[Magdalen] Best photos of Venus and Jupiter! | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky

[Sally Davies]

Gorgeous, thanks for posting! That photo from South Africa is pretty much
what we saw, we went down to the beach and could see the two really bright
stars easily. It was fairly dark by then. For us, Mercury was above rather
than below the conjunction I think?

Apparently Mars and Saturn were visible overhead, I thought I could see
where but wasn't sure. We have a lot of stars even with the thick coastal
air.

Summer seems to have arrived, suddenly and early. I'm not sure it's
entirely a good thing, nor that it would last at this time of year, but
beachgoers are making the most of it.

Sally D in Port Elizabeth

On 29 August 2016 at 16:32, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow!  Thanks for that link!  I recall a similar situation, years ago when I
> visiting Mom and Dad in Florida, we often sat at a little restaurant on the
> Gulf shore to watch the sun go down.  We could see Mercury quite clearly,
> and I recall how we could tell which it was without a doubt when we saw its
> position shift, day by day.
>
> These are such a wonderful collection of spectacular (I was going to say
> stellar) pictures.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Some wonderful photos from around the world. This website is a little
> gem.
> > They used to have a 5 minute slot on our local NPR station but got cut in
> > the budget crisis.
> >
> > http://earthsky.org/todays-image/venus-jupiter-
> conjunction-august-27-2016-
> > photos
> >
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would
> > not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything
> you
> > gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >
> >
>