Good shot.
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:05 PM, LPhxAZ <lphxaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
thanks, Don! here is one that I took last night. not as good as yours,
but I like it. :)
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*From:* Don Boyd <azphotog@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Friday, July 03, 2015 2:10 PM
*Subject:* [pasmembers] Re: Fwd: Planets Converge for Sunset Sky Show
Here are a couple of pics I got from my front yard.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Peter Turner <peteturner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Unfortunately there were clouds blocking everything at our place. I
took a look at some sky maps and depending on whether a heliocentric or
geocentric map is used, the positions are slightly different.
http://www.solarsystemscope.com has a nice helopcentric map. Click on
the map to stop it for today, otherwise it will continue to run the model.
it looks like Venus is almost to its closest point to Earth. You can move
the slider bar manually back and forth to see the planets move in slow
motion. On July 18th there will be another close visual encounter. The
waxing crescent moon’s upper point will go directly over Venus.
*Pete Turner*
*From:* pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Alex Vrenios
*Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2015 9:20 PM
*To:* pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [pasmembers] Re: Fwd: Planets Converge for Sunset Sky Show
Yes. Agreed.
I noticed that Venus moved so Jupiter is at its 3 o’clock. Last night it
was at its 1 o’clock. Given Jupiter’s distance from us, I assume Venus’
movement is the cause of that shift. So Venus must be moving further away
from the Sun, from our perspective, and not yet at its point of greatest
elongation. Also, that Venus is still coming from around the backside of
the Sun, heading toward us, soon to be dropping down between us and the Sun.
Still, it all looks very pretty…
Alex
On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:48 PM, Howard Moneta <hmoneta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the tip on going outside Don. They look really spectacular
right now.
Howard
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:27 PM Don Boyd <azphotog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was just out and the clouds to the west are very clear and i got some
great pics...they are still less then a degree apart. I will post some pics
later.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:15 PM, Kevin Witts <kjwitts@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I didn't have any luck at all. Completely clouded out every time I
tried.
On Jun 30, 2015, at 9:48 PM, Howard Moneta <hmoneta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The clouds are so heavy tonight but at approximately 9 PM they split
enough for me to see Venus. Couldn't really see Jupiter either because it
was lost in Venus's glow or else due to clouds that were obscuring its
light.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:18 PM Rick Cunningham <phxf1fan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We had intermittent good views tonight. Showed Miss Terri how to use my
telescope and she was very excited. Just showed her Saturn briefly.
Sent from my Galaxy S4
On Jun 30, 2015 8:32 PM, "insanas" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was able to see jupiter and venus at 8:20 pm tonight in the western
sky. I think that the cloud cover made them look very dim. If it had been
clear, the brightness of the 2 planets would have made the conjuction more
spectacular. Anyone else have good views? Sam
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
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From: Terri <starstuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 06/29/2015 12:21 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: PAS Members ListServ <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pasmembers] Fwd: Planets Converge for Sunset Sky Show
Happy Monday to all,
Some members and some public were asking me about this, so here is the
data, in case you get asked...
Have a super day!
Terri
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