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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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| 4/22/10
| Pete Lawrence (Digital-Astronomy)
Posted on 04/22/2010 8:21:26 AM PDT by sig226
Venus, Mercury, and Moon
Credit & Copyright: Pete Lawrence (Digital-Astronomy)
Explanation: Earlier this month, Venus and Mercury climbed into the western twilight, entertaining skygazers around planet Earth in a lovely conjunction of evening stars. Combining 8 images spanning April 4 through April 15, this composite tracks their progress through skies above Portsmouth, UK. Each individual image was captured at 19:50 UT. The sequential path for both bright planets begins low and to the left. But while Venus continues to swing away from the setting Sun, moving higher above the western horizon, Mercury first rises then falls. Its highest point is from the image taken on April 11. Of course on April 15, Venus and Mercury were joined by a young crescent Moon.
TOPICS: Astronomy Picture of the Day
KEYWORDS: apod
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posted on
04/22/2010 8:21:26 AM PDT
by
sig226
To: null and void; fnord; Number57; KevinDavis; rdb3; MNJohnnie; RightWhale; proudofthesouth; ...
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posted on
04/22/2010 8:21:52 AM PDT
by
sig226
(Mourn this day, the death of a great republic. March 21, 2010)
To: sig226
Each individual image was captured at 19:50 UT. 
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posted on
04/22/2010 8:24:42 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Talisker
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posted on
04/22/2010 8:28:03 AM PDT
by
NativeSon
To: sig226
Cool pic.
No moon movement?
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posted on
04/22/2010 8:28:31 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
To: sig226
Although there would be some adjustment for Earth’s orbit, what’s great about the photo sequence is that it appears to catch Mercury at different points of it’s orbit around the sun.
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posted on
04/22/2010 8:59:13 AM PDT
by
henkster
(A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
To: ßuddaßudd
The Moon moves so fast that it would only be in one frame and then gone off the top.
You could zoom back and get the Moon movement, but, then you wouldn’t see Venus or Mercury.
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:14:00 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: sig226
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posted on
04/22/2010 11:05:40 AM PDT
by
Screaming_Gerbil
(...he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one... Luke 22:36)
To: sig226
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:49:59 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
To: potlatch
Nice. Hubble is one of the few things that government did right. We got every penny’s worth out of that machine.
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posted on
04/23/2010 7:59:50 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Mourn this day, the death of a great republic. March 21, 2010)
To: sig226; devolve
You should post it another day, it is just so beautiful.
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:04:37 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
To: potlatch
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Great composite photo
A lot of detail work could produce a Slideshow by using one frame at a time - showing the movement across space
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posted on
04/23/2010 10:22:40 PM PDT
by
devolve
( . . . . . . . . I can see the COKEHEADS in the White House from my house . . . . . . . . . .)
To: devolve
I may have confused you devolve. In post #9 I linked a Hubble space image that Drudge has on his site. It is fantastic and I saved it. May do something with it.
LINK
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posted on
04/24/2010 9:43:18 AM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
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