What they heck were those up in the sky?

[Daniël]

I read about that in the newspaper. I'm going to watch that. I read that it is quite rare that Venus and Jupiter are so close to each other.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Daniël

I read about that in the newspaper. I'm going to watch that. I read that it is quite rare that Venus and Jupiter are so close to each other.

Regardless of appearances Venus and Jupiter are never close to each other.

just saying

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Regardless of appearances Venus and Jupiter are never close to each other.

just saying

I guess that depends on what scale you use.

Compared to the distance to the next galaxy there practically touching

[AndyJWest]

Aren't they just reflections off the skydome?

[Daniël]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

I guess that depends on what scale you use.

Compared to the distance to the next galaxy there practically touching

Haha! Indeed. The distances in space are crazy...

[Daniël]

Last night I saw them. I thought they would be much closer to each other.