venus / saturn

[setione]

From Palm Springs - I have been watching the moon and Venus and three other stars line up for several days. The moon is traveling up the imaginary line between them all. It looks like on June 30 (the blue moon) Venus and Saturn will be on top of each other. Comments please...

 

[3488]

Here at: Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom. 51 degrees, 8' North. 0 degree, 53' East,<br />we wre plagued by high level Cirrus cloud, until about<br />two hours before sunset, it cleared.<br /><br />The Sun was still well, up, & there was the crescent Moon, with Venus clearly visible<br />to the lower right, in FULL Daylight. <br /><br />Later on atabout 10:00 PM GMT / 11:00 PM CET, it was still very bright in the northwest <br />(Astronomical twilight does not end here at the moment), but Venus, the Moon, & <br />Saturn formed a nice line.<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>

 

[drwayne]

A couple of nights ago it was breathtaking with the crescent moon on the lower right, and the axis of objects (Venus, Saturn etc.) lining up with the axis of the crescent, like they were headed right for the "bowl" of the moon - I brought my wife and son out to see it...<br /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[3488]

A couple of nights ago it was too cloudy here to see that.<br /><br />Later on I will look again. Venus is now clearly visible during the daytime now.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it is clouding owver here.<br /><br />It was sunny this morning, but since then it has both warmed up & clouding over.<br /><br />Heavy rain is in the forecast.<br /><br />We may get to see some Noctilucent clouds at some point. We are far enough north here.<br /><br />Had some good displays last year, though none seen as yet this year.<br /><br />Andrew Brown.<br /> <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]

Venus and Saturn will be closest to each other (0 degrees, 39' 47") at 09:34 UT on July 1st. Pretty good guess you made! <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>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I liked last night even better with the crescent moon halfway between Venus and Saturn.<br /><br />I took sime pix, will look shortly and see if any came out good enough to show. <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>

 

[setione]

any way to find out when this allignment, traveling of the moon and "eclipsing" of satrun and venus happened and will happen again.

 

[deapfreeze]

I would love to see the pictures if they turn out ... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><em>William ( deapfreeze ) Hooper</em></font></p><p><font size="1">http://deapfreeze-amateur-astronomy.tk/</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Many astronomy programs can handle that task.<br /><br />I happen to use SkyMapPro.<br /><br />Venus and Saturn will be right next to each other on July 1st; the moon passes between them next month on evening July 16th in the US, and Venus will be higher than Saturn by then. <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>

 

[deapfreeze]

Well thats good news for me I am on vaccation the first 2 weeks of July. Looks like I will have somethings to look at. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><em>William ( deapfreeze ) Hooper</em></font></p><p><font size="1">http://deapfreeze-amateur-astronomy.tk/</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[3488]

APOD for Wednesday 20th June 2007.<br /><br />Venus & the Moon.<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>