What's that?

I'm not even an amateur astronomer, I'm just someone who loves to look at
the night-time sky! I live in Oregon (USA) and right now we have a thin
crescent moon and it has a companion, which planet is this?

Thanks all!
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Ray
www.rayspace.com/gallery.html
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"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere,
than in any city on earth" - Steve McQueen

It's Venus. Unfortunately it was cloudy here tonight, but I'm sure it was a
pretty grouping.



"Lunaray" wrote in message
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I'm not even an amateur astronomer, I'm just someone who loves to look at
the night-time sky! I live in Oregon (USA) and right now we have a thin
crescent moon and it has a companion, which planet is this?

Thanks all!
--
Ray
www.rayspace.com/gallery.html
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"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere,
than in any city on earth" - Steve McQueen

Thanks Bill, I thought that's what it was; it was beautiful :-)

It's Venus.

Beautiful isn't it!

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/

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"Lunaray" wrote in message
...
I'm not even an amateur astronomer, I'm just someone who loves to look at
the night-time sky! I live in Oregon (USA) and right now we have a thin
crescent moon and it has a companion, which planet is this?

Thanks all!
--
Ray
www.rayspace.com/gallery.html
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"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere,
than in any city on earth" - Steve McQueen

"Bill Nunnelee" wrote in message
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It's Venus. Unfortunately it was cloudy here tonight, but I'm sure it was
a
pretty grouping.
snip

I saw that the other night. It's nights like those where I wish I knew
enough about photography to take a picture. The grouping was so perfect it
looked fake.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

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"Bill Nunnelee" wrote in message
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It's Venus. Unfortunately it was cloudy here tonight, but I'm sure it was
a
pretty grouping.
snip

I saw that the other night. It's nights like those where I wish I knew
enough about photography to take a picture. The grouping was so perfect it
looked fake.

You just point and shoot. I mean it. If you have a SLR you will have to
wait until the film is processed, but a digital camera which can take
picture with exposures of a second or so will get you instant results,
and we will look forward to seeing you on alt.binaries.pictures.astro or
www.mysky.org if you don't have access to binary groups)
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"Bill Nunnelee" wrote in message
news
It's Venus. Unfortunately it was cloudy here tonight, but I'm sure it
was
a
pretty grouping.
snip

I saw that the other night. It's nights like those where I wish I knew
enough about photography to take a picture. The grouping was so perfect
it
looked fake.

You just point and shoot. I mean it. If you have a SLR you will have to
wait until the film is processed, but a digital camera which can take
picture with exposures of a second or so will get you instant results,
and we will look forward to seeing you on alt.binaries.pictures.astro or
www.mysky.org if you don't have access to binary groups)

I tried with the Moon and Mars, but to get Mars, the exposure had to be
longer, which results in the moon being way over blown. I guess maybe I just
need to experiment more. Thanks for the encouragement. Maybe once this
winter storm blows over, I'll give it a try.

BV back to the ice
www.iheartmypond.com