Venus and Saturn

Looking lovely together this evening!
I was watching Venus for quite a while before sunset,
trying to see how early I could detect Saturn in the field.
Tomorrow they'll be even closer, about 40 arc-minutes apart.
Get out there and take a look.
Linton

On Saturday night, I observed the conjunction of Venus and Saturn from the grounds of the ASH Naylor Observatory using my unaided eyes, my 8x42 Celestron binocular, my 80mm Apogee achromatic refractor, a 125mm Jaegers achromat, a 127mm Orion Maksutov-Cassegrain, and the ASH 17" classical Cassegrain (each planet individually). Some photos have been posted at http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=533384&poll_id=&news_id=&page=

Saturn was to the upper right of Venus last night. I took a few shots of the pair from the town of Camp Hill but I haven't processed them yet.

Dave Mitsky