Re: Bright object in western sky?



In uk.sci.astronomy message <1179993348.329394.95630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
roups.com>, Thu, 24 May 2007 00:55:48, Will <billrigby@xxxxxxxxxxx>
posted:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky.

You've had an answer to your specific question.

More generally, <http://www.heavens-above.com/>, go to Enter, insert
latitude, longitude, height, time zone; Main Menu (copy URL for future
use), _Astronomy_ Whole Sky Chart. At this moment, it shows me Jupiter,
Saturn & Venus; a but earlier, Mercury would have been up.

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