Just after sunset, look to the west. The brightest object in the sky is Venus and right below it, with a pair of binoculars you'll be able to see the Pleiades. :)
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Planetary Alignment
In the maddening crowd of Crawford Market, I suddenly chanced upon a sight I had been waiting for but had completely forgotten about... A delicate silver crescent hung in the sky. And above it, in a perfectly straight line were Venus and Jupiter shining silently in the blue evening twilight.
For further information: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/17feb_winterplanets/
For that single moment, heaven was right above my head.
For further information: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/17feb_winterplanets/
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