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Title: 'Fab Five' Make Rare Appearance in Night Sky
Post by: Mike on Mar 24, 2004, 05:40:00
Like a busy urban family, planets rarely get together all at once. Later this month, however, the five so-called naked-eye planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - will reunite in the night sky, giving spectators a unique chance to see Earth's closest companions in one easy sitting.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/fabfive.cfm
Title: 'Fab Five' Make Rare Appearance in Night Sky
Post by: Rick on Mar 24, 2004, 06:00:00
Could see all five just after sunset yesterday, with the crescent moon just above Mercury. :wink:
Title: 'Fab Five' Make Rare Appearance in Night Sky
Post by: Mike on Mar 24, 2004, 06:30:00
Should be plenty of photo opportunities coming up - as long as these blasted clouds disappear!
Title: 'Fab Five' Make Rare Appearance in Night Sky
Post by: Greg on Mar 24, 2004, 16:01:00
Managed to get them all - first from Hastings on Sunday night (although I did have Sebastian with me - his eleven year old eyes helped to spot Mercury) and then again from Bromley on Monday night.