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Spectacular Venus-Jupiter Conjunction: June 30 & July 1

On June 30 and July 1, 2015, look for the sky’s brightest and second-brightest planets to stage their closest conjunction until August, 2016. Venus and Jupiter will be less than one-half degree apart. That’s less than the moon’s diameter on our sky’s dome. Venus is currently about to pass between the sun and Earth. It will sweep some 8 degrees…