Yorkshire Post

Planets put on early-morning show

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EARLY RISERS witnessed a cosmic event yesterday morning as Venus and Jupiter appeared side by side in the sky.

The planetary conjunctio­n could be spotted by the naked eye on the east-south-east horizon before sunrise, just after 6am (GMT).

UK observers shared images of the celestial event online, where Venus could be seen on the left and Jupiter on the right.

Despite being hundreds of millions of miles apart, Venus and Jupiter appeared together in 2015 and 2016, also on November 13.

Experts said the event would be repeated this morning, but the planets would not be as close together.

According to Nasa, stargazers will be treated to another planetary pairing later this month, when Saturn will meet Mercury on the western horizon at dusk on the 24th and 28th.

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