[extropy-chat] big bright light in the northwest

[BillK]

On Mon May 3 22:34:25 MDT 2004 Reason queried:
> Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what that big bright,
> brighter-than-planets star in the northwest is? Visible in California 
> right now (21:30PST).

Go to one of my favorite sites:
http://www.heavens-above.com/

Choose your location, then it will give you a starchart and lots of 
other lovely information.  :)
Mars and Saturn are also quite close to Venus at present.

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BillK