Anyone seen Venus yet????

[Jarvo]

Driving home this evening and noticed a perfectly clear Horizon to the west. Couldn't see Venus with the naked eye though.

Anyone seen her yet???

p.s Astronomy and driving don't mix !!!!!! :shock:

Jarvo

[Ant]

Nope I was out looking tonight for it with a very good SW W NW horizon........ Nothing.

It's extremely low ATM

Ant

[SteveL]

I saw it at the tail end of last week. The sun had already gone down, the horizon was dusty red, and there was Venus about 5-8 degrees above the horizon. I only saw it that low because I was looking out our top floor window (town house, taller than most others around here)

[Talitha]

There's scrunchyclouds towards the horizon right now, but Venus looked beautiful last night... what a beacon!

[dogfish]

Nope, I have a slight hill rising to the West so I doubt if I'll see it for a while yet. But has anyone seen Mercury - s'posed to be the greatest Western elongation today - again I've got houses obscuring the view to the East?

Cheers, Martin

[MrEd]

Venus is pooley placed at the moment.

It is a daylight object if you want to view it or image it,

Though it is still very small and in its gibbouse phase.

(Be careful of the sun if hunting in daylight.)

Ed

[Phantom]

I thought i saw it, glad i wasnt seeing things still pretty low in the sky.

[Jimbob]

Yeah I was driving along a road with a clear view of the western horizon, the sun had just set in the previuos 20 mins or so and there she was shining away brilliantly about 5 degrees up.

Was the very first time I had seen it and I was very impressed. Shame I didnt have the binos and tripod with me though

But still, that just leaves me with Neptune and Mercury to spot and the list will be complete

[Jarvo]

I saw it travelling back from the Dales on Sunday - Low in the West to the right of a very slender Moon.

Should be a splendid site soon.

Jarvo

[Paul G. Abel]

I glimpsed Venus the other day on my way home, she looked like a bright lamp out at sea! I dashed home to my observatory to find that she will be obscured by a house a few doors down for yet a while...

[Inthedark]

Got it this evening just after sunset. Very low, but very bright against a dusty orange sky. I grabbed the 'scope for a closer look, and thought I'd discovered a Venusian moon.... Yeah, OK, I'm new to this. Checking Stellarium, the 'moon' turned out to be Theta Oph! I thought it pretty cool to see Venus, Jupiter and our *real* moon all in line.

[Astro_Baby]

Thought I saw it last night just before the clouds arrived.

[ahlberto]

I saw venus trough my mak 90 and wath a sight!!!simply beutiful.my mom sayd it loks like the moon.Seeing jupiter trough my mak 90 with a skywatcher 9mm uw ler is amazing,very fine detail and the telescope is allways ready to use,no need cooldown.The 127 is another story,one hour at least to cooldown,Thats because i love the mak 90,a truly grab and go!

clear skyes for you all.

[Doc]

Seen it a few times with just my eyes.

have yet to see it through a scope.

[neil phillips]

Havent seen it yet, And cant wait too. Its always a inspiring sight.

I really want to try and image it again in the new year.

Not sure how high its going to be compared to when i took this last year. but its a very neglected world from a imaging standpoint. some thing i hope to change in the coming months and years

Neil CLICK for full size hope im not breaking rules showing venus here ?

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/meademan_2006/Copyofbestaviok80.png

[themos]

Check out what's going to happen on the 1st of December! The lunar crescent will overtake and reveal Venus in the afternoon. Jupiter will be visible in the same binocular fov (about 5 degrees).

[algol]

saw her last month, but only in bino's she is hard to see neaked eye but she's there

[philipok]

hi - thought I'd keep Venus fans happy by posting an image I took last year..

(click to enlarge)

cheers

Philip

[philipok]

ah, that didn't come out too well, slightly small... :?

[mightymonoped]

Havent seen it yet, And cant wait too. Its always a inspiring sight.

I really want to try and image it again in the new year.

Not sure how high its going to be compared to when i took this last year. but its a very neglected world from a imaging standpoint. some thing i hope to change in the coming months and years

Neil CLICK for full size hope im not breaking rules showing venus here ?

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/meademan_2006/Copyofbestaviok80.png

Nice image !!!

[neil phillips]

Tony it was one of those occassions when the seeing was calm in the morning, and i used a 5x barlow with my 10" Orion in uv, a 5 x barlow on a vixen GP with a wooden tripod at f6.3 10" newt is a laugh in itself, go near the scope at that power, it will often move the planet on screen. So i was pleased to get that one, there was even a little wind if i remember correctly.

Not enough to destroy the clarity though. If only every imaging session went so well, i would be happy. Hoping my new 12 " f6 1/12th pv OO spx will be up and running when she returns higher, catch another morning like this, with that setup, And a DMK instead of a spc mono. And things could start to get interesting

[AJSullivan]

Its incredibly easy to see early evening at the moment. Jupiter and Venus are nice an bright though of course very low.

Being a relative n00b to this, what colour should Venus appear?

[russ]

Caught sight of Venus and Jupiter yesterday evening. Just getting off the train and spotted them low on the horizon. Framed by some buildings it made for a wonderful view. I doubt any of the other commuters noticed?

[John]

I saw Venus this evening (25/11) and had a quick look though my Vixen ED102SS. Due to atmospherics the image was not at all steady but I could make out a gibbous disk.

Nice to see "hell planet" again !.

John

[GazOC]

I saw Venus and Jupiter last night in work, I got finished at 10pm and got in an absolutely great nights observing until 3am, the conditions were superb (if a little cold!!!).