[Mari]

Hi,
I was outside about 7:30 PM earlier tonight and saw this. It was pretty amazing.

They will still be visible on Tuesday night.
M.


http://www.physorg.com/news146849510.html

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."

Good pictures here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7759643.stm

[Brokenfriend]

Thank you for that. I love astronomy,and looking into the stars. BF

[bizi]

WE saw these stars last night! I mean planets!
Will look again tonight though if I remember
bizi

[tritone]

Hi Mari,

My wife and I drove out to her parent's in Wisconsin over the holiday. On the way back I saw this over farm land in Indiana and Ohio. I wanted to get a picture, but didn't really have a good spot to shoot from and didn't want to drive all over the place and get lost...!

But it was very nice.

In Australia the view is flipped and looks like a smiley face

[Twinkletoes]

I saw them too! So bright and beautiful!

Thanks, Mari -- now I know what they are!