Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west...

Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west...

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Stu

Feb 24 2012, 10:48 PM

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The Poet Dude

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FINALLY the cloud cleared today, and feeling like Trinity seeing the clear sky for the first time, in the Matrix sequel, I went up to the castle and got some pics...

That last one shows the ISS moving through the sky too...

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Stu

Mar 5 2012, 12:46 AM

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The Poet Dude

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Teeth-shatteringly cold, crystal clear night in Kendal tonight, so of *course* I was at work!! But I dashed out in my break to grab a few photos, and was very glad I did...

...and my best ever image of Mercury, which was almost embarrassingly easy to find tonight...

Worth half an hour of dashing around like a lunatic!

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Stu Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west... Feb 24 2012, 10:48 PM

Astro0 That last one is amazing! Feb 24 2012, 11:04 PM

john_s And here's the view from Boulder, Colorado a... Feb 25 2012, 02:51 AM

bkellysky Great shots! But I'm clouded out here in ... Feb 25 2012, 03:03 AM

Syrinx Might be possible to spot Mercury too, right? It... Feb 25 2012, 06:13 AM

bkellysky Mercury reaches its greatest distance out from the... Feb 25 2012, 12:21 PM

Stu Ahhh.... turns out I *did* manage to capture Mercu... Feb 25 2012, 03:52 PM

bkellysky Saw Venus about 12:30pm - 1/2 a thumb-length direc... Feb 25 2012, 06:44 PM

climber Once again working in Arica Chile. I can tell you ... Feb 25 2012, 08:32 PM

NickF Admiring dazzling Venus on this chilly Michigan ev... Feb 27 2012, 01:05 AM

ilbasso QUOTE (NickF @ Feb 26 2012, 08:05 PM) Adm... Feb 27 2012, 02:11 AM

ugordan Saw Mercury for only the 2nd time in my life last ... Feb 27 2012, 09:48 AM

AndyG QUOTE (NickF @ Feb 27 2012, 01:05 AM) Adm... Feb 28 2012, 12:44 PM

Stu I know what you mean... I always get a real buzz w... Feb 27 2012, 02:35 PM

Tesheiner Saw the whole group about one hour ago (19:30 loca... Feb 27 2012, 07:41 PM

bkellysky I was snowed out on Saturday evening, but the phot... Feb 28 2012, 01:35 AM

ceramicfundamentalist For the past two weeks I've been insanely jeal... Mar 2 2012, 04:01 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (ceramicfundamentalist @ Mar 2 2012, 05... Mar 2 2012, 07:52 PM

Stu FINALLY, after a week of cloudy skies, we got to s... Mar 2 2012, 10:57 PM

mhoward The second one is fantastic. Mar 3 2012, 01:50 AM

nprev Beautiful, Stu. Had my first good look at them la... Mar 3 2012, 02:34 AM

bkellysky Nice shots, folks!! Stu - good to see peo... Mar 3 2012, 02:55 AM

Syrinx I saw Mercury tonight for the first time in my lif... Mar 3 2012, 06:24 AM

Stu Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated... Mar 3 2012, 08:37 AM

bkellysky I've posted some more photos I took Saturday e... Mar 5 2012, 12:44 AM

Stu Teeth-shatteringly cold, crystal clear night in Ke... Mar 5 2012, 12:46 AM

Stu Fantastic planet-watching night last night, took w... Mar 11 2012, 10:21 AM

bkellysky Lots of people have been asking me about those two... Mar 15 2012, 10:29 PM

Stu I honestly think stargazers and skywatchers in Mor... Mar 15 2012, 11:22 PM

bkellysky Hi, Stu, It looks like the most vertical* will be ... Mar 16 2012, 01:55 AM

cndwrld The Astronomy Club at the European Space Astronomy... Mar 16 2012, 11:24 AM

Lunik9 Superb pictures everyone, thanks for sharing. On 1... Mar 16 2012, 04:22 PM

bkellysky QUOTE (Lunik9 @ Mar 16 2012, 12:22 PM) Su... Mar 18 2012, 05:37 PM

Stu After a week of totally overcast skies, we finally... Mar 18 2012, 12:10 PM

ngunn This evening was perfect for planet watching from ... Mar 18 2012, 09:07 PM

bkellysky QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 18 2012, 05:07 PM) Thi... Mar 18 2012, 09:44 PM

Stu The show's just about over now (with our weath... Mar 20 2012, 10:26 AM

Stu Managed a few more pics tonight... http://cumbria... Mar 23 2012, 01:19 AM

Stu Very hazy and misty tonight, not much use for ... Mar 24 2012, 12:58 AM

stevesliva Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon over the Olym... Mar 24 2012, 05:28 AM

Stu Remarkably, my weekend off has coincided with a sp... Mar 24 2012, 09:38 PM

jasedm Stu, Re: light pollution - I consider myself very... Mar 25 2012, 12:04 AM

7B8 QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 24 2012, 11:48 PM) [...]... Mar 25 2012, 05:09 PM

James Sorenson I took this lastnight outside of my apartment. Mar 25 2012, 10:23 PM

Stu Beautiful clear sky tonight, and even better forec... Mar 25 2012, 11:23 PM

monty python Great to have the seven sisters in the image! ... Mar 26 2012, 05:13 AM

brellis I had a good one recently: an airplane, ISS, the M... Mar 26 2012, 10:23 AM

Astro0 I just wish I had a good camera to take shots like... Mar 26 2012, 11:56 AM

NickF Here's the view over Lansing, MI last night. Mar 26 2012, 07:24 PM

Ant103 The view from France, during a Star Party event, t... Mar 27 2012, 03:27 PM

Stu Figuring I'd "done" the conjunction ... Mar 27 2012, 04:08 PM

Stu Another night, another photo safari, this time to ... Mar 28 2012, 09:58 AM

Stu Thought I was done taking pics of Venus and Jupite... Apr 1 2012, 09:35 AM

bkellysky Told you Venus and Jupiter would still be great... Apr 1 2012, 04:20 PM

bkellysky Venus passed by the Pleiades Cluster tonight. My ... Apr 3 2012, 01:29 AM

vikingmars A pic taken from my home close to Meudon Observato... Apr 3 2012, 05:45 AM

bkellysky Venus will become more crescent-shaped and larger ... Apr 3 2012, 11:03 PM

climber I had a quiz last week asking whose 2 gods were th... Apr 8 2012, 02:29 PM

Stu Absolutely, Climber! Just found out that N... Apr 9 2012, 02:44 PM

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