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  2. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    Based on results from the Gaia telescope's second data release from April 2018, an estimated 694 stars will approach the Solar System to less than 5 parsecs in the next 15 million years. Of these, 26 have a good probability to come within 1.0 parsec (3.3 light-years) and another 7 within 0.5 parsecs (1.6 light-years). [ 3 ]

  3. Great conjunction - Wikipedia

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    The most recent great conjunction occurred on 21 December 2020, and the next will occur on 4 November 2040. During the 2020 great conjunction, the two planets were separated in the sky by 6 arcminutes at their closest point, which was the closest distance between the two planets since 1623. [12]

  4. List of conjunctions (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    Angle distance Planet Elongation to Sun January 18, 2009 06:19:19 Mercury 3°15' north of Jupiter 4.7° East January 23, 2009 15:34:10 Venus 1°24' north of Uranus 46.3° East January 26, 2009 18:23:39 Mercury 4°25' north of Mars 13.5° West February 17, 2009 09:35:27 Mars 35' south of Jupiter 18.8° West February 24, 2009 03:08:31 Mercury

  5. Jupiter, ascending: See our solar system’s biggest planet at ...

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    Around Dec. 14, Jupiter will be visible in the night sky between the nearly full moon and a reddish-orange star called Aldebaran, which shines brightest in the Taurus constellation and can be seen ...

  6. See Jupiter as it makes closest approach to Earth in 59 years

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    The best nights of all of 2022 to see Jupiter in the night sky are about to take place as the planet takes center stage in the night sky, a showing unlike any other in nearly six decades. The sun ...

  7. Conjunction (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    Planetoid Pallas passed Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, on October 9 to the south at a distance of 8.5 arcminutes (source: Astrolutz 2022, ISBN 978-3-7534-7124-2). As Sirius is far south of the ecliptic only few objects of the solar system can be seen from earth close to Sirius.

  8. List of nearest stars by spectral type - Wikipedia

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    It is the 2nd/3rd nearest individual star to the Solar System, and the fourth-brightest individual star in the night sky. Has one candidate exoplanet. Tau Ceti: 11.912 ± 0.007: G8V [74] 0.793 ± 0.004 [118] 0.783 ± 0.012 [118] 3.5 [118] 5.68 [118] Also the 20nd nearest star system to the Solar System. Has one confirmed exoplanet. Eta ...

  9. List of nearest bright stars - Wikipedia

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    Prominent stars in the neighborhood of the Sun (center) This list of nearest bright stars is a table of stars found within 15 parsecs (48.9 light-years ) of the nearest star, the Sun , that have an absolute magnitude of +8.5 or brighter, which is approximately comparable to a listing of stars more luminous than a red dwarf .

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