On July 30 at 4:30 am, you will see in the eastern sky an astronomical phenomenon visible to the naked eye, where five celestial bodies appear,
- Aries constellation,
- Crescent moon,
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Aldebaran, the red star of the constellation Taurus, are approaching each other.
Then, on August 4 and 5, Mars will reach the top of the upper horn of Taurus, and thus Jupiter, Mars and Aldebaran will form an isosceles celestial triangle – as the Svábhegy Star Observatory wrote in its announcement, which index to attest.
On July 30, the waning crescent will be visible about 30 degrees above the eastern horizon, with the gray glow of its unlit side visible. With a small pair of binoculars, you should be able to catch a glimpse of the now-dormant Crater Copernicus with its stepped walls or even the larger Longomontanus Crater in the southern hemisphere. To its right, at a height of two degrees, you will see the star cluster Phaestus. The faint bluish-white cluster of stars will appear as a hazy patch next to the crescent, but two dozen of its stars will be visible with a handheld telescope.
As the observatory announced, the conjunction on August 4 and 5 will be very exciting, given Mars' unique location.
