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WATCH: A cool timelapse of the Moon, Venus and Mars crossing the Irish sky last night

Published 08:29 1 Feb 2017 GMT

Updated 08:39 1 Feb 2017 GMT

Joe Harrington
WATCH: A cool timelapse of the Moon, Venus and Mars crossing the Irish sky last night

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A rare sight.

Moon, Venus and Mars came together last night for a rare celestial treat called a conjunction. Venus was at its closest point to the Moon with Mars also visible. If you were out and about you might have spotted it, but if not, have a look at this timelapse captured by Donegal man Peteso Cannon. He explains what you're looking at, "Venus crosses the top right corner followed by Mars at the end again in the top right corner." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XySPEAA3mvw&feature=youtu.be
Clip via YouTube/Pete-so Cannon
A few Irish people on Twitter also saw the conjunction. https://twitter.com/irishspaceblog/status/826549832387014656 https://twitter.com/donaghca/status/826511791136063488 https://twitter.com/jkhodge/status/826622862639370245 https://twitter.com/CormacCoyne/status/826510707231449089

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WATCH: A cool timelapse of the Moon, Venus and Mars crossing the Irish sky last night