The MOON Tonight...

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Rare And Mysterious Planetary Conjunction Occurs Tonight


Will you be watching the skies tonight?

There is a rare alignment of Venus, Mars, Uranus,

and the crescent Moon when they will all be visible

in the night sky for the first time since 2008.


They won't couple up this closely again until October 5, 2017.


Venus and the Moon will be the brightest with Mars

fairly visible and Uranus seen as a dim star with the

naked eye, but which will be more visible with binoculars

or a telescope.


When and Where to look for the 'Dance of the Planets'

The conjunction of the planets can be seen in the western

portion of the late evening sky after sunset... but you should

have about two weeks to capture a great shot.



Tonight





Last night

I tried to take a pic, but it didn't turn out very well.

These are from EarthSky.org



















It's much better, though, when you see it for yourself.

Go outside and look. 🙂



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