A Great Evening Sky for 1 December 2008

At around 5.30-5.45pm tonight (1 Dec) take a look into the south-western evening skies and you'll see a great grouping of three objects: the thin crescent Moon, with bright Venus close to its lower-right and Jupiter a short distance up to the right.




You'll also have another chance to see the International Space Station as a bright, slow moving point of light across the sky at the following times:

Date	Appears			Max Height			Vanishes
	Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.	Time	Alt.	Az.
1 Dec	17:16	10	W	17:19	81	N	17:21	25	E

Alt is Altitude in degrees above the horizon. 0 degrees is the horizon up to 90 degrees which is the point directly above your head.
Az is Azimuth (basically the compass bearing).
As ever, the actual times will vary (up to a few minutes) depending on your location.

Starry Skies,

Anton
[Captain Cosmos]
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