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Tag Archives: Venus
There’s a Star in the East
Long winter nights. Crisp clear skies. Denser colder atmosphere. These are a few of my favorite things during the winter months and they add up to darker skies and brighter stars. This weekend also has a few things going for … Continue reading
The Sky this Week: June 26–July 5, 2015 | Astronomy.com
http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week/2015/06/june-26july-5-2015 Look west for the next few evenings after sunset to catch Venus and Jupiter passing very near to each other. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon
Look West After Sunset Tomorrow Evening
I probably won’t get to see this. Snow is forecast for this afternoon in the KC metro area and continuing cloud cover for the next couple of days. I’ll keep my fingers crossed and my eyes on the western horizon … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Mars, Moon, Musings, Seasons, Solar System, Venus, Winter
Tagged amateur astronomy, conjunction, lunar observing, Mars, new moon, planets, Venus
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Venus Overtakes Jupiter
I thought I’d use the European racing term more commonly known in the States as ‘passing’ to refer to the progress Venus has made in the predawn sky this past week. Saturday morning I woke up way too early for … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Jupiter, Solar System, Venus
Tagged amateur astronomy, astrophotography, dawn, jupit, sunrises, Venus
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Closest conjunction of two planets in 2014 before sunrise August 18 | Tonight | EarthSky
http://earthsky.org/tonight/closest-planetplanet-conjunction-before-sunrise-august-18 Set your alarms folks! This will be all kinds of cool tomorrow morning. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon
Dramatic photos of Venus disappearing behind the moon | Human World | EarthSky
http://earthsky.org/space/dramatic-photos-of-venus-disappearing-behind-the-moon#.Uw3M6MFME0M Some day I hope to be in the right place at the right time to see an occultation like this. If only I’d been visiting India this week. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Moon, Solar System, Venus
Tagged astronomy, moon, occultation, Venus
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Moon Venus Conjunction
Did you happen to look west-southwest last evening shortly after (or during) sunset? The Moon passed quite close to Venus. If I’d remembered a few minutes earlier, I probably could have seen Venus during daylight.
Posted in Astronomy, Moon, Venus
Tagged amateur astronomy, amateur photography, crescent moon, Venus
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Venus Dives Past Saturn
Twelve degrees Fahrenheit this morning as I setup the tripod and camera for the third pre-dawn photo shoot of Saturn and Venus. Completely calm, unlike yesterday morning, so no jiggles to the camera, beyond my fumbling numb fingers. I opted … Continue reading
Saturn Squeezing Venus
I went to bed Sunday night lamenting the end of my longest vacation in over a decade. I double-checked and triple-checked my return-to-work checklist (security badge, laptop, cell phone, sunglasses, lunch bag, work clothes and shoes, etc.) before nodding off. … Continue reading
Begining of the End
I learned last night at the November general meeting of the Astronomical Society of Kansas City that we have just fifty days (forty-nine as I write this blog) until the end of a Mayan age (the 13th Bak’tun). More commonly … Continue reading
Posted in Arcturus, Astronomy, Mercury, Saturn, Solar System, Venus
Tagged amateur astronomy, amateur photography, Arcturus, Gemini, Libra, Mercury, Saturn, Spica, Venus
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