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- abstract6767 April 2012
- BlueMoon May 2012
- John_Brady May 2012
- karl May 2012
- Stephen May 2012
Crescent Moon and Venus 24th April
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If you have clear skies, look to over the west after dusk and see the slim crescent Moon 5 degrees below Venus.
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very nice moon, love it when its like that. i got a couple of nice pics with my mobile phone and scope before the clouds came in. it cleared up after a few hours and i am just back in from a bit more observing.
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What is the moons position away from venus? It seems like the bright object about 5 degrees lower to the right of the moon is too bright. I dont see too many other objects close to the moon.
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that is venus. venus is very bright . it often gets mistaken for a ufo.
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When the Moon, especially the crescent Moon, is close to a bright planet like Venus it does catch people attention.
It looks slightly out of the ordinary.
But yeah Stephen, Venus has definitely been responsible for some panicky people thinking alien intelligence is paying a visit !
But considering astronomers spend quite a lot of their time looking up at the stars, it's not them that report ufos. It's usually always non astronomers. That's because astronomers know everything that's up there moving, or non moving. Planets, meteors, satellites, ISS...
"This thing was flying above the trees following my every movent as I was driving my car, it was very bright, must have been 500 ft across" ...er Venus :-) -
lol thats right betelgeuse. i remember a guy asking me on the way home from work, what the hell is that!? is that a comet headed for us!? i told him to relax its just venus! venus reflects something like two thirds of the light it gets i think?
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Yes it's those sulphuric acid clouds that do it...also searing heat, and massive atmospheric pressure, must be like a vision of hell.
...but I think Jupiter's moon Io may takes that titile.
My favourite naked eye planet is Venus, and right now is as good as it gets. -
Hi stephen. I enjoy looking at the moon surface, planets and bright stars nothing too serious.I had an old scope on a tripod for the longest time but i recently moved and i must have damaged it or something. and was getting way too much peripheral glare and just couldn't focus it. I guess I could probably spend a couple hundred or so. Thanks for your reply.
