Venus is back!

Just watched Venus set over the Santa Rosa mtns west of Palm Springs, =
Calif.=20
Easily seen in Fujinon 16x70mm binoculars and Orion 100mm f/6 refractor. =
Also=20
visible in Leica 10x32mm binoculars. Venus is back in the evening sky! =
;-)

-Florian
http://www.stargazing.com/

Florian wrote:
Just watched Venus set over the Santa Rosa mtns west of Palm Springs, Calif.
Easily seen in Fujinon 16x70mm binoculars and Orion 100mm f/6 refractor. Also
visible in Leica 10x32mm binoculars. Venus is back in the evening sky! ;-)


Umm .. thought the San Jacintos were West and the Santa Rosas South and
Southwest.

I will go look (sun just set here).

Phil

Florian wrote:
Just watched Venus set over the Santa Rosa mtns west of Palm Springs, Calif.
Easily seen in Fujinon 16x70mm binoculars and Orion 100mm f/6 refractor. Also
visible in Leica 10x32mm binoculars. Venus is back in the evening sky! ;-)


I just tried with my 15x70s but no dice. Pretty hazy in the West one
mile from the Pacific.

BTW .. what direction did it set, Florian? Santa Rosas makes me think
WSW vs W.

Phil

"Florian" wrote in message
...
Just watched Venus set over the Santa Rosa mtns west of Palm Springs, Calif.
Easily seen in Fujinon 16x70mm binoculars and Orion 100mm f/6 refractor.
Also
visible in Leica 10x32mm binoculars. Venus is back in the evening sky! ;-)



Venus looks good in daytime too...

Umm .. thought the San Jacintos were West and the Santa Rosas South and =

Southwest.

Mt. San Jacinto is the northern-most peak of the Santa Rosa mtns. (I =
think.) I didn't specifically say Mt. San Jacinto since i can't see the =
peak from my house.=20

Venus is following the sun by about 20 minutes and just a bit south. So =
if you note where the sun sets you'd look above and to the left to find =
Venus. I watched where the sun went behind the mtn ridge and found Venus =
about 15 minutes later a bit left of that point.

-Florian

Yes indeed, Venus is back! It's perfectly placed over the mtns west of =
me when i leave work at 5pm. I've been pointing it out to my co-workers. =
;-)

-Florian
Stargazing.com

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:44:51 GMT, "Florian"
wrote:

Yes indeed, Venus is back! It's perfectly placed over the mtns west of me when i leave work at 5pm. I've been pointing it out to my co-workers. ;-)

-Florian
Stargazing.com


Excellent, man!

Now us poor souls in the NE US can send you all the stinkin' cloud
cover up here, and see Venus for ourselves. We were just waiting for
someone down thataways to say that!

:-)

James