There was a Jupiter,Venus,crescent Moon conjunction, 1st Dec 08
In the image following, to the layman it looks like it is from above.
But on further investigation it says that the observing site is from Lat 47 deg North which is right as far as Jupiter and Venus are concerned but if you change that to 47 deg South there is no change to the position of Jupiter and Venus. As you will see in photos below there are huge differences between Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere positions of the conjunction as viewed from Earth

:corrupt conjunct:

view from southern hemisphere

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view from northern hemisphere

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view from Equator

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