[AZ-Observing] Re: Moon and Mercury Over Licancabur Volcano
- From: Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:47:58 -0700
Looks like the setting for the next Lara Croft movie :-).
Enviously Yours,
Tim
On May 31, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Tom Polakis wrote:
> By dumb luck, the location of our lodge near San Pedro, Chile aligned the
> moon and Mercury with the tallest peak along the eastern horizon. Licancabur
> is a statovolcano that rises over 19,000 feet. This picture was taken from
> our back porch.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/135170625
>
> The moon is about 36 hours before New, and Mercury is behind the sun near
> superior conjunction. Unlike Venus, it reaches maximum brightness when it is
> at Full phase behind the sun rather than at 50% phase. Before twilight
> began, the Zodiacal light was pointing nearly vertically, the Small
> Magellanic Cloud was about halfway to its highest altitude, and the Large
> Magellanic Cloud was directly below it.
>
> Looks like we're in for a cloudy one tonight, so maybe we'll be awake to see
> some geological attractions tomorrow.
>
> Tom
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