Three Planets In July
’ Only three bright planets (will be seen to advantage during July. Venus, which has already become a conspicuous object in the western sky in June, is steadily drawing away from the Sun. The only celestial bodies to outshine it are the Sun and Moon. On July 1 Venus sets at 8 p.m., on July 15 at 8.30 p.m. and on July 31 at 9.0 p.m. In the early evening of July 7 it will form a pretty I sight with the 3i-day-old Moon. At 5 p.m. that evening they will be less than a degree apart. Jupiter remains in the constellation Virgo, not far from its brightest star, Spica. On July 1 Jupiter sets at 2 a.m., (on July 15 at 1.10 a.m. and ion July 31 a few minutes (after midnight. Whilst it is (very bright readers will (notice that Jupiter is not as (brilliant as Venus. ( Saturn can be found in (the morning sky in the constellation Taurus, the Bull. It irises at 4 a.m. on July 1, at (3 a.m. on July 15 and at ,2 a.m. on July 31. Mercury is at superior conjunction on July 6, moving into the evening sky in the 'second half of July. It will
'not be favourably placed from our latitudes as an evening star until it moves south in August. Mars is too close to the Sun to be seen.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32336, 30 June 1970, Page 8
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