Venus Jupiter Moon

[DarkSkyMan]

I just thought i would point out that venus, jupiter and the moon will be quite close on Monday. Probably worth taking a few shots with a standard digital camrea.

Brett

[Tenacious Del]

I saw these two planets tonight. was a great site. looking forward to when the moon gets up there with them as well.:smile:

Del

[timthelder]

Gonna be a sight to see and a pretty cool pic...Here's a crop from the planetarium program "Stellarium." (Oriented from my coordinates.)

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Cheers:smile:

[ricci]

On my site a table for european users

www.pierpaoricci.it/eventi/trio01-12_eng.htm Venus-Jupiter-Moon

www.pierpaoricci.it/eventi/occ-01-12_eng.htm Occultation of Venus

[Radar]

Interesting how fast these things interact. I have been watching it over the last few nights. Crescent moon will make a great photo.

Ray

[timthelder]

I've got snow in the forecast for me:crazy: Unless there's a break in the clouds, looks like I'm gonna miss it:frown:

Cheers:smile:

[ssmassey]

I just did a test on my eyes from a shaded area while the Sun was still just above the horizon. Venus was easy to spot but I had difficulty seeing Jupiter. Out with the bino's for a quick cheat location which revealed it nicely. Then knowing exactly where the old unaided eyes could then spot it. So I've had a very early view of this nice and still developing formation.

[Mick]

Arrrr a silver smiley, beautiful sight from the hot tropics.

[Mick]

Quick hand held photo with the old Coolpix ........ :)

[poppasmurf]

Just posted a pic in gallery. Very cool sight, been watching through cloud for last couple of nights. Thank god it cleared for me tonight.

[Radar]

Quick hand held photo with the old Coolpix ........ :)

Nice Mick. Definitely a photo opportunity this is.


Just posted a pic in gallery. Very cool sight, been watching through cloud for last couple of nights. Thank god it cleared for me tonight.

Not a cloud in the sky over here Poppa. Great views.

Ray

[scorpius]

For once the sky was clear and got out the 350D with the 300mm lens and popped off 60 odd photos. I had the settings on f5.6 and bulb with a wireless remote control and tried various random exposures. Nothing sofistikated :)

[PeterP]

How good was this! Looked stunning, was at work, didn't have a camera, but what a great site.

Pete

[wakaleo]

Gidday all,

I got to see the 'smiley', if only on and off for a while. I was at a break-up BBQ at the Herberton SES (Google Earth ref: lat -17.384931 lon 145.386643) where I'm a volunteer and the sky was simply spectacular. Of course, I didn't have my camera 'cause it was s'posed to be overcast, wasn't it.

As we drove up over the Herberton Range the sun was setting behind a cumulonimbus cloud, one side of which was a lumpy vertical wall. Just above and beyond the top of this giant was a bright patch of nacreous cloud with a few others of lesser size and hue scattered about. A thin filmy layer of cloud (cirrostratus?) covered the whole sky but this was not noticeable until the sun's rays, partially blocked by the cumulonimbus, lit up half of the sky while the other appeared clear. Just coming into view at this time was Jupiter, completing the trio of points of the 'smiley face'. Amazing! And no camera to record this marvellous sight, except the mobile phone. The image doesn't do the vision justice, and the nacreous cloud is not visible, but perhaps from this poor quality photo you'll understand how wonderful it was.

Ah, how lucky we are to have eyes and an on-board computer to be able to see and appreciate these glorious sights!

Jim