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--Apple-Mail-1--203192619 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Wednesday and again yesterday afternoon, about 2:00 p.m. I successfully observed Venus against the daytime sky. Only my two eyes were needed to clearly pick it out against the clear blue. If one knows where and when to look, this is entirely possible. Recently, anyone on the way to work before sunrise (especially if driving east) may have noticed the very bright "star" well up in the east. That's Venus at its best. (it's at the place in its orbit that puts it most west of the Sun, and at its greatest brilliancy). Under these conditions Venus can be seen in the daytime sky without optical aids (a really neat observing challenge!). I knew fairly closely where Venus was relative to the Sun and the horizon (about 46 degrees west and, at the time I was looking, about 35 degrees above the SSW horizon). After a careful scan of the sky with binoculars in that area, I was quite readily, able to locate Venus's bright spot of light against the blue sky. Once I knew where to focus my attention, I could pick its little dot of white light out with my unaided eyes and hold it in view against the clear blue. During the clear skies of last week, quite a few of us who follow such events, successfully used the daytime crescent Moon as a reference in locating and observing the daytime Venus . The lunar crescent, which is easier to locate in the day sky, was located close enough to Venus to be a big help in knowing where to look. I also had a daytime look at Venus through the telescope. It's a nice crescent. Sherman Sherman Williams shermw@xcountry.tv --Apple-Mail-1--203192619 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Wednesday and again yesterday = afternoon, about 2:00 p.m. I successfully observed Venus against the = daytime sky.=A0 Only my two eyes were needed to clearly pick it out = against the clear blue.=A0 =A0If one knows where and when to look, this = is entirely possible.=A0<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Recently, anyone on the way = to work before sunrise (especially if driving east)=A0 may=A0have = noticed the very bright "star" well up in the east.=A0 That's Venus at = its best. (it's at the place in its orbit that puts it most west of the = Sun, and at its greatest brilliancy). Under these conditions Venus can = be seen in the daytime sky without optical aids (a really neat observing = challenge!).=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I knew fairly closely where = Venus was relative to the Sun and the horizon (about 46 degrees west = and, at the time I was looking, about 35 degrees above the SSW = horizon).=A0 After a careful scan of the sky with binoculars in that = area, I was quite readily, able to locate Venus's bright spot of light = against the blue sky. Once I knew where to focus my attention, I could = pick its little dot of white light out with my unaided eyes and hold it = in view against the clear blue.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>During the clear skies of = last week, quite a few of us=A0 who follow such events,=A0 successfully = used the daytime crescent Moon as a reference in locating and observing = the daytime Venus .=A0=A0The lunar crescent, which is easier to locate = in the day sky, was located close enough to Venus to be a big help in = knowing where to look.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I also had a daytime look = at Venus through the telescope. It's a nice crescent.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sherman</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Sherman = Williams</DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"mailto:shermw@xcountry.tv">shermw@xcountry.tv</A></DIV></SPAN></DI= V><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-1--203192619--
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