Sunday, April 15, 2007
VENUS…Looking Good!
One of our regular weather trackers out in Wister, OK called tonight wondering what the bright object in the western sky was. A quick guess from both of us was that perhaps it was Jupiter, though I told him that I would check it out. Well, it turned out to be VENUS! In fact, a lot of people have been taking notice of Venus. Some have even thought they were seeing a UFO!
We should have good viewing conditions again tomorrow so here’s where to look. Venus will be about 40 degrees north of the western horizon at sunset and will continually lower in the western sky until it sets around 11:00 PM. On the 19th, this Thursday, a thin crescent moon will add to the beauty of the second planet from the Sun, sitting just a few degrees lower and to the right in the sky.
We should have good viewing conditions again tomorrow so here’s where to look. Venus will be about 40 degrees north of the western horizon at sunset and will continually lower in the western sky until it sets around 11:00 PM. On the 19th, this Thursday, a thin crescent moon will add to the beauty of the second planet from the Sun, sitting just a few degrees lower and to the right in the sky.
Posted by Ted Zarras at 8:52 PM
1 Comments:
This reminded me of a interesting article I read a couple months ago in Astronomy magazine... about how Venus could be visible during the day during mid-May and its previous recorded daytime sightings in history..
http://www.realclearwx.com/venus.htm
Post a Comment
<< Home