Very cool sight in the western sky. Looks like Mercury and Venus

[panader0]

right next to the moon. It's 6:14 here in Az. Check it out.

[MineralMan]

1. Venus and Jupiter,

not Mercury. It's a pretty spectacular sight, for sure. Sadly, our skies are cloudy tonight, so I don't get to view it.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Jupiter & Venus. Tonight and tomorrow night. It is raining here in NYC. Hope

to be able to see it tomorrow night.

Jupiter, Venus, Moon to Converge

Nov. 26, 2008 -- It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky -- Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon -- will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot.

Starting Thanksgiving evening, Jupiter and Venus will begin moving closer so that by Sunday and Monday, they will appear 2 degrees apart, which is about a finger width held out at arm's length, said Alan MacRobert, senior editor at Sky and Telescope magazine. Then on Monday night, they will be joined by a crescent moon right next to them, he said.

Look in the southwestern sky around twilight -- no telescope or binoculars needed. The show will even be visible in cities if it's a clear night.

"It'll be a head-turner," MacRobert said. "This certainly is an unusual coincidence for the crescent moon to be right there in the days when they are going to be closest together.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/26/thanksgiving-night-sky.html

[janx]

12. I noticed that earlier from my home office window--didn't know

what they were. BEAUTIFUL!

[elleng]

13. THANKS, bklyn;

cloudy here, (DC) too; wait for tomorrow!

[benld74]

3. URANUS

[panader0]

8. Right back atcha!

[arcadian]

4. Can't see, cloud cover.

:-(

[sakabatou]

7. Same here

[gblady]

5. totally fogged in....

all day here in W. Wash...

maybe tomorrow night.

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Moon, Venus and Jupiter

Kind of looks like a long smiley face. Moon will be closer tomorrow.

[WyLoochka]

9. Wow - directly out my window

looking SW from my desk. Thanks for posting. I may not have opened the shutter enough to see and realize this was going on.

[HeeBGBz]

10. It's snowing

Maybe tomorrow will be a clearer viewing 4 me

[elleng]

18. OH HeeBGBz,

PLEASE tell me/us about the Cockatiels!!!!

[HeeBGBz]

29. I started with two males and picked up two hens and a boybird and now have two offspring

My sister and I built a small aviary for them. They're my pals.

[elleng]

32. HeeBG, they are dear!

We've had 2; I left the house and our 2d one, and so sorry; he was developing adventuresomeness. Can't have any now; roommate/landlord doesn't want pets.

[elleng]

19. dupe

.

[mr_hat]

11. Yep. Looking west from the penthouse

of the Sunset Tower Hotel in LA. Right there over Century City with the crescent moon. Beautiful!

(Don't be a hater - I just spent 13 hours pre-lighting a soundstage. Nice little bonus.)

[KittyWampus]

20. what show... come on SPILL!

[mr_hat]

21. No show - much worse. Commercial production.

Two spots for the Super Bowl.

[KittyWampus]

31. sounds like it pays the bills!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. I heard about this...

Alas, we are totally clouded over...

Enjoy it for me!

:hi:

[Guaranteed]

15. Yeah, it's Venus and Jupiter- can only see Mercury on very rare

occassions, and its always right next to the Sun- immediate sundown or sunup.

[CountAllVotes]

16. readily visible, skies are clear!

here on the coast of northern California! :D

Thanks for the :thumbsup: !!

:dem: :kick:

[DainBramaged]

17. It's raining here

:cry:

[sakabatou]

22. We need pics!

[Amonester]

25. Cloudy here, but here's a screen capture from skymap:

Hope the skies will clear tomorrow as Moon will be real close!

[Amonester]

28. Cool picture from LAAS

Except for Spica, this is more or less how great it is (dreaming of it here):



Source: http://www.laas.org/AboutUs_PG_Reggie.htm

[crikkett]

23. It's actually Venus and Jupiter, sez spaceweather.com

thanks for pointing it out.

[Kalyke]

24. Cloud cover here, damnit.

I've been watching the two of them move closer together (and have witnessed about five shooting stars, as a result of my constant peerage into the night sky) and I wanted to see this event.

BTW, my user name is one of Jupiter's moons. My son and I are avid sky-watchers.

[Oak2004]

26. Looking out my window, I see

a winter storm cloud :(

[all.of.me]

27. I saw that!

I was driving towards Phoenix from Flag, and it was all I could look at for the whole trip. I'm guessing Jupiter and Venus, but I have not read the thread to see if someone answered you. Just stunning.........

[MiniMe]

30. I saw them last night. Very bright in the sky.