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Nice clear evening here in Avonport.
Make sure you have a look early this evening to see Jupiter and Venus =
side by side in conjunction, about 3 degrees apart in the western sky. =
Great naked-eye view (they will also fit in one binocular view). Venus =
is about 7 light-minutes away (would take a cell phone call about 7 =
minutes to reach Venus). Jupiter is about 46 light-minutes off. =20
They are getting quite low to the horizon by 10:30 p.m. by then Mars is =
also very bright high in the SW (its light has a red-orange cast) and is =
about 5.6 light-minutes away.
The Dog Star (Sirius), the bright star in the south (trailing Orion) is =
about 9 light-years away where the light from Orion's belt stars is =
about 1000 years old as it enters your eye-ball.
Pleasant observing,
Sherman=
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dir=3D"ltr">Nice clear evening here in Avonport.</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Make sure you have a look early =
this evening to see Jupiter and Venus side by side in conjunction, about =
3 degrees apart in the western sky. Great naked-eye view (they will also =
fit in one binocular view). Venus is about 7 light-minutes away =
(would take a cell phone call about 7 minutes to reach Venus). Jupiter =
is about 46 light-minutes off. =
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">They are getting =
quite low to the horizon by 10:30 p.m. by then Mars is also very =
bright high in the SW (its light has a red-orange cast) and is about 5.6 =
light-minutes away.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">The =
Dog Star (Sirius), the bright star in the south (trailing Orion) is =
about 9 light-years away where the light from Orion's belt stars is =
about 1000 years old as it enters your eye-ball.</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Pleasant observing,</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Sherman</div>
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