Planets Glide in a Cosmic Dance

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 29, 2007| Author: Blaine P Friedlander Jr | Copyright information

When the sun sets, find Venus high in the western sky primping for a rendezvous with Saturn.

Find the effervescent Venus about 30 degrees above the western horizon. It is easy to see early in the evenings throughout the month. Every night as you look up, you'll find Venus appear to inch closer to Saturn -- so that by the last day of June, the two planets are in conjunction.

To tell the planets apart, Venus is, by far, the brightest. It is also closest to the horizon. Venus is ...

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