Jupiter Ascending

There's something up, & it's looking GOOD! 

Looked up some nights ago just about 2 hours after dusk & saw this 2 very bright stars in an unusual constellation over the westerly sky. And tonight managed to get some shots of the rare phenomenon.  

Venus (above brighter one) & Jupiter in a rare decade close encounter. This shot was taken right after the 'conjunction' so you can see that Jupiter is now just under Venus after traveling 'downward' & crossing Venus.   2 Jul 15 @ 7.32pm 

Dusk is best. Captured using basic Canon PowerShot A2200, P-mode, ISO1600.  2 Jul 15 @ 7.33pm  

Its Venus & Jupiter! Really amazing to see planet # 2 & # 5 of our solar system right in our neighborhood, shining so bright, so close, together.

When I reviewed the image & enlarged it, I noticed a band over the planet Jupiter. Could it be? Is it the North Equatorial Belt? Or just an atmospheric artifact? Maybe I should submit the photo to an expert for verification. WOW... 

Imagine what it would look like through a telescope: 

The view through a small telescope of Jupiter (top) and Venus on June 30 around 9:30 p.m. CDT. Jupiter’s moons are G = Ganymede, E = Europa, I = Io and C = Callisto. Source: Stellarium

Can you see Jupiter’s two dark, horizontal stripes? (The North and South equatorial Belts). Over the course of their orbits, the two planets would appeared in conjunction with each other as seen from earth around 1 Jul 15. Like this. Tada!

Didn't get to see this, but others did. And shared this! Thanks
When Venus and Jupiter will be at their closest. Two celestial bodies are said to be in conjunction when they have the same right ascension or “longitude”and line up one atop the other. Source: Stellarium via Universetoday.com website.

And the perfect view if a spaceship just stood some thousand miles away from the 2 celestial bodies? Maybe something like this?

Now wouldn't that be heavenly?