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Old 05-28-2013, 06:06 AM   #4
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Clear view from Welch tonight. Venus first than a fainter Jupiter to the left and finally a very faint Mercury above Venus. Kind of neat to see. Almost set now.
I went out to try an take a photo almost waited to long. I wanted it to be dark enough so I waited for about an hour after sunset.

Anyway.. here is the image, and Distance from Earth on 5-27-13

Mercury is 91.7 Million Miles Away
Venus is 41.4 Million Miles Away
Jupiter is 624.4 Million Miles Away

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