Daytime obs. with GoTo

[Cosmic Geoff]

This afternoon I managed to observe the Sun (no sunspots), Venus ( a large and very thin crescent) Mercury (a dot), Jupiter, and the new Moon.

127mm Mak SLT, solar system align on Sun (using full aperture solar filter for this).

Quite a good bag on one of the first clear days in almost a month.

[Stu1smartcookie]

Indeed , Venus for me is only visible during daylight as its far too low at dusk .. i think its fascinating to view it during the daytime .As for Mercury , well done ... i have only seen it once but its surprising how many haven't seen it at all .

[Cosmic Geoff]

I looked again at dusk and around 5pm, and saw the crescent moon, Jupiter and (with binoculars) Saturn and Mercury, but not Venus. I have seen Mercury with the naked eye on other apparitions - one needs to look in the right place at the right time in good conditions.

Venus is at inferior conjunction on the 8th Jan, a few degrees N. of the Sun.