The Moon, Jupiter and Venus, Together At Last

The Moon, Jupiter and Venus converge on December 1, 2008 beneath an elk antler arch in Jackson, Wyoming.

The astronomy geek in me has been waiting for this night for weeks now and given all the clouds and snow in the forecast, I could only hope for at least a clear patch of sky tonight. Amazingly, I had a perfect sky as twilight rolled in tonight, giving me all the time and shots I could want of the alignment of Jupiter, Venus and the moon. I headed to Jackson’s town square since I had been wanting pictures of the Christmas lights decorated there anyway. This is looking through the southwest antler arch on the square. The moon is obvious. Venus is the bottom star (planet) and Jupiter is on the right, all arranged neatly within the antlers hanging from the arch that say “Jackson Hole, WY” on the other side.

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Posted on December 1, 2008.
Posted in Landscape. Tags: Night, Wyoming.
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http://blogs.mail.ru/mail/kirill.6700/ Impunty

emm. good one.

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