Re: [*FSFFU*] Star Watching (off-topic, but cool)

From: Vonda N. McIntyre (vonda@OZ.NET)
Date: Tue Dec 02 1997 - 02:49:20 PST


This would be quite a trick since Neptune and
Pluto can't be seen with the naked eye under any
conditions, and Uranus only faintly under
extraordinary circumstances.

On Tue, 2 Dec 1997 02:46:11 -0500, Barbara Benesch
<BJBenesch@aol.com> wrote:

>Just heard about this on the news: Apparently from now until Monday, if you
>go outside and look at the sky just after sunset, you can see eight of the
>planets all in a row. It seems that all the other eight planets are aligned,
>and so even in brightly-lit cities and anywhere in the world, you can go out
>and see all the other planets with the naked eye.
>
>Happy Star Hunting!!
>
>Barbara Benesch
>BJBenesch@aol.com

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