18 Jan
2009
18 Jan
'09
8:38 p.m.
The evenings of the 21st and 22nd Venus will be just under 1.5 degrees from Venus. Weather permitting Uranus at mag. 5.9 should be easily visible in even smallish binoculars. patrick On 18 Jan 2009, at 16:40, Canopus56 wrote:
The 2009 RASC Handbook indicates that Venus passed maximum elongation on Jan. 15 and is now heading back towards the Sun. For those wanting to brave the cold, favorable conditions for taking an image of Venus will lessen over the next month. - Kurt