Qatar Calendar House (QCH) announced Monday that the giant of the solar system, the planet Jupiter, will meet with the third brightest celestial body Venus in the sky of Arab region countries on the evening of Thursday, Shaban 10, 1444 AH, corresponding to March 2, 2023, when the angular distance between the planets becomes approximately one arc degree.
Astronomer at QCH Dr. Bashir Marzouk said that the residents of Qatar will be able to observe the two planets Jupiter and Venus together above the western horizon from Thursday sunset (5.36pm) until Jupiter sets.
At Thursday dawn, Saturn will meet the planet closest to the sun, Mercury, in the sky of Qatar, where Mercury will be at an angular distance of approximately one degree of arc south of the center of Saturn, he added.
Residents of Qatar can monitor the planets Saturn and Mercury together above the eastern horizon in the dawn sky, using astronomical devices, after sunrise over the sky of Qatar at 5:26 on Thursday, Doha local time, until Thursday prior to sunrise at 5:57 local Doha time, if there are no obstructions towards the eastern horizon. The best places to monitor this phenomenon are locations with minimum light and environmental pollutants.
The importance of these astronomical phenomena lies in the fact that they are a good opportunity to see, monitor, and photograph the planets Jupiter and Venus together at the closest point on the sky after sunset and to monitor the planets Saturn and Mercury in the dawn sky. The accuracy of astronomical calculations about the orbits of celestial bodies, especially the movement of planets of our solar system, can also be confirmed by observing the planets.
The phenomenon of conjunction occurs for the planets of the solar system when one of the planets approaches another planet for the observer from the surface of the earth, and it also occurs between the moon and the planets of the solar system when the angular distance between the moon and one of the planets decreases in relation to the observer from the surface of the earth. It is also to be noted that these phenomena are natural and have no effect on the inhabitants of the globe.
