# Cool/Rare Celestial Event

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rare-celestial-event/475587>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 3, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rare-celestial-event/475587 "2008-12-03T23:17:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rare-celestial-event/475587/1 "2008-12-03T23:17:32Z")

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Jupiter, Venus and the Moon won’t be this close together again for 44 years. I’m in DC, and although they are all pulling apart, it’s still pretty spectacular.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rare-celestial-event/475587/2 "2008-12-03T23:24:24Z")

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Thread here: [Anyone watching the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494269)

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rare-celestial-event/475587/3 "2008-12-04T00:28:59Z")

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Oh, yeah, that’s where I saw it first. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rare-celestial-event/475587/4 "2008-12-04T01:51:09Z")

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Has any one with a good telescope and camera posted shots of this? Or is it still too wide a field to get in that manner?