|
Post by Tringa on Oct 26, 2015 20:00:11 GMT
For anyone who fancies an early start, or for those who go to work early, Jupiter, Venus and Mars appear very close together in the sky in the early morning now and for a couple of weeks.
Even by mid November they will still be fairly close but for the next few days they very close.
On the 6th and 7th of November the moon joins the party and as it is waning then it should not affect the visibility of the planets too much.
If you are interested in this viewing, or any other astronomical event, Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/en_GB/), which is free, is a a very useful download.
Dave
|
|
|
Post by alf1951 on Oct 27, 2015 8:24:17 GMT
One of my more sleepless nights so I took images of the almost full moon soon after moonrise and again in the early hours. The latter was difficult as there was a thin veil of cloud almost all night making the image rather fuzzy. The second image is of (I hope I'm right!) Venus, Jupiter and Mars (in order of brightness) - again difficult because of the brightness of the moon and I cheated in the end by stitching two images together as either Venus was grossly over-exposed or Mars disappeared.
|
|
|
Post by htcdude on Oct 27, 2015 15:35:24 GMT
Excellent photos Alf! The moon did look stunning early evening yesterday.
Nige
|
|
|
Post by alf1951 on Oct 28, 2015 15:12:39 GMT
Realized last night - I'm sure I've identified the planets wrongly. Will have to do some research!
|
|
|
Post by Tringa on Oct 28, 2015 16:01:17 GMT
No, you are correct Alf. The HeavensAbove site - www.heavens-above.com/ - which is another really good free resource, gives the current magnitudes as Venus -4.2 Jupiter -1.6 Mars 1.7 which means your suggested order is correct. Dave
|
|
|
Post by alf1951 on Oct 29, 2015 3:26:42 GMT
Thanks for the reassurance Dave. Once the doubts set in... I installed Stellarium on my computer last night - fascinating stuff but a fairly steep learning curve at the moment!
|
|