WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky — Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon — will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot. Starting Thanksgiving evening, Jupiter and Venus will begin moving closer so that by Sunday and Monday, they will appear 2 degrees apart, which is about a finger width held out at arm’s length, said Alan MacRobert, senior editor at Sky and Telescope magazine.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Jupiter, Venus and the moon together in Thanksgiving sky
By The Associated Press
November 25, 2008