Space Weather News for Feb. 5, 2007
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EVENING PLANETS: When the sun sets tonight, go outside and look west. You'll see two planets beaming through the glow of sunset: Venus and Mercury. This is a great week to see the two planets together. Mercury reaches its maximum elongation (apparent distance) from the sun on Wednesday, Feb. 7th, making it unusually easy to see and a charming companion for always-bright Venus.
COMET MCNAUGHT UPDATE: Now that the full moon is out of the way, observers in the southern hemisphere are seeing Comet McNaught again. It is barely visible to the unaided eye, but an easy target for binoculars. Off-the-shelf digital cameras and 30+ second exposures continue to produce beautiful images.
News flash: A team of professional astronomers using the ESO's New Technology Telescope in Chile report "strong spiral jets" emerging from the comet's nucleus.
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