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#1 2005-05-07 08:41:12

Palomar
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Registered: 2002-05-30
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Re: Moon, Venus & Pleiades

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

*After twilight, in the west.  In Taurus:  Slender crescent moon, Venus and the Pleiades. 

I'm surprised the writer of the short article at spaceweather.com (which is hosting the sky map) didn't point out the closeness of the Pleiades to Luna and Venus.  :hm:

Is also Mother's Day; take mom out and share the view with her as a natural gift.  As we all know, Luna and Venus and the Pleiades are traditionally associated with women. 

--Cindy


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...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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