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Star Tours : Science File / An exploration of issues and trends affecting science, medicine and the environment

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Venus and Jupiter are brilliant low in the southwest during evening twilight. Look for them about 5:30 p.m. Venus is 10 times brighter than Jupiter, and the two are separated by 13 degrees--a distance that is decreasing daily. Much fainter Mars is midway between then.

Source: John Mosley, Griffith Observatory

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