FEB 27TH - EARLY MORNING CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, MARS AND CRESCENT MOON.

[paulastro]

I set the alarm at 5.40am to catch this event and was outside by just turned 6am.  A brilliant Venus at m -4.6 was shinning above the SE horizon.  5.25 degrees to the S of Venus was a much dimmer Mars, m +1.3 visible in my 10x50s. Because of the brightening sky I couldn't see Mars with the naked eye.  No Moon visible yet.

At 6.18 I could just see the N cusp of the crescent Moon peeping over the horizon and watched it  and Venus as the sky continued to rapidly brighten.

I was pleased to see the conjuction and especially my first Mars view of the apparition!

Below is a screen grab ftom SkySafari and some pis of the Moon as it rose, taken between 6.24 and 6.30 through the Altair 80 ED-R and Olympus camera.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Really excellent Paul. I was awake and never thought about checking the sky.

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

Really excellent Paul. I was awake and never thought about checking the sky.

Thank you Mark.  I did put an alert on the Celestial Events Heads Up forum, but it was a bit late I'm afraid.  I didn't put it on until around lunch time yesterday.  I did mean to put iton earlier.

[Mark at Beaufort]

34 minutes ago, paulastro said:

Thank you Mark.  I did put an alert on the Celestial Events Heads Up forum, but it was a bit late I'm afraid.  I didn't put it on until around lunch time yesterday.  I did mean to put iton earlier.

Not to worry Paul I did appreciate that it was something I should try and observe but forgot. I stayed up until 12.30am seeking out some faint DSOs and went to bed feeling chuffed that I had found some v.faint DSOs.