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Dean Johnson
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    I got out last night – in my backyard – used my binoculars, not my telescope – and it was as pretty a sight as it was REALLLY COLD!!

    I looked at it twice, for about 15 minutes each time. The 2d time, about 8:30 to 8:45 I think that it was going to be about as close as they could get to each other. Jupiter showed 3 moons in my 15X70's and there was a faint star about equal to the Galileans in magnitude about halfway between the planet and the Moon. The Moon was waxing gibbous, of course with crater Tycho showing its rays quite nicely, Copernicus in full sunlight and the terminator halfway through Sinus Iridum. Half the floor was lit, half in shadow, but all the Jura mountains shining in the lunar sunrise.

    Too bad it was so bloody cold!