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Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 3:36 am**

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The conjunction of the moon and Venus is currently a lovely sight in the western sky. This
conjunction generated even more interest than usual because Venus was occulted by the
moon on May 16.

Below are images of this event submitted for consideration as an APOD; most of the images
have links that will take you to interesting information about the image. Please check out
the associated websites for more images and cool info!

If you have an image of the conjunction to share, please feel free to add it to this thread.

Thank you!
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Athens, Greece
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moo ... nVenus.htm
Copyright: Chris Kotsiopoulos

Vallentuna Lake, Sweden
http://www.clearskies.se/Clear%20skies%20Main.htm
Copyright: P-M Hedén

: Moon & Venus_Hedén.jpg (103.53 KiB) Viewed 1731 times

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/skyscapes.htm#75
Copyright: Miguel Claro

Athens, Greece
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Occult-2010-05-16.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2010 5:29 am**

Kerman Parks, Iran
Copyright: Mohammad J. Fahimi

: Moon and Venus_Fahimi.jpg (224.18 KiB) Viewed 1609 times

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2010 4:07 pm**

Gorgeous Venus-Moon Conjunction Images
Universe Today - 18 May 2010

Venus-Moon conjuction, at Kendal Castle, England. Credit: Stuart Atkinson

Kendal Castle, with crescent Moon and Venus. Credit: Stuart Atkinson

Kendal's historic, ruined castle

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2010 5:20 pm**

This one's a little different: an allsky camera capture of a bright fireball over Colorado, as seen from the roof of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The meteor seems to be coming from the direction of the Moon (at 290°) and Venus (at 300°). This event was recorded on May 16 at 21:56 MDT.

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Posted: **Tue May 18, 2010 11:48 pm**

bystander and Chris, cool shots; thank you for posting them!

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2010 1:58 pm**

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/
Copyright: Miguel Claro

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2010 3:46 am**

Mandraki Harbour, Rhodes
http://ladanyi.csillagaszat.hu
Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi

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Posted: **Fri May 21, 2010 3:47 am**

Uludag, near Bursa, Turkey
Copyright: Tunç Tezel

: UludagFatinVenusMoon.jpg (96.5 KiB) Viewed 1526 times

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2010 3:47 am**

New York, USA
Copyright: Michael Wright

: MoonVenus_Wright.jpg (60.05 KiB) Viewed 1504 times

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2010 6:45 am**

All lovely scenes. We now have Mr. Hedén's picture from Sweden as today's APOD (21st May). Congrats...

Posted: **Thu May 27, 2010 8:09 am**

Rhodes, Greece
http://ladanyi.csillagaszat.hu
Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi

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