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Venus and Jupiter Will Both Be Visible in a Rare Pairing This Weekend. Here's How to See It.
yahoo ^ | November 19, 2019 | Jamie Carter

Posted on 11/19/2019 10:07:30 AM PST by BenLurkin

When is the best time to see Venus and Jupiter?

Look for these planets on November 24 about 45 minutes after sunset, when twilight has set in and the sky is dark enough for Venus and Jupiter to dominate. Sunset is at 4:33 p.m. in New York, and it’s at 4:45 p.m. in Los Angeles, but you should check the exact time of sunset for your location.

Where can you see Venus and Jupiter?

Look to the southwest to see this special celestial show. You’ll find the planets about 7° above the horizon, so it might be wise to get up somewhere high with a good, clear view to the southwest. Venus will be just 1.4° to the lower left of Jupiter. That’s very close—it's about the size of the width of a finger if you outstretch your hand and close one eye.

Will they appear close together all week?

Yes, but Sunday, November 24 is the best time to look because that’s the closest “conjunction”— the astronomical term for when planets appear to be close together in the sky, as observed from Earth. Although they will appear to be reasonably close to each other all week after Sunday, they'll appear to drift significantly by Friday. For example, on Monday, the two planets will be 2° apart, on Tuesday 2.8°, and on Wednesday 3.7°. Because they will be the two brightest planets in the sky, the entire event should be visible, given clear skies.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; jupiter; science; venus
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1 posted on 11/19/2019 10:07:30 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

“Where can you see Venus and Jupiter?”

This is just a guess mind you, but I think it’s a pretty good guess.

The sky.


2 posted on 11/19/2019 10:10:40 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: BenLurkin

“When is the best time to see Venus and Jupiter? “

A night with VENUS, and a lifetime with Mercury.


3 posted on 11/19/2019 10:12:08 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: BenLurkin
Venus and Jupiter Will Both Be Visible in a Rare Pairing This Weekend.

At PussyCats. You know, that club out by the airport? Ten dollar cover.


4 posted on 11/19/2019 10:13:06 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: BenLurkin

BFL


5 posted on 11/19/2019 10:13:45 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: BenLurkin

Do I have to say it?

WHAT ABOUT URANUS?????


6 posted on 11/19/2019 10:16:14 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
A night with VENUS, and a lifetime with Mercury.

I teach a gen ed course to nurses. None of them ever know that at least a year of mercury rubbings and neoarsphenamine shots was the pre-penicillin treatment for syphilis. When I point out that it isn't much different in logistics than radiation and chemo for cancer used today, they see oncology with very altered eyes.

(The connection to the course is Scott Joplin and Robert Schumann, both of whom died of the effects of either tertiary syphilis or of the mercury used in treatment.)

7 posted on 11/19/2019 10:21:25 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BenLurkin

“And Jupiter aligns with Mars.....”


8 posted on 11/19/2019 10:22:46 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Jupiter Rebuked by Venus c 1612-13 Abraham Janssens.jpg

9 posted on 11/19/2019 10:24:31 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: blueunicorn6

https://webmail.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/believe.wav


10 posted on 11/19/2019 10:28:28 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: V_TWIN
WHAT ABOUT URANUS?????

It's scheduled to be renamed to Yourectum.

11 posted on 11/19/2019 10:28:37 AM PST by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: chajin

Her is a series of paintings done by C.M. Russell on the life of a cowboy and his night with Venus.

Just a little sunshine,
Just a little rain.
Just a little pleasure,
just a little pain.

https://images-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static/cnZK-1-K0II//3001_2.jpg?maxwidth=1600&maxheight=1600


12 posted on 11/19/2019 10:42:27 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: BenLurkin

Look up.


13 posted on 11/19/2019 10:46:15 AM PST by bgill
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To: BenLurkin

Cool. Last month it was Jupiter and Saturn in the southern sky just before and after sunset.


14 posted on 11/19/2019 10:52:15 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Fido969

Guess the pairing isn’t all that rare.


15 posted on 11/19/2019 11:00:32 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: V_TWIN

That should only be visible at your next visit to the Proctologist.


16 posted on 11/19/2019 11:11:16 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Fido969

Venus has biceps and shoulders like the William’s sisters of Tennis fame.


17 posted on 11/19/2019 11:13:19 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


18 posted on 11/19/2019 11:35:20 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: bgill

Same words I said to my crew Chief one night back in 1969 Alaska. He was griping he had never seen the Northern Lights and he had been there(drunk) two whole weeks!

I simply said...”Well, look up.” He was flabergasted at the sight.


19 posted on 11/19/2019 11:41:04 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: BenLurkin

bump


20 posted on 11/19/2019 12:09:09 PM PST by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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