Planet Scenes September 2024
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September 10 We did not have fog this morning but instead around 5:30 a.m. EDT we were treated to a huge rocket burn that lit up the southeastern sky with a massive plume, which unfortunately I only caught the end of with a short exposure. Jupiter and Mars were also prominently displayed almost directly overhead. |
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September 9 Mercury is in the midst of a fine morning apparition, a bit brighter than yesterday and nicely positioned due north of Regulus. Our skies were crisp and clear this morning except for a fog bank along the Rappahannock River that forced me to spend extra time looking for a suitable spot to get the picture ~ the clouds and haze below Mercury and to the right is that fog. |
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September 8 Mercury is in the midst of a fine morning apparition, now just one day before its close conjunction with Regulus. This view was captured in bright twilight so I didn't record the background stars as well as I wanted. |
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September 5 This evening was mostly clear so we had a good view of the moderately close pairing of Venus and the Moon as can be seen in this setting sequence. We also checked in on T Coronae Borealis and note that again, it has shown no signs of eruption. |
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September 2 Venus has finally gained enough elongation to be easily visible in mid-twilight over the westner horizon after an excruciatingly slow climb along the shallow ecliptic of summer. Saturn and Neptune are still floating amid the watery constellations of the ecliptic, in Aquarius and Pisces, respectively. They are both in their retrograde loops and well south of the ecliptic. |
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