How to watch Mars, Venus, and Jupiter come together in a rare close encounter this week

A celestial event happening this week will be so bright even people in bright cities like New York City, will get to see it -- as long as the morning skies remain clear of clouds. The two brightest planets in the night sky, Venus and Jupiter, plus the dimmest, Mars, will appear to pass extremely close to one another all of this week. This close encounter is called a triple planetary conjunction and we won't see another one like it until January 2021. The apparent distance between Venus and Jupit...