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| Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon |
Meanwhile, in other parts of the sky:
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| Dark cloud after sunset |
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| High cloud illuminated by the last rays of the sun after sunset, passing in front of the constellations Auriga, Lynx and Ursa Major. |
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon
Tonight, the Moon passed close to Venus. Mercury was right on the horizon, too!
Here is a labeled version of the above image:
Meanwhile, in other parts of the sky:
Meanwhile, in other parts of the sky:
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These are very nice, Rory! I like evening shots of the planets and moon. Jupiter and Venus are getting closer. Hope to see more.
ReplyDeleteThere were some really great shots of the conjunction on Spaceweather.com around that time. My favorite is this one: http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Tamas-Ladanyi-conjunction_120225_ladanyi_web_1330209815.jpg
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