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After Sunset tonight
Published on 26 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 26th July 2010
Sunset Planets
Mars and Saturn are meeting at a particular place with Venus to form a skinny triangle in the sunset sky in the West. When the sun sets tonight, go outside and look West.
Venus pops out of the twilight first, followed by Saturn, then Mars by binoculars or a small telescope.
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Moon, Saturn, Mars & Venus tonight
Published on 16 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 16th July 2010
Above the image was captured by Miguel Claro, Portugal.
(Derekscope’s archives :- Thursday 15th July 2010.)
The 5.67 days old Crescent Moon is below Saturn as they form a right-angle (90`) with Mars at 22:00 / 10pm tonight.
See the SkyMap.
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Catch Venus above Regulus Star
Published on 8 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 8th July 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
Catch Venus above Regulus Star.
Venus features well this month, it starts the month as evening object in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) 15 degress above the horizon in the west after sunset.
It is reasonably well placed for observation that Venus moves left in the Leo and nearer [...]
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Venus and Two Stars
Published on 27 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 27th May 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
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The Planet of Venus forms a triangle with the two stars are Castor and Pollux in the constellation of Gemini (The Twin) in the evening twilight at the West.
Venus and Seven Sisters
Published on 24 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 24th April 2010 @ 21:00 / 9pm
Venus in brightest and Seven Sisters (Messier 45)
Catch Venus in an evening twilight conjunction with the `Seven Sisters` (Pleiades – star cluster). As the `Seven Sisters` slips lower in the sky it shares the evening with the brightest planet – Venus in the west. (A Great photo opportunity!)
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Two events for this evening
Published on 16 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 16th April 2010 @ two events for this evening
UPDATED @ 20:30 / 8.30pm :- The photo is added below.
1) Mars meets Beehive Cluster @ 21:00 / 9pm
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DON’T MISS – seeing Mars at it’s closet approach to the Beehive Cluster (Messier 44) in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab) this [...]
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Mercury
Published on 7 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 7th April 2010 @ 20:00 / 8pm
Mercury is at its greatest distance east from the Sun this evening, so you will see every evenings that Mercury is sloping low, lower and lowest meanwhile Venus is rising high, higher, and highest.
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Venus and Mercury
Published on 26 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 26th March 2010 @ 20:00 / 8pm
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Mercury
The closest planet to the Sun, does re-appearance in the evening skies very low in the west during the last week of March that you may just catch a glimpse of Venus and Mercury before it sets on the horizon by a naked eye.
Both [...]
Earthshine & Venus
Published on 17 Mar 2010 at 00:04.
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Wednesday 17th March 2010 @ 18:30 / 6.30pm
Earthshine, image taken by Derek Rowley.
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Sunlight reflected by Earth that makes the otherwise dark part of the Moon glow faintly. It’s especially obvious during the Moon’s thin crescent phases.
So tonight keep your eye on the western twilight sky just after sunset that Venus is [...]
Venus & Jupiter
Published on 16 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 16th February 2010 @ 17:15 / 5.15pm
This late afternoon after 5pm there will be a very close conjuction of Venus and Jupiter.
Use binoculars to look at the planetary pair near the SouthernWest-West horizon, 20 minutes after sunset. (Jupiter will be upper right of Venus – see the map below.
See the SkyMap.
