Conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter 2nd Jan 2009 (with Moon and Venus nearby)

Low in the West, just after sunset look for bright 'stars'. The lower one and brighter one is Jupiter who is on the other side of the Sun, while the higher fainter one is Mercury. Mercury is always difficult to see as it never appears far from the Sun. Venus is of course unmissable and

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[ThePimV]

vote bots,, that is so fucking sad,

a strange way of admitting defeat :P

[SkyIGR100]

Great footage. We view Sirius, Venus, Mars, Betelgeuse, Moon etc. every evening here. The night sky never used to look like this. Are you using a tripod, because I can't keep the camera steady when in high zoom.

[dhwgrooves]

its amazing how the moon and all those planets are reasonable close to each other in that picture1

[18vallancel]

true true

[machinas5868]

The Christians are just mad that these videos are infinitely more interesting than their videos.

[18vallancel]

Screw the vote bots, this video is five stars!

[albireocygni1]

Great video! I remember seeing this, it was a breathtaking sight. Truly wonderful, thankyou for your amazing videos!

[paulusmagirl]

woohoo! I finally found these! I was looking

for the right thing the wrong way lol

yay!

[darkpheonix262]

i can never get myself out of bed early enough to see these things

[primerabbit]

beautiful