Don't forget to grab a look at Venus

Venus is heading towards it's transit on June 8th (National Cloud Day
in the UK). It's now a fairly thin crescent and well worth a last
evening look (for a while) if you can get some magnification on it.

Here's an image of Venus and the Moon from the last couple of the
days, comparing the crescents.

http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/crescents.jpg

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Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

Jesus, i havent looked at the sky(apart from when i fall over from toooo
much Stella Artois) for a few
days. The phase of venus has changed massivley since i last looked. Looks
alot bigger too, nearly as
big as the moon ;-).

NCD Eh, I like it....!

Rob

Bet someone replys with "oi its not really as big as the moon,
bla...bla...bla" before they read this bit!


"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
...
Venus is heading towards it's transit on June 8th (National Cloud Day
in the UK). It's now a fairly thin crescent and well worth a last
evening look (for a while) if you can get some magnification on it.

Here's an image of Venus and the Moon from the last couple of the
days, comparing the crescents.

http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/crescents.jpg

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

On Mon, 24 May 2004 15:49:14 +0100, "Robert Geake"
wrote:

Jesus, i havent looked at the sky(apart from when i fall over from toooo
much Stella Artois) for a few
days. The phase of venus has changed massivley since i last looked. Looks
alot bigger too, nearly as
big as the moon ;-).

NCD Eh, I like it....!

NCD?

Bet someone replys with "oi its not really as big as the moon,
bla...bla...bla" before they read this bit!

Yeah - I thought that too. Of course Venus is not as big as the Moon
- it's much bigger!

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Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

"Robert Geake" wrote:

Jesus, i havent looked at the sky(apart from when i fall over from toooo
much Stella Artois) for a few
days. The phase of venus has changed massivley since i last looked. Looks
alot bigger too, nearly as
big as the moon ;-).

NCD Eh, I like it....!

Rob

"oi its not really as big as the moon, bla...bla...bla

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:01:37 +0100, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2004 15:49:14 +0100, "Robert Geake"
wrote:

Jesus, i havent looked at the sky(apart from when i fall over from toooo
much Stella Artois) for a few
days. The phase of venus has changed massivley since i last looked. Looks
alot bigger too, nearly as
big as the moon ;-).

NCD Eh, I like it....!

NCD?

Doh! Can't even remember what I wrote two minutes ago!!

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Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:54:05 +0100, Martin Frey
though we all should know:

"Robert Geake" wrote:

Jesus, i havent looked at the sky(apart from when i fall over from toooo
much Stella Artois) for a few
days. The phase of venus has changed massivley since i last looked. Looks
alot bigger too, nearly as
big as the moon ;-).

NCD Eh, I like it....!

Rob

"oi its not really as big as the moon, bla...bla...bla

You just made me cry with laughter, nice one dude!

Rob

I find Venus such an unispiring object, I could'nt even begin to
envisage why I would want to look at it through either binoculars or a
telescope.

Just to see a bigger version of this already featureless body.

Each to his own I suppose!

Regards

Bernie

"Bernie"
I find Venus such an unispiring object, I could'nt even begin to
envisage why I would want to look at it through either binoculars or a
telescope.

Just to see a bigger version of this already featureless body.

Each to his own I suppose!

I find it's interesting to consider what I'm looking at: A planet
very similar in size to our own, yet seethingly hot, surface atmospheric
pressure of something like 100 bars, 400 or 500 C temperature, and
yet we have landed probes on there and had them send back pics of
rocks lying around the place; the pics are kind of spooky because they
could really have been taken on Earth; it doesn't looks so very
different, yet it really is different. A seething hell. I'm full of
admiration for the Russians for getting their probes there and getting
results back.

When I consider these things, it brings Venus "alive" for me. I don't
have a telescope at all (Though I just won some 13x70 binocs on
Ebay and am eagerly awaiting (hoping for?) their delivery!), but
when I see Venus in the sky, I often stop to look for a while and
consider exactly these things - much as I do whenever I see the moon.


Martin
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Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

"Fleetie" wrote:

"Bernie"
I find Venus such an unispiring object, I could'nt even begin to
envisage why I would want to look at it through either binoculars or a
telescope.

Just to see a bigger version of this already featureless body.

Each to his own I suppose!

I find it's interesting to consider what I'm looking at: A planet
very similar in size to our own, yet seethingly hot, surface atmospheric
pressure of something like 100 bars, 400 or 500 C temperature, and
yet we have landed probes on there and had them send back pics of
rocks lying around the place; the pics are kind of spooky because they
could really have been taken on Earth; it doesn't looks so very
different, yet it really is different. A seething hell. I'm full of
admiration for the Russians for getting their probes there and getting
results back.

When I consider these things, it brings Venus "alive" for me. I don't
have a telescope at all (Though I just won some 13x70 binocs on
Ebay and am eagerly awaiting (hoping for?) their delivery!), but
when I see Venus in the sky, I often stop to look for a while and
consider exactly these things - much as I do whenever I see the moon.


Martin

Spot on, Martin. Those Russian landers were breathtaking. Must have
been built like tanks.

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47