Mind you, the key players (Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury) will all be up there for at least another week or more, but tomorrow the Moon will have moved up beyond Venus, Jupiter will have dimmed a bit more and moved down toward Mercury. I don’t know if there’s a “technical” definition of what constitutes an astronomical conjunction (X number of bodies withing Y degrees?) but gut feeling is that it’s almost over.
But tonight, still…
It was looking pretty nice up there in a clear, desert sky. Three-day old Moon, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury (just above the tree at the lower right).
And even with the (carefully) hand-held iPhone, I can zoom in on the crescent Moon and Venus and see some details on the portion of the Moon illuminated by Earthshine.
I was also shooting photos with the good DSLR and lenses. I still haven’t downloaded and reviewed them. We’ll see later if there’s anything there that’s special and worth sharing.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 