Another Possible Explanation
This; in regard to the incredibly bright object in the western sky recently. I'd been wondering aloud about what it may be. Found and decided to share this - I emboldened some text.
Some daily events in the changing sky for May 18 – 26.
Watch the waxing crescent Moon march up day by day to a spectacular conjunction with Venus on the 19th. This scene is drawn for the middle of North America. European observers: move each Moon symbol a quarter of the way toward the one for the previous date. For clarity, the Moon is drawn three times its actual apparent size.
Sky & Telescope diagram
Friday, May 18
The thin Moon shines to the lower right of Venus this evening, as shown here. Far below the Moon, can you spot Mercury yet? It's getting higher every day.
Saturday, May 19
Venus pairs up with the crescent Moon for a head-turning spectacle high in the west during twilight, and lower in the west after dark. They'll appear less than 2° apart for viewers throughout North America. Tell family and friends about this one — and use the illustration here to point out Pollux, Castor, and Capella too.
Copied from skytonight.com. I'd hoped their illustration would copy as well but there are limits....
**Saturday night update** - I got a couple of shots of the crescent moon and Venus tonight. If they've turned out well I'll post them soon.
Some daily events in the changing sky for May 18 – 26.
Watch the waxing crescent Moon march up day by day to a spectacular conjunction with Venus on the 19th. This scene is drawn for the middle of North America. European observers: move each Moon symbol a quarter of the way toward the one for the previous date. For clarity, the Moon is drawn three times its actual apparent size.
Sky & Telescope diagram
Friday, May 18
The thin Moon shines to the lower right of Venus this evening, as shown here. Far below the Moon, can you spot Mercury yet? It's getting higher every day.
Saturday, May 19
Venus pairs up with the crescent Moon for a head-turning spectacle high in the west during twilight, and lower in the west after dark. They'll appear less than 2° apart for viewers throughout North America. Tell family and friends about this one — and use the illustration here to point out Pollux, Castor, and Capella too.
Copied from skytonight.com. I'd hoped their illustration would copy as well but there are limits....
**Saturday night update** - I got a couple of shots of the crescent moon and Venus tonight. If they've turned out well I'll post them soon.
posted by Norm at 5/18/2007 11:36:00 PM
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I hope to get some night sky watching in when we go home to the Bogs this weekend. The light pollution here is pretty bad, not at all good for stargazing.
It's one of the nice aspects working where and when I do; nights, a little bit north of most of the light polution. On a clear night you can see.......
The shots I took didn't turn out - too shaky; not worth posting.
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