OFF: Planetary Alignments

[M Holmes]

Andy Gilham writes:

> I heard something on the radio about this this morning...  soon after sunset
> in the west, you'll be able to see the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and (I think)
> Venus all at once.  Which is unusual.
  ^^^^^

Mars I suspect. The J/S/M lineup has been getting steadily closer the
last few months and it's been beautiful to watch. Uranus and Neptune
were close too (and presumably still are) but they're binocular objects.

FoFP