Venus and Moon this evening

What a beautiful sighting around 17:30 this evening. Looked out of my
windows for a clear blue sky with the light fading and to see Venus with a
crescent moon just below and with Earth shine.

Anybody else notice it and perhaps taken a photo?

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Andy Lawson
51° 46' 7" , -1° 35' 45"

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:45:25 -0000, "Andy Lawson"
wrote:

What a beautiful sighting around 17:30 this evening. Looked out of my
windows for a clear blue sky with the light fading and to see Venus with a
crescent moon just below and with Earth shine.

Anybody else notice it and perhaps taken a photo?

I have noticed Andi, but my photo's will be a poor :-(

Andy Lawson wrote:
Anybody else notice it

Oh yes. I was walking on the North Downs at dusk (had intended to be
back earlier). Wasn't it just a beautiful sight.

and perhaps taken a photo?

Nope -- left camera at home. By the time we got home, it was behind the
hill and I felt too knackered to walk up it to photograph it in
Ashford's murk and skyglow.

Best,
Stephen

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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:45:25 -0000, "Andy Lawson"
wrote:

What a beautiful sighting around 17:30 this evening. Looked out of my
windows for a clear blue sky with the light fading and to see Venus with a
crescent moon just below and with Earth shine.

Anybody else notice it and perhaps taken a photo?

Yes, what a great sight, and for me one of those rare moments when the
kids weren't screaming, I had chance to look outside AND had the
camera handy :-)

http://www.fatcat.clara.co.uk/astro/venmoon.html

Darrell

In article , Andy Lawson
writes

Anybody else notice it and perhaps taken a photo?


Yes, another photo from just north of Preston, Lancashire.

http://www.d-entwistle.fsnet.co.uk

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David Entwistle

"Andy Lawson" wrote in message
...
What a beautiful sighting around 17:30 this evening. Looked out of my
windows for a clear blue sky with the light fading and to see Venus with a
crescent moon just below and with Earth shine.

Anybody else notice it and perhaps taken a photo?


Another pic, taken from Aldershot, Hampshire at 6.45pm

www.mybitoftheplanet.com/forums/moon.html

David Jones,
Garden Wildlife Diaries at www.mybitoftheplanet.com

"Andy Lawson" wrote in message
...
What a beautiful sighting around 17:30 this evening. Looked out of my
windows for a clear blue sky with the light fading and to see Venus with a
crescent moon just below and with Earth shine.

Anybody else notice it and perhaps taken a photo?

--
Andy Lawson
51° 46' 7" , -1° 35' 45"



Did anybody capture Venus itself under telescope magnification??

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:35:15 +0000 (UTC), "Dre"
wrote:

Did anybody capture Venus itself under telescope magnification??


Yes I caught it with my 4" refractor using eyepiece projection with a
Toucam Pro.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.lawrence1/Venus/ven-5-120-90s.jpg

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