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Mar 09, 12 The striking Venus-Jupiter show in the early-evening sky culminates this week, as the two brightest planets pass just 3° apart. |
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Mar 02, 12 Venus and Jupiter are drawing ever closer together high in the west at dusk. Meanwhile, Mercury is having its best evening apparition of 2012 down below them. |
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Feb 24, 12 The Moon pairs up with Venus at dusk, then with Jupiter. Far to their lower right, Mercury is having its best evening appearance for 2012. |
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Feb 10, 12 Bright Venus and Jupiter are closing in on each other a little more each day. Mars is almost as big and bright as it's going to get. And the waning Moon passes Saturn. |
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Feb 03, 12 Venus and Jupiter in the dusk are now 30° apart and closing. On the other side of the sky, the Moon marches much faster toward Mars. |
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Jan 27, 12 Venus blazes high at dusk. The bright Moon passes Jupiter, then shines over Orion. And Mars and Saturn rise ever earlier in the night. |
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Jan 20, 12 Jupiter is shrinking, Mars is growing, Orion stands high, and the waxing crescent Moon will soon pass Venus. |
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Jan 13, 12 Venus and Jupiter slowly draw toward each other. The Winter Hexagon looms large over the evening world. And the waning Moon shines in early dawn. |
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Dec 30, 11 Venus and Jupiter light the evenings as the new year arrives. Having already left Venus behind, the waxing Moon now passes Jupiter. |
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Dec 23, 11 Venus and the crescent Moon highlight Christmas Week twilights. And after ringing in the New Year, step outside for Sirius at the meridian. |
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Dec 09, 11 Venus is easier to spot in twilight. Jupiter dominates the night. And the Geminid meteors peak on the nights of the 13th and 14th, though moonlight interferes. |
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Dec 16, 11 As fall finally turns to winter on the Longest Night this week, Venus and Jupiter light the evening sky and Orion shines through the many hours of darkness. |
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Dec 02, 11 Venus and Jupiter both continue moving higher in the evening. And will you be positioned to see the eclipse of December's full Moon? |
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Nov 18, 11 Venus stays up throughout twilight now. Jupiter blazes high all evening, the Mars-Regulus pair is up by midnight, and the Saturn-Spica pair shows at dawn. |
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Nov 18, 11 Venus shines low in the twilight, Jupiter blazes high all evening, the Mars-Regulus pair is up after midnight, and the Saturn-Spica pair is up at dawn. |
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Nov 11, 11 Jupiter is still close and big, and it's shining high in the southeast earlier now. The Mars-Regulus pair is up after midnight. And the Saturn-Spica pair has emerged from the dawn. |
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Nov 04, 11 Jupiter is still essentially as close. big, and bright as at opposition last week. Watch the full Moon pass by it. |
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Oct 28, 11 Jupiter is at an unusually close opposition, as big as you'll ever see it. Venus and Mercury show themselves together briefly after sunset. And Comet Garradd glows on. |
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Oct 20, 11 Venus and Mercury briefly peek into view after sunset. On the other side of the sky, blazing white Jupiter has nearly reached its unusually close opposition — and is as big as you'll ever see it. |
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Oct 14, 11 Jupiter is as big and bright as it will appear this year, and getting higher all the time. |
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