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  • Stargazing News - February 3rd, 2025

    From CJ@21:2/156 to All on Sun Feb 2 07:05:40 2025
    Monday, February 3, 2025

    Jupiter Completes a Retrograde Loop (all night)

    On Monday, February 3, the very bright planet Jupiter will temporarily cease its motion (dotted line) through the background stars of central Taurus - marking the end of a westward retrograde loop that it began in early October. The planet will be gleaming high in the southern sky every evening. After tonight, Jupiter will resume its regular eastward motion and travel between
    the horns Taurus. Retrograde loops occur when Earth, on a faster orbit closer to the sun, passes more distant solar system objects "on the inside track", making them appear to move backwards across the stars for a period of time. Jupiter's loop covered about a fist's diameter, or 10 degrees, of the
    ecliptic.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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