onewithnatureDistinguished Virtual Ranger
Joined: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:22 am
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Location: Midway between the infinite and the infinitesimal!
BREAKING NEWS: PLANETARY ALIGNMENT
Tonight (evening of 13th August), just after sunset, please look for the crescent moon. Just after it gets dark, locate the crescent moon in the north-north-west:
... then look just to the Moon's right hand side - there you will clearly see red MARS;
... directly below, and close to, Mars and the Moon is VENUS;
... slightly below Venus and to the right is SATURN;
... finally, if you draw a straight line directly downwards from Venus, about halfway between Venus and the horizon is MERCURY!
A magnificent planetary algnment that does not happen often ... WELL WORTH SEEING!!!
The alignment could be seen the last couple of days too, but if you haven't seen it yet, please pop out tonight and see it for yourself! Soon it will be gone.
Tonight (evening of 13th August), just after sunset, please look for the crescent moon. Just after it gets dark, locate the crescent moon in the north-north-west:
... then look just to the Moon's right hand side - there you will clearly see red MARS;
... directly below, and close to, Mars and the Moon is VENUS;
... slightly below Venus and to the right is SATURN;
... finally, if you draw a straight line directly downwards from Venus, about halfway between Venus and the horizon is MERCURY!
A magnificent planetary algnment that does not happen often ... WELL WORTH SEEING!!!
The alignment could be seen the last couple of days too, but if you haven't seen it yet, please pop out tonight and see it for yourself! Soon it will be gone.
Got the moon and venus, you cant really see mercury 
for night settings 