\/5.6, 1.5sec<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Angela-Hegarty.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Hegarty captured Venus and Jupiter between the trees from Aintree, Liverpool, UK, 12 August 2025, 04:00 local time\" class=\"wp-image-174442\"\/>Angela Hegarty captured Venus and Jupiter between the trees from Aintree, Liverpool, UK, 12 August 2025, 04:00 local time<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/barbara-konopka.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Konopka's view of Venus and Jupiter over West Yorkshire, Luddenden village, Calder Valley, 12 August 2025\" class=\"wp-image-174443\"\/>Barbara Konopka&#8217;s view of Venus and Jupiter over West Yorkshire, Luddenden village, Calder Valley, 12 August 2025<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gordon-Moyer.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Moyer used an Android smartphone to capture this view of Venus and Jupiter in the dawn twilight over the the Tucson Mountain Range, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 12 August 2025, 05:10 local time\" class=\"wp-image-174444\"\/>Gordon Moyer used an Android smartphone to capture this view of Venus and Jupiter in the dawn twilight over the the Tucson Mountain Range, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 12 August 2025, 05:10 local time<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kiran-Parghi.jpg\" alt=\"Kiran Parghi photographed the Venus-Jupiter conjunction of 12 August 2025 at 04:48 local time from Coquitlam, BC, Canada\" class=\"wp-image-174445\"\/>Kiran Parghi photographed the Venus-Jupiter conjunction of 12 August 2025 at 04:48 local time from Coquitlam, BC, Canada<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/petra-neumann.jpg\" alt=\"Petra Neumann captured this image of Venus und Jupiter from Leubnitz, Dresden, Germany on 12 August 2025 at 04:12 local time\" class=\"wp-image-174446\"\/>Petra Neumann captured this image of Venus und Jupiter from Leubnitz, Dresden, Germany on 12 August 2025 at 04:12 local time<\/p>\n<p>If you like to capture images of the night sky, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/send-us-your-astrophotos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">send us your images<\/a> and they could appear in a future issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been a great week for stargazing, the Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak and Venus and Jupiter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-65157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}