It was cloudy for the nice conjunction yesterday, but it was still pretty good this morning (click to embiggen)
The crescent Moon is obvious with Earthshine. Venus is very prominent with Mars slightly to its upper left. You might have to click for a larger version to detect Mercury almost directly below the Moon (it is hard to see at this resolution, but the full picture is a pretty big file). The Moon was very close to the Pleaides, but I got up too late and the sky was too bright to get a good shot of them together.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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3 comments:
Great pics, hale. You live in big sky country. It never looks like that around here.
Your pictures are great, hale. I couldn't see Mercury, unless it is down nearer the horizon in that beautiful western colored sky... ahhh... someday.
You did get me to Windex my screen though, so thanks, I guess, for that... you stinker!
Nice pics, Hale!
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