moon/venus/mars tonight!

[nytecam]

Beautiful sight

[MarySkater]

Lovely catch, to get Mars, and the earthshine on the moon even though the sky isn't fully dark.

Err... can I question the date on the photo?!

Well done,

Mary

[DRT]

I've just been out looking at them all through my new 10" Newt - absolutely beautiful, although Venus is so bright I just can't get sharp focus on it and Mrs T seems to have put my filters in a "safe place"

I had no idea this was happening tonight and had to check Stellarium because I thought I had finally managed to see Mars and its moon

[bish]

Had a great view in my  bins. Didn't get chance to set the camera up.

[nytecam]

Sorry guys - corrected caption and zoomed shot 

[David Smith]

Great shots.

Still says 2014 in the caption though

[mjpfc]

I was out watching them in the Rain.......

I was getting rained on with my 15 x 70s and I could see Venus, Mars, Luna and Uranus to the West in clear sky...

and Jupiter to the East also in clear sky.......

By the time the sky above cleared so I could get the Newt out the blighters had set Behind the house roofs....

Nice Naked eye view while it lasted though,  I was explaining their positions to Debs, and this seemed to make my

sense of their depth / distance as I looked a vivid and tangible 3D thing to me.

Mick

[bejay1957]

I was down at Southsea today; heavy squalls ran thru to the west late avo, but when they cleared I had a lovely view of this - didn't have the best binocs to hand though ;-)

[Davey-T]

Nice images, sky cleared just too late here, waiting for the Red Spot now

Dave

[Briosh]

Great picture.i saw the same thing earlier on.but didnt have my 200p dobsobian out and ready.by the time i got set up venus and mars had gone below the horizon.dohh..

[bartyboy73]

Had a fantastic view of this conjunction driving West on the A2 earlier this evening. We all talked about the relative distances of the planets. Mrs B commented on the shade of Mars - quite something to get a comment! ! Thanks for sharing the great shots.

[HeatherJ]

Im new on here so just working out how to do things. I also have a photo of the moon and venus, mars was too faint to see on the photo. I will try and upload

[HeatherJ]

[HeatherJ]

Ooooops wrong picture....sorry

[Geordie mc]

Nice capture Mary. I enjoyed a clear sky after 7pm by which time things were very low to rooftops opposite me, but got a good look. Earthshine was great and the 2 planets really made a fine sight.

[Pete Presland]

Very nice image. It looked beautiful over Biggleswade last night and enjoyed telling everybody i was going out with what the two "stars" were. Thay were in fact the planets Venus and Mars and obviously the Moon!

[HeatherJ]

[HeatherJ]

Venus is very faint on my picture.

[nytecam]

Thanks everyone for your interest, reports and images.  Here's my pic of the trio from tonight

[bejay1957]

Wonder how many non-astro peeps noticed this from night-to-night and appreciated the wonderful illustration of celestial mechanics

[nytecam]

Wonder how many non-astro peeps noticed this from night-to-night and appreciated the wonderful illustration of celestial mechanics

Probably quite a few but for them it's very transitory and soon forgotten....and it has no monetary value - today's currency in virtually everything :-)