Wide angle view of the Moon and Mars on September 8,
2003. |
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15 January 2005.
Scorpius rising. Notice Mars just East of Antares and
bright Delta Scorpii in the predawn sky. Ten second
exposure with 16 mm f/2.8 lens on a Nikon D100 digital
camera with ISO 800. |
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25 June 2005.
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn in the Western sky after
sunset. Nikon D100 image, ISO 800. 50 mm f/2.8 lens. |
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25 June 2005.
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn in the Western sky after
sunset. Nikon D100 image, ISO 800. 135 mm f/2.8 lens. |
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26 June 2005.
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn in the Western sky after
sunset. Nikon D100 image, ISO 800. 135 mm f/2.8 lens. |
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27 June 2005.
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn in the Western sky after
sunset. Nikon D100 image, ISO 800. 135 mm f/2.8 lens.
Note how much Mercury has shifted with respect to Venus
and Saturn. |
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16 January 2006, 6:00
am MST. Jupiter at top center is between Zubenelgenubi
just to its West and Zubeneschamali somewhat more to the East.
Below and slightly to the East of Jupiter Scorpius is partially visible above the house.
The two bright stars to the East of Scorpius are Han
(top) and Sabik (bottom). The two stars above Han
and Sabik are Yed Posterior (bottom) and Yed Prior
(top). The near Last Quarter
Moon was setting in the West illuminating the
foreground. Ten second exposure with Nikon D100 at ISO
800, 16 mm f/4 lens. |

The bright stars are labeled

Another view of Jupiter between Zubenelgenubi and
Zubeneschamali |
Moon, Venus,
Saturn, and Regulus October 7, 2007. One-half
second exposure with Nikon D100 digital camera at ISO
800, 50 mm f/4 lens. |
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The Moon and the
Pleiades on April 8, 2008. One-second exposure
with 135 mm f/4 lens on a Nikon D100 camera, ISO 800. |
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The Moon, Venus,
Mercury, and Jupiter on December 31, 2008.
Two-second exposure with 8 mm f/4 lens on a Nikon D100
camera, ISO 800. |
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Venus and Mercury
low in the western sky after sunset on March 15, 2010.
Six-second exposure with 16 mm f/4 lens on Nikon D100
camera, ISO 800 |
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Venus near Antares
on the morning of January 17, 2011. Fifteen-second
exposure with 16 mm f/4 lens on Nikon D100 camera, ISO
800. |
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Conjunction of Venus and Mercury January 10, 2015. They are 0.6 degree apart. |
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Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter on the evening of June 19, 2015 |
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Close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on the evening of July 1, 2015. They are 0.5 degree apart. |
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Close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on the evening of July 1, 2015. They are 0.5 degree apart. |
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Morning sky prior to sunrise on November 18, 2015. From top to bottom are Leo the Lion with Regulus, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. |
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Transit of Mercury on the morning of May 9, 2016. |


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Transit of Mercury on the morning of Monday November 11, 2019. |


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Close passage of Venus to Neptune on January 26 and 27, 2020 |
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Close passage of Venus to the Pleiades on Friday April 3, 2020 |
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Great 2020 Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: The Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn on the evening of Wednesday December, 16, 2020 |
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Great 2020 Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on the evening of Saturday December 19, 2020, two days prior to closest approach |
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Great 2020 Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on the evening of Monday December 21, 2020 at closest approach |
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Great Conjuction of Jupiter and Venus on the morning of Saturday May 30, 2022 |
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Great Conjuction of Jupiter and Venus on the morning of Saturday May 30, 2022 |
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Lineup of all naked eye planets in the morning sky. Thursday June 23, 2022 |
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Uranus was within 1.5 degrees of Venus on the evening of Wednesday March 29, 2023 |
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