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Today the Moon and Venus were very bright just before dawn. I hurried outside and took their picture.
I you look carefully, you will see a star closer to the moon.
15 Saturday Aug 2020
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Today the Moon and Venus were very bright just before dawn. I hurried outside and took their picture.
I you look carefully, you will see a star closer to the moon.
AmyRose🌹 said:
COOL! I saw the exact configuration in our skies. However, unlike you I did not get my camera. Glad you did!
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neihtn2012 said:
Next time, Amy!
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MichaelStephenWills said:
The moon and venus are beautiful….difficult to do them justice in photography….thanks for sharing your wonder.
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neihtn2012 said:
According to wikipedia the Moon and Venus appear together “… in a pattern that generally repeats every 243 years, with pairs of transits eight years apart separated by long gaps of 121.5 years and 105.5 years.”
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MichaelStephenWills said:
That wikipedia article was “Transit of Venus” (across the sun), a different phenomonon.
Alignments of the moon and venus happened at least twice this year, the last time was June (see link, below). Next alignment, March 28, 2021.
https://skyandtelescope.org/online-gallery/alignment-of-venus-and-3-moon-at-sunrise-june-19-2020-as-viewed-from-atlanta-ga/
A cursory search pulled up these additional examples:
February 8, 2016
https://skyandtelescope.org/online-gallery/early-morning-alignment-of-the-crescent-moon-venus-and-mercury/
September 8, 2013
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/crescent-moon-and-venus-put-on-a-show/
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you for enlightening me!
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Emma Cownie said:
Lovely colour blue!
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neihtn2012 said:
It was a darker blue when I first saw them, and became the color you see in the photo by the time I got my camera ready.
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Irene said:
I saw them outside my window too but didn’t even think of grabbing my camera. 😏
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neihtn2012 said:
If you had your phone with you, maybe you could have used it?
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Irene said:
Next time. 😊
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Eliza Waters said:
I noted this today as well – thanks for clarifying what planet it was.
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neihtn2012 said:
You must be an early riser too.😉
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Eliza Waters said:
The cat likes to eat really early, alas!
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bayphotosbydonna said:
Nice, Hien! And I see the closer star too! 🙂
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Donna!
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