Archives for 1 December 2008
Pictures of the conjunction!
Published on 1 Dec 2008 at 7:05 pm.
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A little while ago I took these photos of the conjunction that I blogged about a few hours ago. As before, click on the image to get a bigger sized view.
Both photos were taken with a Nikon D70, ISO 1600. The upper one was an 0.5 second exposure, and the lower one was a […]
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Pretty planetary grouping
Published on 1 Dec 2008 at 3:31 pm.
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Tonight there will be a rather uncommon grouping of two planets and the Moon. Look in the southwestern sky and you’ll see the crescent Moon and two bright “stars” very near it. The brighter of the two stars is actually the planet Venus. The next one is the planet Jupiter. Click on the image above […]
