We stepped out on the back deck about 9:10 P.M. last night and we saw the moon and Venus before the clouds passed over it AND what a treat...as we were appreciating the beauty of the night sky, the Comet Lulin zipped passed too.WOW that was very excieting to catch all 3.
Hope you've cought the sight too?
Comet Lulin



The scene about two hours after sunset from near Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
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By Joe Rao
updated 10:28 a.m. MT, Fri., Feb. 27, 2009
It has been a superb winter for viewing the queen of the planets, Venus. February marks the pinnacle of its evening visibility as it stands like a sequined showgirl nearly halfway up in the western sky at sunset.
You can't miss it. Just look west after sunset. In fact, you can see it during the day if you know where to look. Find it just after sunset one evening, then scan around the same spot just before sunset the next day.
Currently shining at its greatest brilliance for this current apparition, this dazzling evening "star" currently appears as a distinct crescent shape in small telescopes, which is growing progressively larger in size as it approaches our Earth; its cloudy disk is now about one-fourth illuminated and shrinking nightly but right now its diminishing phase exactly offsets the gain in brightness from its growing apparent size. It is what astronomers call the "greatest illuminated extent" of this planet's disk.

Don't miss it! www.spaceweather.com

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