=========================================================================<br /><br /> * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's SKYWATCHER'S BULLETIN - May 29, 2002 * * *<br /><br />=========================================================================<br />Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More information on the items<br />below is available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs<br />provided. Clear skies!<br />=========================================================================<br /><br />VENUS AND JUPITER APPROACH CONJUNCTION<br /><br />The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, are shining in the western<br />sky after dusk and drawing closer together day by day. By month's-end<br />they'll have closed to within 2 1/2 degrees of each other. Conjunction<br />occurs on the evening of June 3rd when they'll be less than 2 degrees<br />apart (that's less than the width of a finger held at arm's length).<br /><br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_572_1.asp<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />LAST CHANCE TO VIEW JUPITER<br /><br />This giant planet is becoming difficult to observe as it sinks lower into<br />the western twilight each evening. While watching the conjunction, why not<br />also take a telescopic tour of Jupiter? A list of times when the Great Red<br />Spot crosses Jupiter's central meridian can be found at the address below.<br />For European observers, a double shadow transit begins at 23:05 Universal<br />Time on May 31st and for the next 2 1/2 hours, the shadows of Europa and<br />Ganymede will drift across Jupiter's face.<br /><br />http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_107_1.asp<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />PRODUCTS FOR NEW SKYGAZERS (Advertisement)<br /><br />Inspire the next generation of astronomers with these titles available<br />from Shop at Sky!<br /><br />How the Universe Works by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest<br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=40<br /><br />The Young Astronomer by Harry Ford<br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=42<br /><br />Deep Space Explorer CD-ROM from the creators of Starry Night<br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=41<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Copyright 2002 Sky Publishing Corp. S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin is<br />provided as a free service to the astronomical community by the editors of<br />SKY & TELESCOPE magazine. This bulletin may not be redistributed or<br />republished in any form without written permission from Sky Publishing;<br />send e-mail to permissions@SkyandTelescope.com or call +1 617-864-7360.<br />More information about astronomical observing is available on our Web site<br />at http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />To change your address, unsubscribe from S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin, or<br />subscribe to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin, which highlights the latest<br />discoveries from the world's astronomical observatories, go to this<br />address:<br /><br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/shopatsky/emailsubscribe.asp<br /><br />========================================================================