[AZ-Observing] Re: Moon and Mercury Over Licancabur Volcano
- From: Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:44:54 -0700 (PDT)
Superb image Tom! The series of rare planetary conjunctions we are currently
facing is offering some great oppourtunities!
Clear Skies,
Chris
Schur's Web Portal: http://www.schursastrophotography.com
--- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Moon and Mercury Over Licancabur Volcano
To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 11:44 AM
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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