Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Rare Astronomical Event Next Monday



Imagine a crescent moon- Venus and Jupiter clustered together in the dusk sky.


Monday evening- you won't have to imagine it- as the phenomenon will occur shortly after sunset in the southwestern sky- according to this AP story.

These heavenly bodies will begin to close-in on each other Thanksgiving night- getting closer until Monday evening's group shot.
Hoping to get a couple of pix of this- for the next such occurrence won't happen until 2052.
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1 comment:

tlwest said...

http://www.bethlehemstar.net/ Hmmm rather interesting how close did they get-- on this video at the website I posted -- they talk about this particular event 2000 years ago or so ? Interested in what pictures you got if any?

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