You can repeat that comment about the Moon and Venus's appearance.  Other synonyms would include: amazing, astounding, breathtaking,dazzling, eye-catching, magnificent, marvelous, sensational, splendid, staggering ...  (you get the idea) --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mercury Jupiter To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 8:16 PM I noticed them last night, purely by accident. Horizon-hugging clouds prevented a sighting tonight, though Venus and the moon were spectacular. On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:

Thanks to a reminder from Dave Bernson I went out earlier this evening and saw Jupiter and Mercury right next to one another.

Frustrating that the clouds were lurking there so it took 7x35 binos to spot them at first but once located and the sky darkened Jupiter was easy but Mercury took some effort.

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