Set up for a try on Tuesday Night, but no joy. Heavy overcast,
thunderstorms & drenching rain.
On 6/29/2015 12:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
We had a complete overcast on Sunday, but Saturday night, I saw
the both planets while driving on the highway, around 10pm: they were
well visible with a naked eye.
Igor
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Today, I received this message from my colleague who is an astronomer:
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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
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I hope this information would be useful to some PDMLers.
Igor
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