Editing Conjunction (astronomy) (section)

===2022===

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File:Konjunktion Pallas-Sirius am 9 Oktober 2022 mit kurzer Brennweite beschriftet.png|Conjunction of Sirius and Pallas (marked with an arrow) on October 9, 2022, photographed with an [[Objective (optics)|objective]] with a [[focal length]] of 75 millimetres
File:Konjunktion Pallas-Sirius am 9 Oktober 2022 mit langer Brennweite beschriftet.png|Conjunction of Sirius and Pallas (marked with an arrow) on October 9, 2022, photographed with an [[Objective (optics)|objective]] with a [[focal length]] of 300 millimetres
File:Venus-Jupiter-20230301.jpg|Venus and Jupiter on 1 March 2022 from [[South Africa]]
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Planetoid [[2 Pallas|Pallas]] passed [[Sirius]], the brightest star in the night sky, on October 9 to the south at a distance of 8.5 arcminutes (source: Astrolutz 2022, ISBN 978-3-7534-7124-2). As Sirius is far south of the ecliptic only few objects of the solar system can be seen from earth close to Sirius.<br />
At this occasion Pallas had not only the lowest angular distance to Sirius in the 21st century, but also since its discovery in 1802.<br />
In the 19th century the greatest approach of Pallas and Sirius took place on October 11, 1879, when 8.6 mag bright Pallas passed Sirius 1.3° southwest and in the 20th century the lowest distance between Pallas and Sirius was reached on October 12, 1962, when Pallas, whose brightness was also 8.6 mag, stood 1.4° southwest of the brightest star in the sky.