Nice view Wednesday night, sidewalk soon

You'll need a low to the western horizon view to see it, but try not to miss tomorrow's view of moon and planets. Tomorrow is Wednesday the 3rd. Look for the crescent moon and to the right of it, bright Venus. You'll need a low western horizon to see the slender lunar crescent and the planet tomorrow night. What lurks near Venus are two other planets, but it will be challenge to see them.Try with binoculars, but if you don't see them, at least you know they are there. Read all about it here: http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=2216 We made a slight change to our sidewalk astronomy schedule for September. Monrovia Saturday Sept 6th, and Pasadena has been changed from Sept 5 to Sept 12. Now that school is back in session, moon and planet viewing nights in Monrovia are a perfect setting for the family or the classroom. Schedule here: http://www.otastro.org/ Jane and Mojo, writing from Northern California today -- Jane Houston Jones Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 230-205 Pasadena, CA 91109 818-393-6435 jane.h.jones(a)jpl.nasa.gov Cassini SOC http://soc.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm What's Up? http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/amateurastronomy/index.html