Prelude to a Conjunction

 Prelude to a Conjunction. On Tuesday, and Wednesday this week we have a formal conjunction in Capricornus which is the Conjunction of Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn. This conjunction will be low on the east horizon, and right at dawn, so it will be difficult to see outside. But, we need to look at a little bigger picture. On March 9th, and 10th we'll see The Sun, The Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto in 60 degree section of the sky. This is the biggest collection of astronomical objects in the smallest portion of sky that I have ever seen. Also, of you want to widen the window a bit you could also include Eris, Ceres, and Uranus. From the signals I am getting from fellow astronomers, and astrologers the last time the eastern sky was this crowded was in the late 1700's.