paisley Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 is a good time for doing a little planet gazing this week... Saturday Mars will pass very close by, not back this close until at least 2018... visible in the later hours, say between 2am and dawn the event is being marked by star parties in many communities. and Venus is visible near the horizon around sunset for a couple more weeks venus near the crescent moon Calling attention to itself as soon as the Sun goes down, VENUS shines brilliantly in the western sky about 10° above the horizon. Telescopic views of the planet reveal a disk 40" across and only 20 percent illuminated.One of the handful of planets known to the ancients, Venus is often called Earth's sister planet because of its similar size and distance from the Sun. Despite these similarities, however, in other ways Venus is very much unlike Earth. The planet is so hot and forbidding that it might be a good place to film Dante's Inferno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I miss seeing you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 get a room stargayzers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 or make one http://www.stargaze.info/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 if you look really hard you might see Uranus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseldoug Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 If you look closely at that picture you can see Saturn about 3/4 of an inch away from the moon at about 3:00. Also you can make out another star/planet at about 1:00 approx. one inch from Venus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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