Summary: Stick out your index finger and hold it at arm's length. The width of your fingertip (less than 2 degrees wide) is how far apart Jupiter and Venus will be on June 3rd -- a remarkable close encounter between the two brightest planets. [more]

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	Photographer, Location, Date	Larger images	Comments
	Randy Brewer, Santa Barbara, CA, USA June 2	#1	Photo details: Sony 707 digital camera, 4 sec. exposure
	Didier Van Hellemont, Antwerp harbour, Belgium June 1	#1	D. Van Hellemont used a Nikon Coolpix 995 to capture this lovely shot from a small village called Lillo, in the Antwerp harbour.
	Stan Richard, Des Moines, Iowa, USA June 1	#1	This photo from Stan Richard's back yard shows a jet apparently heading directly for Jupiter! "I couldn't avoid the jet trails tonight," says Stan. Photo details: Nikon 950 digital camera.
	Becky Ramotowski, San Antonio, Texas May 30 - June 1	May 30, May 31, June 1	B. Ramotowski captured this 3-day series of photos (at nearly the same time each evening) of Venus and Jupiter above the Tower of the Americas. "Construction of the 622 ft tower was an amazing feat in 1968. The 1.4-million-lb tophouse was built on the ground and then lifted to the top, inch by inch, with twenty-four steel lifting rods. It took twenty days to do this," notes Becky.
	Denis Joye, near Paris, France June 1	#1	D. Joye: "This is the church of St-Cloud [with Venus and Jupiter shining on either side of the spire]." Photo details: Two seconds exposure with EPSON 3000Z digital camera at Zoom 3x.
	Philippe Moussette, Mont Cosmos Observatory, St-Elzéar, Québec June 1	#1, #2, more	Photo details: 20 sec exposure, 400 ASA, Coolpix 995 digital camera.
	Bartek Okonek, Leszno, Poland June 1	#1, #2, #3	Photo details: Olympus Camedia 2100UZ, ISO 100, 4 to 6 sec exposures.
	Rijk-Jan Koppejan, Middelburg, The Netherlands May 30	#1, #2	R-J. Koppejan: "I took this picture on May 30, 2002, from the backyard of our Philippus Lansbergen Public Observatory in Middelburg, The Netherlands. As you can see we have a big problem with our light-polluting neighbour."
	Denis Joye, Paris, France May 30	#1	D. Joye: "I was in Paris this evening, standing on the Pont Neuf, when Jupiter and Venus come out of the clouds. I was lucky to capture this picture. On the left is the rotating light of the Tour Eiffel. On the right, the Louvres Museum"
	Philippe Mollet, Brussels, Belgium May 29	#1	In this picture, Venus and Jupiter shine above The Atomium -- Brussels' most prominent landmark. "The Atomium was built," says Mollet, "for the 1958 World Expo, and shows an iron crystal, 165 billion times magnified. It's 102 meters high, and weighs 2400 metric tons."
	Rijk-Jan Koppejan, Middelburg, The Netherlands May 27	#1, #2	Photo details: Minolta Dynax 3xi with a 70-210mm zoom. Fujicolor superia ISO 200. Exposure times about 4 seconds.