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If you're anything like me, you occasionally look up into the night sky.
Recently, while out on the deck with my wife feeding the strange cat that lives in our backyard, my wife and I noticed two very bright lights in the sky near the crescent moon. We began to wonder what the lights were (aliens spacecraft was my first thought, but she shot that theory down) and couldn't stop thinking and wondering about them. She offered the theory of the North Star, but they were out of place and there's only one North Star. I thought perhaps they were planets, but I have never seen the planets quite that bright. A little research later, and we discovered that they were the planets Jupiter and Venus. The brighter one is Venus and apparently if you look close enough at Jupiter you may see two of its moons nearby (I guess my eyes aren't that good, I have yet to see them).
Thanks you KSAT News and Steve Browne.
Whenever I have a celestial question, I turn to my favorite weatherman, Steve Browne of KSAT News. I like Steve, because he isn't just a weatherman, but a source of all sorts of great San Antonio knowledge. I believe it was actually John Honore who I learned the info from, but the fact is, I think Steve Browne is great.
No matter who gave me the info, this is an exciting event.
So I did a bit more research on the internet and apparently the next time these planets will be this close will be in 2052 (wow, I'll be old). I think I'll enjoy it now while I can. Look up in the sky tonight and see if you can spot them.
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