{"id":6901,"date":"2020-03-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=6901"},"modified":"2020-03-25T20:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T12:15:27","slug":"venus-pleiades-super-close-conjunction-02-05-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2020\/03\/venus-pleiades-super-close-conjunction-02-05-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus-Pleiades Super-Close Conjunction 02-05 April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bandar Seri Begawan &#8211; Not <\/strong>to be missed cosmic event this year, the brilliant Venus will glide past the sparkling Pleiades star cluster on April 02 until April 05, 2020 at dusk from Brunei Darussalam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020040205_VenusPleiades.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020040205_VenusPleiades.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020040205_VenusPleiades-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020040205_VenusPleiades-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020040205_VenusPleiades-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020040205_VenusPleiades-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pleiades (M45) is\nthe most famous of all open cluster and very rich with more than 1000 stars. At\nleast 7 prominent stars in the cluster are easily visible, hence this jewel is\nnicknamed as the \u201cSeven Sisters\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The rare spectacular conjunction will be visible either to the naked eyes or best view with a small telescope\/binoculars. A great moment to <strong>photograph too! <\/strong>Look west just after sunset, and see for yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venus passes through the Pleiades in this way about once every 8 years. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsky.org\">EarthSky<\/a>, &#8220;the last good opportunity of similar celestial pairing happened on April 3, 2012, and next will take place on April 4, 2028.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clear skies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandar Seri Begawan &#8211; Not to be missed cosmic event this year, the brilliant Venus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,28,8],"class_list":["post-6901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-conjunction","tag-pleiades","tag-venus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}