Mom: Yes.
Ann: And look over there, Mom! That's Venus! Can you see it?
Mom: No.
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Tage, Mom's friend: Yes.
Ann: And look over there, Tage! That's Venus. Can you see it?
Tage: No.
(Disclaimer: This man is not Tage.)
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Ann
In the direction I took that image, it's 180 miles to the nearest town, and 490 miles to the nearest city. It's a good direction for astronomical imaging!owlice wrote:I saw it, too, and what a lovely sight it was! My pictures didn't turn out nearly as well as yours; too much suburbia in the way.
I've noticed that buildings tend to not move very much. Same with trees. Very inconsiderate of them, blocking the view like that. Sometimes, however, an earthquake or very large storm gets them to move out of the way, but in 'those' cases, I'd rather have the blocked view. Just part of my selfishness of wanting less pain and misery to deal with, coming out, i guess.Ann wrote:The buildings seem to be there all the time.
I got one tonight, next to Venus and beautifully lit by the Sun below the horizon.orin stepanek wrote:Before sunrise there was a vapor trail! :|
That's not true. Only inferior planets show a full range of phases, from full to new (or 100% to 0%). Superior planets also show phases, but only gibbous ones (or full, of course). Jupiter is currently around 99%; Mars can get as low as 87% (at quadrature). Jupiter will show just a bit less of itself next month, at its east quadrature. It's easy to see the phases of Mars, and a careful observer can just make out Jupiter's when it's near quadrature. Anything farther out would require an instrumental measurement.bystander wrote:Umm, Jupiter is always full disk. Only inferior planets show phases.
Thanks- the color in the contrail was remarkable. (That's Venus with the trail, and Jupiter by the Moon.)orin stepanek wrote:That's really a nice picture with Jupiter and the vapor trail Chris! 8-)
Looks like Hot Chocolate weather to meAnn wrote: This is what I saw tonight, in the sky as well as on the ground!
But Chris, thank you so much for your fine pictures. I always enjoy seeing them!![]()
Ann
I have been thinking about this question, but I haven't had an answer for it, at least not until now. Now I hope I can say something about it.Turning it upon Venus, well I could be mistaken here because the wind was blowing and the tripod was vibrating a little, but I am sure I could make it out as having a slightly gibbous phase . . would that be right?