On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
From Astronomy magazine's on-line newsletter (I couldn't find a link to it):
Early morning display
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Plan to awaken early October 7 - a spectacular
view awaits you in the eastern sky. Shortly after
4:30 A.M., Venus, Saturn, the Moon and the bright
star Regulus in Leo rise in the east, all within a 6° circle.
Venus is bright, shining at magnitude -4.7. A
telescope reveals a 38-percent-lit disk - an
interesting contrast to the
13-percent-illuminated crescent Moon. Try viewing
Venus through a scope with your right eye, and
the Moon with your unaided left eye.
Venus lies less than 3° southwest of
1st-magnitude Regulus, Leo's brightest star.
Saturn lies 6° east of Venus, while the crescent
Moon stands less than 2° west of Saturn. By dawn,
around 6:30 A.M., the four objects have climbed
high in the east. Be ready to answer questions from coworkers.
OK, so that was Venus I saw this morning. Wasn't sure. Now I am. :)
Julia
usually not looking east before sunrise, but today was an exception_______________________________________________
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