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Expert: Ed - 10/1/2009


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I live near Orlando, FL. For the past several days (ie - September, 2009)- A star or planet has been visible to the naked eye near the monn. Is it Jupiter? If not, what is it?

Thank you for your help.

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Mike, is it dim, or is it bright???  Uranus should be getting to be BARELY visible right about now, if you know what to look for, etc.  It's near the moon.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/planets_2009.html

Try fooling around with this website:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/cities.html

Keep Looking Up!
--Ed

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