Hi Tweeters,

I too pulled out the scope and looked the planets on Friday night. Venus was a "half moon." It was
the brightest object in the sky [in the southern sky]. A nice show.

Russell

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Mike Wagenbach wrote:

> > higher was Saturn with its' rings. To the South was Venus, I think,
> > but
> > having an atmosphere of gas it is just a bright ball. Check it out
>
> I haven't looked yet, but isn't Venus starting to show some
> phase-related shape? I looked into this on an online solar system
> model a couple of months ago, and I think early (?) March should be the
> best for seeing this. Venus should show a clear crescent shape then.
>
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> Mike Wagenbach wagen13 at yahoo.com
> wagenATuDOTwashingtonDOTedu Seattle WA
>
> "I like to get to work early, so I can discard a pet hypothesis before breakfast." Konrad Lorenz
>
> I'd settle for Happy Hour.
>
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