Monday, January 19, 2015

1563e 2015/01/19–20

1563e 2015/01/19–20 17:50–17:55 EDT Foxmead W windows 9 ne

Another nice naked eye view of three planets, Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Mercury is now quite a bit lower in the sky and harder to see, and Mars is getting lower too.


 Temperature = –11°C 

Monday, January 12, 2015

1562e 2015/01/12–13

1562e 2015/01/12–13 17:50–17:55 EDT Foxmead W windows 9 ne

http://www.space.com/28213-venus-near-mercury-this-week.html

With the lousy weather I get around here, I rarely get to actually _see_ the things I write about, but tonight I looked out and there they were: Venus and Mercury close together, and Mars up to the left. Neat!


Temperature = –12°C