Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday Mornings Moon and Mercury Lineup
Sunday morning (21 June), saw the thin crescent Moon below the Pleiades and close to Mercury. Mercury itself was in the Hyades, and formed a second "eye" in Taurus, along with Aldebaran. Above them, Mars and Venus were at their closest.
You will have to click on the image to embigeen so that you can see , Mars, the Pleiades and the hyades.
You will have to click on the image to embigeen so that you can see , Mars, the Pleiades and the hyades.
Labels: astrophotography, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus