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Venus, Jupiter & the Moon over the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

The Moon, Jupiter and Venus have been a beautiful sight over the last few evenings. Here are some photographs showing the view from Greenwich.

On the evening of the 2nd of December, we had the following view... notice the seperation of the Moon and thew two planets.

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Just a day later, and the Moon has move a significant distance in the sky, as it orbits around the Earth. The following photograph shows the view on the evening of the 3rd of December, 2008.

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This final photograph was also taken on the evening of the 3rd of December. What a beautiful sight we have been treated to over the last view days!

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