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Astronomy

Rare planetary conjunction: upside-down frown

By Ira Nathenson on December 1, 2008

Tonight we were treated to a rare, beautiful, and odd planetary conjunction: Venus, Jupiter, and a crescent moon in an upside-down frown.  (An unintended  ode to the first day of finals?)  It was easily viewed from my back yard in South Florida where I took the photo.  Jupiter — the largest of the objects — [...]

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