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

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

What these pictures so beautifully illustrate is the joy of coming each day
to that same place and looking at that same patch of sky, and being able to
see the change, day by day.

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 11:25 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>