Starwatch: search the skies for Venus and Jupiter in conjunction

The two brightest planets will be a beauty to spot if you can find somewhere with a low enough eastern horizon

We will end the month as we started it: with a tricky planetary conjunction. Although challenging, it will be a beauty if you can find somewhere with a low enough eastern horizon. The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will draw exquisitely close.

The chart shows the view looking east from Southampton on 30 April at 0530 BST. All week you will be able to see the planets drawing closer together, and then next week you will see them drifting back away from one another.