Lunar-Mars Conjunction

The weather in South Florida was not good enough to make an observation of Mars but instead I made the next best thing. Mars was located approximately 2.5 degrees south of the Moon (Waxing gibbous, 13.82 days old) while wispy clouds flew by. I decided that this made a striking pair to render. My observation of the Moon-Mars conjunction was made on November 15, 2005 (02:00 U.T.). I hope that you all like the drawing.

Carlos

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Great drawing as always Carlos. I took this from Wichita Ks. in my front yard.

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Thank you all for the kind compliments on my rendering of the Lunar-Mars conjunction. It was a beautiful sight that needed to be recorded. he images posted by Brent and Rick are excellent. Brent's image captures the event like I recorded it with the cloud present which do , as pointed out by Brent, add to the scene.

Carlos

Carlos -

What a beautiful rendering!!

It is fascinating that every image I have seen of this evening depicts a veil of clouds. Either the clouds were omnipresent (I know they are here in Buffalo ) or the quality they added to the view was the catalyst for many to uncover their cameras and capture the event.

Thanks for posting this wonderful wide-field observation -

Alan