Starship Asterisk*

Moon and planets parade
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Copyright: Stefano De Rosa

Please find below an image taken on February 24, 2012, showing Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon shining over the St. Vito Church (Turin, Italy) and the silhouette of the Alps with on the left the peak of Monte Viso (mt. 3,841)

26.02.2012 18 UT

Moon-Jupiter-Venus
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Copyright: Oliver Schneider
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Jupiter, Moon and Venus over the Appeal to the Great Spirit, Boston
Copyright: Russell Pinizzotto
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Three Planets Over Stagecoach
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Copyright: Jimmy Westlake
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Additional images will be posted this evening; thanks to all for sharing!

Moon-Jupiter-Venus Vertex over Springfield, Missouri. Picture taken Feb 26, 2012 by Chuck Shepherd.

While all the images in this submission gallery are individually pleasing, what I really like here is the gallery itself... the sense of a single astronomical event witnessed (near) simultaneously all over the world, with various geologic or cultural elements in the foreground. A gallery like this really emphasizes that we all live on one world, in the same way pictures of Earth from space does.

Mercury, Crescent Moon, Venus, and Jupiter during Tucson, Arizona's Sunset:

Crescent Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in downtown Tucson, Arizona

Planets and Moon from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mercury at lower right with branch pointing to it, Venus, the Moon, and Jupiter.
26 February, 2012 about 18:25 EST
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Copyright: Beth Katz

Tonight's Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Waxing Crescent Moon.

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Zodiacal light + conjunction
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Copyright: Manel Soria [attachment=4]SET_4147ae.jpg[/attachment]

Venus and the Moon
Copyright: Alan C Tough
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Conjunction over Rome
Copyright: Alan Bates
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Venus - Moon Conjunction
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Copyright: Geir Øye Olympian Gods Return to Mt. Olympus
Copyright: Constantine Emmanouilidi
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Chris Peterson wrote:While all the images in this submission gallery are individually pleasing, what I really like here is the gallery itself... the sense of a single astronomical event witnessed (near) simultaneously all over the world, with various geologic or cultural elements in the foreground. A gallery like this really emphasizes that we all live on one world, in the same way pictures of Earth from space does.

This. Thank you, Chris.

Four Nights
This is the conjunction captured over four nights, at about the same time (24 Feb - 27 Feb, ~18:50 MST), by my video allsky meteor camera. You can see the nightly eastward movement of the Moon, and also the slight closing of Jupiter and Venus.

About a 10 sec exposure, f5 . . .
Near Huntsville, AL.
Copyright Alan Sieg

Rhode Island, USA - Feb.23 2012 18:10

Planets and Moon over Luzern, Switzerland
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Copyright: Peter Ens La Luna, Venus y Jupiter
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Copyright: Marti Artalejo Costa
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Conjunction over Heavy, population: 20
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Copyright: Luis Argerich
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Moon, Planets, Clouds over Superior
Copyright: Scott Shoup
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Diamonds over Normandy
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Conjunction Panorama of Pic du Midi
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Jupiter, Venus and the Crescent Moon
Copyright: Joe Stieber, Web Page: http://sjastro.org/

Saturday evening, 25-February-2012, at 6:23 pm EST from my backyard in Maple Shade, NJ, USA. I had to edure fast-moving broken clouds, waiting for all three objects to appear simultaneously. Jupiter is at the upper-left apex of the slender triangle they formed while Venus below right of Jupiter, next to the moon. Canon 40D digital SLR camera with a Sigma 18-50 mm f/2.8 zoom lens set to 18 mm focal length. Exposed 1/6 second (handheld) at f/2.8, ISO 800 Sunday evening, 26-February-2012 at 6:24 pm EST from Carranza Field in Wharton State Forest, NJ, USA. The evening was quite clear, so for something different, here's a view of just the objects themselves. Since the previous evening, the moon has moved about 12 degrees eastward and is now near Jupiter. Canon 40D digital SLR camera (on a tripod) with a Sigma 18-50 mm f/2.8 zoom lens set to 50 mm focal length (then cropped a little vertically). Exposed 1/2 second at f/2.8, ISO 400

2/26/2012
Denver, CO

Greetings!
Some more pictures from the conjunction of the month from Spain
In the month of March we will continue trying

Clear skies for all

Here are my scenes from Feb 26 this was truly a beautiful clear night!

Monday's Venus, Jupiter, and Waxing Crescent Moon alignment at St Augustine Cathedral.

Just a quick picture I snapped on my way home. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make it anywhere darker, so I took a seat on the bench and took a couple shots of me staring up.


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The picture from Turin also has Mercury in it - just to the left and above the tower at the bottom.

Arch

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Canopus, Sirius, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus February 29, 2012

Leo Dy
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Crescent Moon, bright Venus and Jupiter
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Copyright: Tamas Abraham