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Venus and Moon
Published on 28 Jan 2011 at 00:00.
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Sunday 30th January 2011
The Crescent Moon, only 13% sunlit, lies just over 4 degrees south of brilliant white planet, Venus in the early morning at the SouthEast, best view from around 06.45 / 6.45am.
Catch Venus and Antares (orange star) in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion) rising in the SouthEast just after 05:00 / 5am.
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Venus & Saturn this morning
Published on 26 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 26th November 2010
Venus Phase – 19% illumination
Extremely really cold this morning to capture above the image of Venus phase at 06:52pm with a lightbridge 16 inch and camera Canon EOS 500D by free-hand.
Also the below image the morning sky where it shows Venus and Saturn, click here for enlarge image.
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Spot Venus
Published on 17 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 17th November 2010
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You could spot the Venus in the morning at the Southern East sky from 06:00 / 6am onwards from today, tomorrow, and so on till after Christmas, it’s closest to Spica star in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgins).
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Venus
Published on 6 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 6th November 2010
Venus is essential lost in the Sun early this month, but slowly emerges from the Sun’s glare as by mid-November.
See above photo by Henry Mendt of Maracaibo, Venezuela, took this daylight picture of Venus only 7o from the blinding sun on Sunday 31st October 2010.
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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.
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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 [...]
