The moon occults Venus this evening! December 1, 2008
Posted by dorigo in astronomy, news, science.Tags: moon, occultation, venus
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A very nice conjunction between bright objects in the sky tonight: at 17.20 the crescent moon will occult Venus, while passing very close to Jupiter. Do not miss the event if you at all can, even a pair of binoculars will provide a lot of detail. Unfortunately, northern Italy is under clouds… The picture below shows the trajectories of Venus from different italian cities… If I find one picture showing more data for european observers I will post it here.
UPDATE: here are a few ingress-egress times for british observers.
UPDATE: This site has a lot of detailed information on the event.
I hadn’t expected to have any clear skies here in Galicia, so didn’t bring a tripod or strong zoom lens to work, but I did get a few shots, just after Venus came out from behind the moon.
http://jonstraveladventures.blogspot.com/2008/12/moon-venus-jupiter-conjunction.html
Did you have clear skies?
J
Unfortunately not… There was a mean cloud right around the south-western horizon… Nice pictures in your site!
Cheers,
T.
This day was my birthday in the year 1955. It was a wonderful sight to see and capture! From what I have read this sighting will not come around until the year 2052. Such a great gift from above…
Are you going to post part iv of multi-muons, or is it dead?
I learn a lot from this blog.
No, no it isn’t dead… I only did not have much time lately. It will come.
Happy birthday, then, Nawnie. 2052 ? That sucks. I saw one about ten years ago, so I thought it was not that infrequent…
Cheers,
T.
My colleagues at the cafe were only excited about the Smiley Face with the crescent mouth, at 10pm Wed night NZ time.
That they got the time wrong is of no concern, because the weather has not been cooperating. Here – someone’s photos.