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They have been slowly drawing closer, I’m wondering how close they’ll get before Venus inevitably starts to dive back down into the sunset. In about three weeks the waxing crescent moon oughta pass right by them again.
What’s happening is the evening sky is looking behind us. Venus is coming up on the inside track and will dive back into the sun as it passes us on the inside.
Jupiter is being left behind and will disappear behind the sun as we go around it.
So from our perspective how close in the evening sky will the two planets get? I dunno, just waiting to see.
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New_2_99s, Paul posted an incredible picture of Jupiter, Venus and Crescent Moon in the Canadian night sky couple days back.
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Took this last Friday. That’s actually a crescent in a fone pic, with chupiter and Venus. Not on the KP. hint…
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I call it “Chupiter” in honor of my Eastern European astronomy prof. 🧐
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I call it “Chupiter” in honor of my Eastern European astronomy prof. 🧐 I was calling one “Weenus” in honor of a Sikh honor student we had, turns out in Bengali there ain’t any “V”s
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They were lined up pretty good here the other day . Cell phone didn't get a good pic though.
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I've been watching them........or at least when I can actually see the fahqin' sky in this perpetually overcast blowhole.
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They have been slowly drawing closer, I’m wondering how close they’ll get before Venus inevitably starts to dive back down into the sunset. In about three weeks the waxing crescent moon oughta pass right by them again.
What’s happening is the evening sky is looking behind us. Venus is coming up on the inside track and will dive back into the sun as it passes us on the inside.
Jupiter is being left behind and will disappear behind the sun as we go around it.
So from our perspective how close in the evening sky will the two planets get? I dunno, just waiting to see. I notice two extremely bright stars under the moon when the moon is in the setting quadrant of the sky (west). Are those them?
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My wife and I had a meeting in Eagle River tonight and I spotted them on the way home. Wife said,"I think those are balloons". I explained what they were and she said, "I think you're right". Wow, I very rarely hear her say that!!!!
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I notice two extremely bright stars under the moon when the moon is in the setting quadrant of the sky (west). Are those them? Yep. The moon is gonna keep tracking across the night sky towards the east as it always does. In about three weeks as it goes around the earth it’s gonna appear again in the sunset sky below those two and climb close by them again. I’ve never kept track of how long it takes before, but Venus is gonna pass earth on the inside and then appear again ahead of us on the morning side of the sun, where it will be equally bright. Gonna try and watch for this. 28th November 1868, Venus was bright in the predawn sky when Custer attacked the Cheyenne camp on the Washita River, hence his moniker “Son of the Morning Star” wherever that came from. I’m pretty sure there’s other battle references to Venus in the morning too at other times and places but that’s the one I recall.
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Been noticing those two lately, but had no idea they were planets. Makes sense with how bright they are.
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Holy Smoke, the clouds just cleared a bit.
Jupiter and Venus are almost side by side, a whole jump from just yesterday. Venus will likely be clearly above by this time tomorrow.
This is the closest they’re likely to get from our perspective.
Go out and look if ya want before they set.
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Me and kids got outta the truck tonight I looked up and ask the kids what that was I didn’t remember ever seeing them in the sky… kids said stars I was like ok and walked on them read something later and saw it’s the planets. Kinda cool
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Holy Smoke, the clouds just cleared a bit.
Jupiter and Venus are almost side by side, a whole jump from just yesterday. Venus will likely be clearly above by this time tomorrow.
This is the closest they’re likely to get from our perspective.
Go out and look if ya want before they set. Yep. I noticed that on my evening walk tonight. A few days ago, they formed a vertical line, and now they are almost even with each other.
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A little while ago. A bit before that.
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