http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17312354

I've already been getting a nice view of this for the past several days. 
Earlier last week when the moon was a crescent was rather nice too! So 
if you happen to be outside early evening ... Look West!

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James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17312354

> I've already been getting a nice view of this for the past several days. 
> Earlier last week when the moon was a crescent was rather nice too! So 
> if you happen to be outside early evening ... Look West!

  I was wondering what the two planets could be. One of them was obviously
(or perhaps not so obviously) Venus, but the other was a mystery. Possibly
Mars, but it seemed quite bright taking into account that being on the
Sun's side it would mean it would be quite far in its orbit.

  OTOH Jupiter is even farther, significantly farther, to coincide visually
with Venus. Of course Jupiter is a lot larger, but still...

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                                                          - Warp

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On 03/12/2012 12:42 PM, Warp wrote:
> James Holsenback<nom### [at] nonecom>  wrote:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17312354
>
>> I've already been getting a nice view of this for the past several days.
>> Earlier last week when the moon was a crescent was rather nice too! So
>> if you happen to be outside early evening ... Look West!
>
>    I was wondering what the two planets could be. One of them was obviously
> (or perhaps not so obviously) Venus, but the other was a mystery. Possibly
> Mars, but it seemed quite bright taking into account that being on the
> Sun's side it would mean it would be quite far in its orbit.
>
>    OTOH Jupiter is even farther, significantly farther, to coincide visually
> with Venus. Of course Jupiter is a lot larger, but still...
>

It was exceptionally clear last evening, so I decided to setup the 
telescope ... Venus just appeared as a yellow-green fuzzy ball (not much 
to look at). Jupiter however a different story ... Interesting details 

enjoyed themselves, so it was worth the setup and break-down!

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On 3/12/2012 9:42, Warp wrote:
> Mars, but it seemed quite bright taking into account that being on the

Mars has always appeared red enough that I could recognize it. At least, if 
I didn't get it confused with Antaries.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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