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Date: 03 Dec 2006 00:23:55
From: Florian
Subject: Welcome back Venus


Using 10x32 binoculars i caught Venus this afternoon a few minutes =
before it set=20
over the mtns west of me. After i found with the binoculars i could just =
barely=20
glimpse it with naked eye before it set behind the ridgeline at 4:16pm =
local time.=20
Nice to have Venus back in the evening sky!

.Florian
Stargazing.com
Palm Springs, Calif.






 
Date: 02 Dec 2006 19:50:05
From: Joe S.
Subject: Re: Welcome back Venus



"Florian" <star6@seeyouinthedark.com > wrote in message
news:vOoch.42484$Fg.8125@tornado.socal.rr.com...
Using 10x32 binoculars i caught Venus this afternoon a few minutes before it
set
over the mtns west of me. After i found with the binoculars i could just
barely
glimpse it with naked eye before it set behind the ridgeline at 4:16pm local
time.
Nice to have Venus back in the evening sky!

.Florian
Stargazing.com
Palm Springs, Calif.



Thanks for the alert. Are you checking out Mercury early in the morning,
above the rising sun??