Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081230/ ... ewyearseve

A delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset.


Venus, brighter than all other planets and stars, will dangle just below the thin crescent moon in the southwestern sky. It'll be visible -- impossible to miss, in fact -- just as the sun goes down, assuming skies are cloud-free.

[katie]

So.... it was Venus i spotted! Dang, I asked jeffie if it was an airplane coming in (airport next to club) when we were leaving.

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I saw it on our way to Richmond. It was BEAUTIFUL! TRied to point it out to J and she just shrugged her shoulders... LMAO

[katie]

eh, jeffie was the same way, looked at it and said, naw, it's a star..... i thought to myself, that's the biggest frikin star I have ever seen, i would have loved to seen it from a scope!