Lynn; I agree, I have not tried to image this conjunction. I may give it a shot on Wed. morning if the clouds will clear out. However, Mars is pretty faint and really down low. Hoping for the best; Steve Coe > I observed 6 solar system objects (moon,earth,Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and > Mars)?on 5-1-11 from Antenna site but was unable to record then with a > DSLR. Not enough cantrast between Mars and the brightening dawn.? Lynn > --- On Sun, 5/8/11, Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Planets in the morning sky > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011, 2:11 PM > > > On May 8, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Tom Polakis wrote: > >> The closest grouping occurs on Wednesday morning, at the convenient hour >> of 5 a.m.? I played around with a few Solar System views of it in >> Voyager III, and put the resulting screen grabs here. >> > > Now if I can only remember to set my alarm clock for 4:30 on Tuesday > night. > > Thanks for that tip, Tom. > > Tim > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.