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Nice view yesterday evening.
Jupiter, Moon and Venus side by side. Castor&Pollux above.
Too bad I had no good camera and had to use my phone. :(
#planets #astrophotography

Short-period Sub-Neptune Occurrence Rates Peak Around Early-type M Dwarfs: #Planets: https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/finding-patterns-in-planets-researchers-explore-the-demographics-of-alien-worlds-in-k2-data - Researchers Explore the Demographics of Alien Worlds in K2 Data.

RE: #planets over Bochum on 14 June (with Pollux in the upper right) - it's evident that Jupiter will vanish soon.

Reading between the Rings - Observed Dust Ring Properties as Probes of Planet Masses: #planets using their dusty fingerprints: https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/weighing-newborn-planets/

The evening #planets (with lunar crescent) show is coming to an end tonight: in #Venus #occultation by the Moon.

Automatic search for transiting #planets in TESS-SPOC FFIs with RAVEN - over 100 newly validated planets and over 2000 vetted candidates: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag512/8528996?login=false -> Scientists find hidden haul in data from NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft: https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/100-new-alien-worlds-scientists-find-hidden-haul-in-data-from-nasa-exoplanet-hunting-spacecraft

Active Galactic Nucleus Tori - Potential Birthplace to Millions of #Planets: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19241 -> colorful thread https://bsky.app/profile/bmckastro.bsky.social/post/3mmdfptqnbc2c

Three #planets in the evening sky over #Regensburg, Germany, today, when the Sun was 9° below the horizon and #Mercury - in the lower right, above the crane - 5° above the horizon. At that time it was also an easy naked-eye object, joining the pair of #Jupiter and #Venus on the left. After some rain during the day the atmosphere was superbly clear!