Astroblog: Morning Moon and Venus

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Morning Moon and Venus

Some nice images of the Moon I captured this morning (114 mm Newtonian, unguided, captured using a quickcam and Vega software, 60 frames stacked in Registax). It was good to be out imaging again, even if it was freezing, with crackly frost underfoot. Some very clear definition in the crater walls and laval rilles.

Venus is now a pale imitation of its former glory. Compare the righthand image taken this moring, with the lefthand image taken back in February (images to the same scale). Venus is now low in the morning sky. But it is still worthwhile geting up to see it. On Friday June 23, the Crescent Moon will be just above the Pleiades, and to the right of Venus. This wil be another opportunity to see Venus in the daytime by using the Moon as a guide (always be sure that the Sun is blocked by a building ot wall before trying this). Memorise the location of Venus relative to the moon before sunrise, and after Sunrise, look to that same spot using the Moon as your anchor point.

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 7:15 am

Comments:

Don't think we forget about your Venus animation... c'mon, let's have it!!!!

:)

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Anonymous : 9:24 am

I'm still working on it. I have to clean up and assemble some images, including the latest one you just saw. I alos ahve a seeting Moon animation and a map of the thing cresecnt moon to finish, along with the Mars aturn conjunction track. It will be done in a resaonably short while though.

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