bwh
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Jupiter-Venus conjunctionThe early night sky (4.30pm till 6:15pm) in the south (towards bridges for most dalgety bay folk) heralds this month the conjunction (together) of two of the major planets by brightness (magnitude):
JUPITER and VENUS
just after sundown, Venus is the very bright object (brightest planet) , with Jupiter (2nd brightest planet) a handspan to the left and up from venus.
Venus is charging towards Jupiter at a finger width (1 degree) per day, and this week sees the conjection of these two on 30th Nov 2008.
So see if you can bag these two planets side-by-side, or watch if early evening is clear over the next few days how Venus progresses towards jupiter.
WARNING: as these both viewed very early in night be careful not to view sun at same time, so best wait for sundown and then they appear in next 30mins (usualy by 4:40pm they both clearly visible). Venus and Jupiter are visible to the naked eye they are so bright, but be careful with regard to the proximity of the sun.
Lets see how many can spot this pair as they near conjunction.
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bwh
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day 2 - barely glimpsed venus as jupiter, at 16:05 as the north wind seems to have pushed cloud band in. ho hum.
maybe tomorrow...
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Cosmic
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Huh!
All I bagged this week was lots of Strato Cumulus cum Nimbus. Thinking of starting DBAstro cloud appreciation society. Guaranteed cloud parties at most light polluted site under the great Dunfermline Nebula 
BWH any sign of the Aurora?
Cosmic
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bwh
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woah is me - sent to norway - only southern part of norway where folks all went - ooo only see that in the norfff
so no!, maybe next year. Seems there are sites which state the potential of that nights viewing, and even sites which will mail you if you area go a chance, but need clear nights tooo.
i am not back early - but did go spotting 3-4 nights - never crystal clear, but did note venus/jupiter much lower.
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Cosmic
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back to schoolNorrrrrfff! 
looks like another sub comyttee needed fo spellink lescons.
KosmiK
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bwh
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26th nov - and jupiter just clear of clound bank at 17:11, and venus now 3 fingers away......
oooo closer every minute
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bwh
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27th nov, fnially clears 17:03 a bit now 2.5 fingers apart. cool
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Cosmic
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BW,
All this talk of 3 fingers and 2.5 fingers.....are you sure you're not looking
at a bowling ball???
or a kit-Kat
Cosmic
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seabay
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Should be Mars bar, Milky Way, Galaxy, Milky Way Stars, Star bar . . . . surely??
Now that the conjunction approaches, we have had two cloudy nights down here, and are now under a serious deluge. Weather forecast continues rubbish until well into next week - including Monday afternoon/evening's daylight occultation of Venus.
Ho hum.
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bwh
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ok looking clear tonight, and sun just setting over north queensferry. so good chance for large number to bag this conjunction....
should be 1 finger difference (at arms length) 1 degree tonight.
best luck - clear skies
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bwh
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28 nov - 15:48 can just find venus and jupiter but still very faint. 2 fingers appart.
Should get better viewing in next hour or two as gets darker , before they set at 18:00. so just 2 hours viewing.
update 16:25 and now dalgety bay still crystal clear skies, rainbow night sky (oranges thru greens to purples) from sun glow.
VENUS and Jupiter now visible to naked eye, 2 fingers (2 degrees) appart and spectacular - will make great picutre over the bridges in next hour.
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cazza
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Hi all, Friday 28th at 5.30 pm set up scope in my daughters bedroom and opened the window to a great view of both Jupiter and Venus. Used a 26 mm and a 7.5 mm eyepiece and saw Jupiter with 4 moons all in a row (two at one side and two at the other) and Venus a bit further down.
Tried to take some photographs using a digital camera down the eyepiece and the eye piece holder but flash caused problems.
All in all successful viewing, and, I managed to keep warm at the same time.
Cheers.
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Cosmic
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Cazza
Well done!
Did you see a phase of venus? I would be interested as I too looked out my daughters bedroom window with ETX 70 perched on sill. I used x2 barlow and 26mm and saw crescent phase last week.
regards
Geoff
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cazza
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Hi Geoff, didn't see a crescent phase - also tried the 2 x barlow with the 26mm but Venus was a little bit blurred.
Still I've got the power tank, lead and now have the compass/leveller that fits the eyepiece (Xmas present) so hopefully more exciting sightings to come.
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bwh
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1st Dec 2008 - and its Venus/Jupiter conjuction tonight.
16:41 light cloud - and jupiter visible - with the MOON now joining the fraise and occulting (covering) venus.
Venus will reamerge at 17:25 - so just under i hour till glorious site of
Venus/Jupiter/Moon all in same field of view.
Hope some of you can catch this spectacular event.
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Cosmic
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Brian
I bagged it! Glorious!!!!
Cosmic
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seabay
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Hi guys -
conditions down here were great for the occultation and I managed to bag some reasonable images.
Tried to post one but it wouldn't work, so if anyone wants to see, send me a pm with an e-mail address and I'll send them to you.
Cheers.
Emma
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Cosmic
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Emms
send 'em to me
Cosmic
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clanny
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I only found out about this at about 18:30 and there was too much cloud to see by then, but I did see it driving home the next night.
Here's a couple of the shots I took. Any post capture processing tips would be gratefully received.
As the light was fading....
And in the dark.
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Alderney99
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And having been close to tripping-over "clanny" as he lined-up his gear while I walked across the kick-about pitch with my binos glued to my eyes while viewing the same scene, I can vouch that these pics were successfully taken despite the immediate proximity of two street lights and the acute glare from Paul's detested "stade de futball" lights a mere 50 yards away! :^)
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Cosmic
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Excellent pics and yes it's Camembert hmmmm! lovely
Cosmic
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