From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Sep/26/2020 at 14:49, David Spain wrote :   
   > OK this properly belongs in sci.astro but I don't know anybody over   
   > there and I need to know that my news client is working, so you all get   
   > to suffer.   
   >   
   > The eve sky in the Northern Hemisphere is putting up quite the planetary   
   > show in these days of Fall 2020. Something to redeem 2020. So in the   
   > evening after sunset if you look to the south southwest you can easily see   
   > Jupiter and Saturn. Then as the evening wears on after around 9:30 ET   
   > look in the East-Southeast for Mars which rules the night. Then early in   
   > the morning around 4:30 ET look in the Southeast for super bright Venus.   
   >   
   > All visible to the naked eye.*   
   >   
   > Dave   
   >   
   > *Although off-topic at least has it some relevance to Space and of   
   >   hopefully some (small) value to you the readers. I had thought of   
   >   posting a question like: "When a rocket takes off why is the bottom   
   >   always on fire? Why doesn't it take off without being on fire? Does it   
   >   ever take off with fire coming from the side or the top? Isn't this   
   >   bad? Where do all the ashes go?   
   >   
   > **Be afraid when I change news clients. Be very afraid....   
      
   My opinion of what is on topic for sci.space.policy is fairly broad. I   
   would consider this on topic. For me if it talks about something higher   
   than 100km or some way to go there, it is on topic.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)