It's just after dusk here in NC, the sky clear and cold, with the wind blowing about 25MPH. To the southwest is a sliver of moon with two bright stars near it; they are Venus and Jupiter. If you read this within the next hour or so, get outside and take a look for yourself.
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update: now, an hour later and full dark, the moon and the two planets are bright and adamantine in the sky. It's truly lovely and spectacular. Even my sister noticed it on her way home from work.
Thank you. I try and hit the sites for stellar activity, but sometimes forget.
ReplyDeleteWe all forget too often, to simply look UP.
Brigid: I have an old habit of watching the ground, both to find coins (schoolboy habit) and to avoid snakebite (rural Florida habit). Probably missed a few UFO's and other sky spectaculars by doing so.
ReplyDelete*grins*