Planet Scenes 2013 - 2017
Planet Scenes |
Constellations |
Transit of Mercury |
Texas/Arizona 2019 |
Lunar Eclipse 2019 |
Historical
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Feb 25: Venus, Mars, and Uranus were strung out along the ecliptic in early 2017, although
by this time, Venus had begun to seriously bend north of the ecliptic in preparation
for its inferior conjunction in March. This
image was taken at one of the overlooks on the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Mar 4: Afocal view of Venus through my 120mm f/5 refractor. Venus will be going through
inferior conjunction about three weeks from now, so we can see that its phase is decreasing while its angular
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Aug 11: We saw the total eclipse of the Sun from Niota, Tennessee, and it was spectacular!
This was the saros series successor to the August 1999 eclipse across Europe that we missed out on due to
clouds. |
Nov 20: Decent shot of Saturn and the crescent Moon over the horizon looking west from my new
house in east Stafford County, Virginia. |
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Mar 4: I captured Mars above Uranus along the ecliptic, which means
in reality it is east and slightly north of Uranus. I zoomed in so far to see the
actual pixels recorded for each planet so we can see what colors the camera detected in
the two cases. Uranus' green color is real! |
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Jan 13: Mars is in Virgo, preparing for its May 2016 opposition. |
Feb 2: Venus and Mercury pair up in the Teaspoon asterism of Sagittarius. |
Oct 3: Nice trio of the crescent Moon, Venus, and α Librae. |
Dec 10: Venus and Mars situated in Capricornus. |
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Jan 13: Venus and Saturn gathered in the morning sky. |
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Nov 20: Venus is lower down in the evening sky, in Sagittarius, repeating a pattern she performed in 1984,
1992, 2000, and 2008. |
Dec 20: Mars and Neptune were close together in Aquarius. |
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Nov 20: Mars is in central Capricornus. |
Dec 28: Planets bright to dim are navigating the celestial sea at the end of the year. Here
we see the brightest planet, Venus (magnitude -4.32), Mars (magnitude +0.86) near σ Aquarii, and
Neptune (magnitude +7.93) just above Mars. |
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Jan 9: Comet Lovejoy in southern Taurus |
Apr 11: Venus near M45 from LaGrange |
Sep 27: Lunar Eclipse ~ but only partial from Virginia |
Oct 20: Planets in the morning in Leo |
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Jan 17: Venus and Mercury in the evening from Idlewild |
Jun 29: Venus and Jupiter having a close conjunction |
Oct 14: Mercury with a fine morning apparition in Virgo |
Oct 22: Venus, Jupiter and Mars gathering in Leo |
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Jan 17: Mars in Aquarius with Neptune |
Jun 29: Closeup of Venus and Jupiter in Leo |
Oct 15: Jupiter, Mars and Mercury in the autumn morning |
Oct 29: Venus between Jupiter and Mars in Virgo |
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Apr 11: Jupiter in Cancer |
Jul 18: Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon |
Oct 15: Mercury has a fine dawn apparition in Virgo |
Nov 4: Mars and Venus leave Jupiter behind |
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Jan 9: Sunspots galore near solar maximum |
Apr 24: Mars near opposition in Virgo |
Aug 25: Mars and Saturn in Libra from Blue Ridge Parkway |
Oct 23: Partial solar eclipse from Dahlgren Naval Base |
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Feb 1: More sunspots, this time with a different scope and filter |
Aug 21: Venus and Jupiter in bright dawn twilight |
Oct 8: Total lunar eclipse visible from Virginia |
Nov 15: Sunspots again as solar maximum continues |
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Jan 10: Venus and Moon in the morning sky |
Mar 13: Comet Panstarrs graced our evening skies |
May 26: Venus, Jupiter and Mercury gathered low in the dusk |
Nov 3: Partial solar eclipse visible in the morning from Route 3 |
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