Yes! the evening sky sure is pretty these days...

Was disappointed the other evening, not being able to discern the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse ...the newspapers had everyone excited, but then I realized that they are hard to observe.

There will be an Annular Solar Eclipse on the 10th, visible here...fun skywatching these days.

J

>Venus and Jupiter are approaching each other fast, and it is interesting to watch them, night by night, getting closer and closer. They are the two brightest "stars" in the west, after sunset. Venus is the brighter one - currently, further down.
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>According to Das Himmelsjahr, they will pass each other on June the 3rd., at a distance of 1.7 degrees. As a comparison, the sun and moon both have an apparent diameter of ca. one-half degree. IOW, Venus will pass Jupiter at a distance of ca. 3 full moons.
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>Hilmar.