Bright spot on Venus |
Bright spot on Venus |
Jul 30 2009, 09:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
space.com story on mysterious cloud brightening on Venus:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0907...right-spot.html ...also spotted by an amateur astronomer. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 3 2009, 02:16 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yaaay for the amateurs! But what a shame we don't have a spaceprobe orbiting Venus right now, ideally a European one, with a full suite of scientific instruments, that could spot something like this before observers here on Earth -
Hang on..? -------------------- |
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