Monday, March 9, 2009

Venus

Date Observed: March 2, 2009 at 9:40 pm

Weather:
• Temperature: 14.7 ˚F

Sky Conditions: The sky was very clear. I could see a lot of stars.

Object Observed: Venus

Location:
• Altitude: 20˚
• Azimuth: 260˚

Observations: Venus was so bright tonight! It was all by itself in the sky, and it was by far the brightest and biggest object in the sky, besides the moon.

*Venus is pretty small in the picture, but it was much brighter in the sky.

Here is a picture of Venus up close courtesy of: http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~idh/apod/image/9705/venus_pvo.jpg

No comments:

Post a Comment