Step Out Tonight

December 01, 2008

What are you doing this evening, right around sunset? Have a minute to step outside? Should be more than worth your time.

Face south and look up. No matter where you live, no matter how bright your cities' lights. As long as it's not cloudy, you will see a beautiful and inspiring sight: two bright planets and the crescent moon. That'd be Venus and Jupiter, for those of you who like to name names.

"People in New York and Hong Kong will see it just as clearly as astronomers watching from remote mountaintops," reports Spaceweather.com. "Only cloudy weather or a midnight sun (sorry Antarctica!) can spoil the show."

Europeans may be pinned in place longer than the rest of us. For more than an hour, the sliver of moon will eclipse Venus.

"Venus emerging from the dark edge of the Moon is a remarkably beautiful sight," says Spaceweather.com.

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Irene Klotz Discovery News space correspondent Irene Klotz chronicles humanity's efforts to leave the planet. One day, she wants to see for herself what all the fuss is about.


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