Conjunction Jupiter-Venus | Moon    Feb/March 2023

Observed in Vienna (Austria)

22 Feb and 2 March 2023  by Kurt Varmuza

 

[1]  22 Feb 2023  Observations Jupiter, crescent Moon, Venus

[*]   1 March 2023  Maximum conjunction (about 0.5° between the planets), a cloudy day

[2]  2 March 2023  Observations Jupiter, Venus

 

Time is CET = UTC+1 = Central European Time

Camera:  Nikon Coolpix P1000; Mode SCENE|Night, typical 2s, F 4.0; 3264 x 2448 pixel

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[1]    22 Feb 2023     Jupiter, crescent Moon, Venus

 

Location: Heldenplatz (Heroes’ Square) at Hofburg Palace

Vienna city center; N 48° 12.36', E 16° 21.89'

 

 

Jupiter (top), Moon and Venus, 22 Feb 2023, 6:08 pm

Statue (from 1865) of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736)

Cupola of Natural History Museum (formidable meteorite collection).

 

> This picture is cited at website Space Weather, February 24, 2023;

direct link to the contribution.

 

 

  

 Hofburg Palace at Heldenplatz (Heroes’ Square)

 

 

 

 

[2]    2 March 2023     Jupiter, Venus

 

Location: Maria Theresia Square

Vienna city center; N 48° 12.28', E 16° 21.68'

 

 

Venus (top) and Jupiter, 2 March 2023, 6:30 pm

Empress Maria Theresia (1717 - 1780) monument (1888);

she ruled the Habsburg monarchy 1740 - 1780.

 

 

Venus (top) and Jupiter;

Maria Theresia (1717 - 1780) monument (1888);

 Natural History Museum (formidable meteorite collection).

 

 

At a corner of the Maria Theresia monument:

Freiherr von Laudon (Austrian general, 1717 - 1790);

Venus (top) and Jupiter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(C)   Kurt Varmuza, Vienna, Austria

 

 

Other reports and data

Total solar eclipses:   1999 Styria Austria, 2001 Zambia, 2006 Libya

Partial solar eclipses:   2011 Vienna, 2015 Vienna, 2022 Vienna

Venus transit:   2012 near Vienna

Total lunar eclipses:   2011 Vienna, 2018 Styria Austria

 

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