John Celio a écrit : >> On next February 12, the now growing moon will then be a very thin >> crescent again, closing to the sun. At this very day, it will cruise >> near the very bright planet Jupiter and the bright start Antares, in the >> Scorpion constellation. >> >> The trio will raise at the east (as usual), shortly before the sun, >> wherever you live. >> >> There are two challenges here: >> - doing a nice composition, of general photographic interest, and not >> only a pure astronomical "documentary" photograph, that would please >> only astronomers. >> > > > This sounds fun! Could you maybe send out a reminder on the 11th, for those > of us with horrible memories for dates? I have to get up really early these > days anyway, so I might as well put myself to good use. > > Thanks, > John >
Sure, if I don't forget it, too :-) By the way, the 13rd will not be too bad, too: the moon will be a bit more east from Jupiter and Antares, but thinner and closer to the sun, so the results might be pleasant, too... Patrice -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net