Jupiter and Venus have been particularly bright in the sky over the past weeks to the delight of local stargazers in Fort St. John.
The two celestial bodies began their planetary conjunction on March 1 and were still quite a sight to admire Thursday evening.
The planets will continue their drift apart in their separate orbits around the Sun over the next several nights, Venus rising higher into the sky and Jupiter toward the horizon.
However, you’ll still be able to see them over the next few nights looking west after sunset.
It’s been quite a month to keep an eye on the sky, first to watch the green comet C/2022 E3 make its closest pass by the Earth on Feb. 1, last appearing in our skies 50,000 years ago.
And recent solar flare activity on the Sun has also created intense geomagnetic storms over the Earth, making spectacular aurora light shows over the last several weeks.
Check out this incredible video captured by Melissa Nickerson of the Northern Lights dancing above a field in Montney near Fort St. John.
