It was on 1st Dec, the planet Jupiter and Venus came to form the eyes and thats formed the cresent moon to smile...this occured and there was some photos taken to see this celestial treat.
This is set to be the best planetary gathering of the year, simply because it involves three of the brightest objects in the sky after the sun," said Geza Gyuk, director of astronomy at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
"As long as you have clear skies in the early part of the evening, this is one astronomical event that's hard to miss."
Planetary conjunctions are relatively rare events, especially ones involving such a close encounter between Venus and Jupiter.
"They reach conjunction on average about once a year, although the time interval can range from 34 days to 412 days, and all but 23 percent of these are too close to the sun to observe," said Anthony Cook, astronomical observer at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
The next conjunction between Jupiter and Venus is on February 16, 2010, when the pair is just over half a degree apart, or the size of one full moon.
Unfortunately that event will be too close to the blinding glare of the sun for us to see.
The next visible conjunction will be on the evening of March 14, 2012, but the two planets will appear farther apart in the sky, separated by more than three degrees
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Ooops....i also wanted to have a look at it but unfortunately was walking with my face down against the rain and missed it....
Ela: Me too...nvm, will make it by 2012, it will be just three degree apart anyway
I saw it. First time seeing such beautiful moon. Read my article http://www.delittleones.com/blog/?p=393
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