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Title: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: Johnny OrganDonor on February 27, 2009, 06:18:57 PM

The moon and Venus are getting cozy tonight.

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: ducpainter on February 27, 2009, 06:23:23 PM

Quote from: Johnny OrganDonor on February 27, 2009, 06:18:57 PM
The moon and Venus are getting cozy tonight.

They don't exist here tonight.

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: OT_Ducati on February 27, 2009, 07:05:51 PM

nothin but dark here

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: IZ on February 27, 2009, 07:13:57 PM

riding home today about 6:30 and saw it over the Austin sky. [thumbsup]

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: jdubbs32584 on February 27, 2009, 07:20:31 PM

Its pretty out here on the mountain.

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: Holden on February 27, 2009, 07:39:43 PM

Twin thin crescents in Pisces. 58 Piscium is the bright one above Venus. Pretty cool. ;D

Also be sure to check out comet Lulin by Regulus tonight. It's going bye-bye forever.
(http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lulin_pr_med.jpg)

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: ZLTFUL on February 28, 2009, 07:32:23 AM

Thank you Jack Horkeimer. [laugh]

God, and I thought I was an astromony geek.

Unfortunately, too much snow and cloudiness for any good sky views here last night...

Title: Re: Get off your computer and go look at the moon
Post by: Holden on April 06, 2009, 05:53:52 PM

Quote from: Johnny OrganDonor on February 27, 2009, 06:18:57 PM
The moon and Venus are getting cozy tonight.

Even cozier: Venus will be occulted by the Moon on the morning of 22 April, at 5â€"6 AM PDT for viewers in the Southwest (happens after sunrise (or not at all) elsewhere)

In fact, Earth, the Moon, Venus & Mars will be in perfect conjunction, except that Mars will be below the ecliptic. Thus angular separation from the Moon/Venus conjunction will be around four degrees to the observer (SSE or 5:00ish). Also nearby will be Uranus (6 degrees to the right), but its 5.92 magnitude will make it hard to see after an hour or so before sunrise.

The Moon will be a waning crescent near where the celestial meridian intersects the ecliptic in Pisces (about due east).

Where I am, Venus will duck behind the bright part of the moon at 05:07 and emerge from the other end by 05:59 (06:17 sunrise) ...if my calculations are correct. [laugh]

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