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| | <em>image by [mailto:HowardEskildsen@msn.com Howard Eskildsen], Ocala, Florida</em></p> | | <em>image by [mailto:HowardEskildsen@msn.com Howard Eskildsen], Ocala, Florida</em></p> |
| | <p>Many people sent LPOD images of the May 20 close approach of the Moon and Venus. It was a pleasing view all over the world - see especially the last image [http://www.davesastro.co.uk/misc/moon_venus_20070519.html here]. Like most people, Howard sent me a wide angle view that captured the two bodies in one image, but he also included a closeup of the golden Moon. I like the color and the detail of Howard’s crescent image, so I cut and pasted his Venus from the more wide angle view to fit all on one screen. Purists might complain that that is not the way it looked in the sky, and that its an impossibility for Venus to be within the diameter of the Moon. Yes, and yes. But in fact, there have been a number of largely unsubstantiated reports of starry brightnesses within the curve of the Moon. Some of these probably were sightings of Aristarchus in Earthshine, a rare few could have been meteor impacts on the Moon, and others were simply wrong. Today’s composite image is a hommage to them all!</p> | | <p>Many people sent LPOD images of the May 20 close approach of the Moon and Venus. It was a pleasing view all over the world - see especially the last image [http://www.davesastro.co.uk/misc/moon_venus_20070519.html here]. Like most people, Howard sent me a wide angle view that captured the two bodies in one image, but he also included a closeup of the golden Moon. I like the color and the detail of Howard’s crescent image, so I cut and pasted his Venus from the more wide angle view to fit all on one screen. Purists might complain that that is not the way it looked in the sky, and that its an impossibility for Venus to be within the diameter of the Moon. Yes, and yes. But in fact, there have been a number of largely unsubstantiated reports of starry brightnesses within the curve of the Moon. Some of these probably were sightings of Aristarchus in Earthshine, a rare few could have been meteor impacts on the Moon, and others were simply wrong. Today’s composite image is a hommage to them all!</p> |
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| | <p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> | | <p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> |
| | [http://bp0.blogger.com/_FgKwPBKWZpo/Rk2mN4EmGwI/AAAAAAAAAEM/QRCL_ynb3OM/s1600-h/Venus_20-05-07.jpg The May 20 sky]</p> | | [http://bp0.blogger.com/_FgKwPBKWZpo/Rk2mN4EmGwI/AAAAAAAAAEM/QRCL_ynb3OM/s1600-h/Venus_20-05-07.jpg The May 20 sky]</p> |
| − | <p align="center"> | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[May 20, 2007|Smart?]] </p> |
| − | <div align="center">Don’t forget to add yourself - as [http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=68720176945&s=photos&pid=5742809 Howard] has done - to the growing list (91 so far) of lunatics at [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070509 Frappr LPOD]!</div></p> | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[May 22, 2007|Far Eastern Tranquillitatis]] </p> |
| − | <p><em>LPOD earns a commision when you buy ANY book from Amazon thru [[LPOD]] Have you bought a book lately?</em></p> | + | </div> |
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