April 9th, 2012 at 2:02PM
(via APOD: 2012 April 6 - Venus and the Sisters) Venus here is in conjunction with the Pleiades. The diffraction spikes are from the shape of the aperture of the lens used for the shot. Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak (Bifrost Astronomical Observatory) Also, the observatory is named “Bifrost”. I wonder if it’s on a rainbow bridge.

(via APOD: 2012 April 6 - Venus and the Sisters)

Venus here is in conjunction with the Pleiades. The diffraction spikes are from the shape of the aperture of the lens used for the shot.

Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak (Bifrost Astronomical Observatory)

Also, the observatory is named “Bifrost”. I wonder if it’s on a rainbow bridge.

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March 30th, 2012 at 4:00PM
(via APOD: 2012 March 30 - The Grand Canyon in Moonlight) Moon. Venus. Jupiter below. Pleiades just above (compact cluster), Hyades a little to the left above (V-shaped, open cluster). Colorado River shining in the moonlight. Nothing need be said. Just marvel. Having been to the Grand Canyon myself, and hiked down into it (along the Havasupai branch - named for the tribe whose reservation is on that section of the canyon), I can honestly recommend that anyone who gets a chance should see it. Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park (North York Astronomical Association)

(via APOD: 2012 March 30 - The Grand Canyon in Moonlight)

Moon. Venus. Jupiter below. Pleiades just above (compact cluster), Hyades a little to the left above (V-shaped, open cluster). Colorado River shining in the moonlight.

Nothing need be said. Just marvel.

Having been to the Grand Canyon myself, and hiked down into it (along the Havasupai branch - named for the tribe whose reservation is on that section of the canyon), I can honestly recommend that anyone who gets a chance should see it.

Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park (North York Astronomical Association)

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March 27th, 2012 at 2:00PM
Clouds and Conjunction, a set on Flickr.Via Flickr: Jupiter seems to have been clouded out of these shots, but I managed to catch a crescent Moon and Venus with my cameraphone.
Lunar Conjunction (2012-03-26)

Clouds and Conjunction, a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Jupiter seems to have been clouded out of these shots, but I managed to catch a crescent Moon and Venus with my cameraphone.
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March 19th, 2012 at 2:00PM
(via Starship Asterisk* • View topic - Submission Gallery: Jupiter-Venus Conjuction/Mars Opposition) If you had a nice camera, a mount, and some time, you could also capture Mars in opposition with Jupiter and Venus. Note also that the photographer here captured Mercury by itself against a darker background and put it into the shot more visibly. Click the link at the top of the post to see the full gallery of shots collected by the APOD editors via submissions to Starship Asterisk, the APOD forum. Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in a row http://homepage.univie.ac.at/franz.kerschbaumCopyright: Franz Kerschbaum

(via Starship Asterisk* • View topic - Submission Gallery: Jupiter-Venus Conjuction/Mars Opposition)

If you had a nice camera, a mount, and some time, you could also capture Mars in opposition with Jupiter and Venus. Note also that the photographer here captured Mercury by itself against a darker background and put it into the shot more visibly.

Click the link at the top of the post to see the full gallery of shots collected by the APOD editors via submissions to Starship Asterisk, the APOD forum.

Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in a row

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/franz.kerschbaum
Copyright: Franz Kerschbaum

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March 19th, 2012 at 12:00PM
(via APOD: 2012 March 18 - Jupiter and Venus from Earth) Now that’s a creative shot of the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus near the horizon. If you haven’t had a chance to snap a good shot, fear not, as the conjunction will occur again next May. Image Credit: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE)

(via APOD: 2012 March 18 - Jupiter and Venus from Earth)

Now that’s a creative shot of the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus near the horizon.

If you haven’t had a chance to snap a good shot, fear not, as the conjunction will occur again next May.

Image Credit: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE)

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