Don't forget Venus!

[weeman]

Right now is a good time to view Venus! I live outside of Denver, CO and I went out last night to view Venus, as well as the new Moon. Two breathtaking sights side by side in the sky! The new Moon is possibly one of the best times to view it. The dark side was visible through my telescope, and the shadows of the craters gave it amazing depth! So, what are you waiting for? Get out there and view these two beauties <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[vandivx]

as it happens I was looking at them tonight going from work, Venus was lower and a bit to the right of the Moon, about a month ago the Moon was lower than Venus at that time of the day, too bad I don't even have binoculars but that is just as well, my hands are too shaky for that anyway<br /><br />vanDivX <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[anthmartian]

Thanks the British weather for once!*<br /><br />I have been lucky enough to see this the last two nights. Hoping for 3 in row tonight.<br /><br />It is a stunning sight. I'm hoping somebody here has captured an image.<br /><br />A wonderful sight like that is also something that stops non astronomers dead in their tracks. I've seen many people the last couple of nights looking up and admiring the view. Which is great! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em>"Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"</em></font></p><p><font color="#33cccc"><strong>Han Solo - 1977 - A long time ago in a galaxy far far away....</strong></font></p><p><br /><br />Click Here And jump over to my site.<br /></p> </div>

 

[3488]

I have spotted Venus now on several occassions in full daylight during the last few weeks. During the afternoon, hide the sun behind a tall building & look to the left. <br /><br />Be extremely careful. DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN!!!<br /><br />You will be quite surprised at how easy it is to see Venus like this at the moment. With binoculars it is a hoot.<br /><br />Mind you, you do need the area to be clear of thin cirrus family clouds. Clearer spells during showery weather would be ideal, as pollutants, hazes, etc are usually absent.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Through binoculars and telescopes (as well as naked eye) Venus will continue to grow more spectacular over the nect few months. By mid July, it will be three times larger, and be a thin crescent, yet 0.4 magnitudes brighter. <br /><br />And, the moon passes by every month, if the weather gods let you see it <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[vandivx]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>I'm hoping somebody here has captured an image. <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />probably you didn't mean this kind of 'capture' but anyway, this is what it looks like captured freehand on 7.1 megapixel camera Moon & Venus<br /><br />I happened to take and interesting sky photo from that same location some weeks earlier evening_sky<br /><br /><br />vanDivX <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[weeman]

Well, I live in Colorado, where the weather gods aren't always nice. The saying in Denver goes, "if you don't like the weather now, just wait five minutes". One day it's sunny, you think that summer is finally here, then it snows and rains the next day! <br /><br />I am looking forward to viewing Venus in the near future. When I was viewing it the other night I could just barely tell that it was 3/4's lit. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>