Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Picture perfect planets
We finally had a nice clear morning sky at 6:00 this morning and I was able to catch Venus, Mercury, the Moon in its waning days, and Jupiter all in one fell swoop. This was one of the best views I've had of Mercury and the sky was clear pretty much to the horizon (or at least my neighbor's rooftop!). It was picture perfect but I didn't take a picture. Didn't even haul out the scope. Maybe in the morning if the skies stay clear. Venus was about 5 deg alt, mercury about a degree from Venus, Moon about 10 degrees from Mercury, and Jupiter maybe 30-40 degrees from the Moon (I didn't measure it).
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