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Venus and Mercury conjunction, Visible in sky now...
Stu
post Apr 4 2010, 07:10 AM
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FINALLY had a gorgeous view of Venus and Mercury shining close together in the west after sunset last night...

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More pics at: http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2010/04/0...ne-above-kendal


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- Stu   Venus and Mercury conjunction   Apr 4 2010, 07:10 AM
- - Explorer1   You have one jealous city dwelling admirer here. E...   Apr 4 2010, 08:53 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 4 2010, 09:53 AM) ...   Apr 4 2010, 11:33 AM
- - gwiz   I saw the two planets together on Wednesday and ag...   Apr 4 2010, 11:06 AM
- - Ian R   This apparition was a first for me too. Having nev...   Apr 4 2010, 10:20 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I've seen Mercury several times before, so it...   Apr 5 2010, 01:10 AM
- - Stu   Might not be a big deal to you, but I always get a...   Apr 5 2010, 05:14 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I didn't mean to imply I haven't been TRYI...   Apr 5 2010, 02:58 PM
- - bkellysky   High clouds being thrust over us from severe weath...   Apr 5 2010, 10:45 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I went out looking for the Zodiacal light tonight ...   Apr 7 2010, 04:52 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   OT for this discussion, but here's the Pleiade...   Apr 7 2010, 04:56 AM
- - Stu   Nice pics, Dan. We were hoping we might see an aur...   Apr 7 2010, 05:24 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I need to drive over the mountains to Reno one day...   Apr 7 2010, 05:33 AM
- - As old as Voyager   Tonight at about 20.45 I finally got to see little...   Apr 7 2010, 08:15 PM
- - Stu   Glad you managed to see it! :-) Stella and I ...   Apr 7 2010, 09:25 PM
- - Ant103   From my point of view, this modest picture   Apr 7 2010, 10:24 PM
- - Sunspot   From Cambridgeshire this evening   Apr 8 2010, 08:10 PM
|- - Adam Hurcewicz   From Poland few hours ago... Nikon D40x ...   Apr 8 2010, 08:45 PM
- - Ian R   Took this shot of Venus, Mercury and a very young ...   Apr 16 2010, 07:25 PM
- - Sunspot   Just went out to get some pictures of the sunset, ...   Apr 16 2010, 08:29 PM
- - nprev   Forgot to mention that my wife & I were in Lau...   Apr 16 2010, 09:38 PM
- - Stu   Couple of pics from t'other night... That...   Apr 17 2010, 08:40 AM
- - Ant103   Nice pics Stu Mines You can see the Pleiades op...   Apr 17 2010, 09:00 AM
- - PhilCo126   Great photos, Mercury could be seen with 20X80 bin...   Apr 17 2010, 06:04 PM
- - Astro0   Moon and Venus tonight from my backyard. For all t...   Apr 18 2010, 08:10 AM

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