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Palomar

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Registered: 2002-05-30

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Re: Jupiter & Luna Snuggle Up

*Sorry for the short notice.  It's been so unusually cloudy and rainy in my area recently that I've not been able to keep tabs on lunar phase/position lately, as I normally would.  No stargazing for me for days now (mumble-mutter).  This from spaceweather.com, posted at their site just today:

This is for early risers. On Sunday morning, Feb. 27th, around 6 a.m., go outside and look west. You'll see a beautiful close encounter between Jupiter and the almost-full Moon. The pair will be less than 2 degrees apart.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2005/ … th.gif]Sky map

This'll be pretty.  If the weather's not cloudy I'll definitely step outdoors to see it. 

--Cindy 

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

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