>>>Reminder: tomorrow is the "great encounter" - may your sky be cloudless.
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>>it sure looked like CPA this evening...oc, it IS the 3rd here...not sure when the actual CPA was/is.
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>>Beautiful sky, tho.
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>>J
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>According to Das Himmelsjahr (from Germany): Venus passes Jupiter on the 3rd., 18:00 UTC; Venus is 1.7 degrees north. That's a little less than the width of your finger, if you stretch out your arm.
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>What does CPA stand for?
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>Hilmar.

Sorry, Closest Point of Approach.

18:00 UTC on the 3rd was 4:00 AM here...will be fun to watch them separate now...J