I think you caught it just right! Much earlier, and the sun would probably have blown them out.
As I moved further down the page, you mooned me! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:58 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > I took a try at it tonight, I was almost too late. They had already slipped > behind the hill from the spot closest to my house to look, but I was able to > try for a short while elsewhere: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157654846085830 > > Maybe I'll have better luck tomorrow > > > > Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> >> Today, I received this message from my colleague who is an astronomer: >> >> >> --------------- >> >> Over the next few nights, a spectacular conjunction of Venus and Jupiter >> is taking place. By 30 June, the two planets will only be 1/3 of a >> degree apart, easily seen in the dusk sky to the west. >> >> In the realm of pure speculation, the editor of the otherwise sober >> magazine Sky & Telescope said: >> >> .This current trio of Venus-Jupiter conjunctions closely resembles a >> similar series in 3-2 BC that has been suggested as the Star of >> Bethlehem. As has been the case in 2014-5, the first two conjunctions >> back then were extremely close, the last one separated only by 1 degree, >> all three occurred not far from Regulus, and all were similarly high up >> in the sky.. >> >> [Regulus in the constellation Leo, is the brightest star in the ecliptic.] >> >> See the following for more details. And take a look! It is spectacular. >> Really. A conjunctions between Venus and Jupiter is not too rare and >> happen every few years. But such a conjunction high in the western sky >> near Regulus - that is not common. An occultation, when Venus passes >> directly in front of Jupiter happens every 350 years or so. The next >> visible one will be in about 100 years. >> >> >> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/venus-and-jupiter-a-dazzling-duo-062520154/ >> >> >> http://earthsky.org/tonight/watch-the-great-race-of-venus-and-jupiter-in-june-2015 >> >> >> -------------------- >> >> I hope this information would be useful to some PDMLers. >> >> Igor >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
