Venus on 7th October, page 1

posted on Oct, 1 2007 @ 03:58 PM

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On October 7 before dawn, Venus will be at it's highest point in the sky, outshining it's other neighbours. She will be joined with Saturn and the brightest star in the constellation Leo, Regulus.

Venus, Saturn and Regulus cluster before dawn in October

Venus, Saturn and Regulus will dance a pas de trois low in the eastern sky an hour before sunrise during October, with the crescent moon joining them on Oct 7.

Venus will be the highest it ever gets in the morning sky for watchers at mid-northern latitudes. This dazzling "morning star" will easily outshine its nearby companions.

Saturn will be noticeably dimmer than usual because its rings have now closed to only a few degrees from edgewise for the first time in 10 years.

Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion, completes this spectacular trio of two planets and a star. The group of three objects will be most compact on Oct. 10. As the month progresses, Venus will gradually drop away toward the horizon as Saturn and Regulus move higher.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.

Mars will also make an appearance in the evening in the eastern sky. Get your telescopes ready!

jarheadjock

posted on Oct, 2 2007 @ 12:23 AM

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Cool tip, gotta remeber that, havnt had time to look up at the skies recently. So this should be a good time than other times to look up. Thanks, time to bust out that old telescope

timelike

posted on Oct, 3 2007 @ 12:24 PM

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reply to post by Beachcoma

Mine has been following Mars for the past month or so now. Looking forwards to this union of planets. Might post some of me planetary sketches on this thread, if I can work out how to etc.

Anyone else been following Mars or Venus recently?

Silcone Synapse

posted on Oct, 3 2007 @ 12:44 PM

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AAArrrgHH..NOOO.

Great post Beachcomba,but I will miss it as my old scope is broken and I am waiting for my new one to get here...its gonna take at leastt 1 more week,so I bet I will miss the opp,gutted...oh well.
Get some pictures for us if you can!

BlackProjects

posted on Oct, 3 2007 @ 02:45 PM

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I think Mars is closest on Oct 24...which is closest to earth in quite a few years

bunter

posted on Oct, 5 2007 @ 10:50 AM

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il try and watch this but i am very much an ametuer with a cheapish scope. i can never get my bearings and ind out where im supposed to be looking and i keep getting muddled up with which lenses do what

does anyone know of a good website that can give me a little bit of help please?

thanks. bunter

Beachcoma

posted on Oct, 5 2007 @ 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by bunter
does anyone know of a good website that can give me a little bit of help please?

I use this one:

Interactive Sky Chart

The rest of that site also has very good info on where to begin. And don't worry about cheap telescopes and such... mine are all busted (no thanks to manhandling friends... grrrr) so I'm using a pair of binoculars

Actually that's sad.. but never mind.