venus and moon

fiona_ · Post by **fiona_** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:28 pm

was admiring the sheer beauty of a very bright venus next to the crescent moon in a dusky sky at around 7pm but when i tried to look out for this pairing just now ( 11.30 pm ) , all i saw was a lone venus. Where's the moon ? An eclipse has taken place just now ? I'm pretty sure that it was venus i saw.

Post by **weixing** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:42 pm

Hi,
Hmm... The Moon and Venus should already set around 2 hours ago. :?: So I think what you see is not venus. Which direction did you look at ?

Have a nice day.

fiona_ · Post by **fiona_** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:17 am

hmm.... which direction.... not too sure.... should be west ? but it looked really like venus , bright and non-sparkling. LOL. COuld it be sirius ? But i thought Sirius is near Orion ? So it cant be as Orion was way behind it

fiona_ · Post by **fiona_** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:23 am

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Post by **weixing** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:43 am

Hi,

but it looked really like venus , bright and non-sparkling. LOL. COuld it be sirius ? But i thought Sirius is near Orion ? So it cant be as Orion was way behind it

I think it is jupiter and you are looking at the east, because when you look at east, the Orion is way behind it.

Have a nice day.

fiona_ · Post by **fiona_** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:28 am

whats the magnitude of jupiter and venus now ?

Post by **weixing** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:37 am

Hi,
I think Venus is at around Magnitude -3.7 and Jupiter is at around Magnitude -2.0.

Have a nice day.