Venus – Black Phoebe

Venus in her Evening Crescent Form

Posted on Mon May 18, 2020Mon May 18, 2020 by Ms. Jen

Thurs., 05.14.20 – Astro Bob, aka Bob King, last week wrote a blog post on The Crescent Venus Is Within Your Reach, so I…

Venus and the Purple Clouds of Late Dusk of the First Day of 2020

Posted on Wed January 1, 2020 by Ms. Jen

Wed. 01.01.20 – Welcome to the first day of 2020 and the first late sunset / deep twilight photo of 2020 with the additional…

Venus and the Moon setting behind Wheeler Ridge

Posted on Tue September 11, 2018Fri November 9, 2018 by Ms. Jen

Tues. 09.11.18 – The beauty of Venus and the new Moon setting behind Wheeler Ridge, Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Photo by Ms. Jen…

The August New Moon and Venus

Posted on Tue August 14, 2018Thu August 16, 2018 by Ms. Jen

Tues. 08.14.18 – While the true August new moon was on Saturday the 11th, this evening was the visible separating conjunction of Venus and…

The Setting New Moon and Mt. Tom

Posted on Tue February 28, 2017Fri April 7, 2017 by Ms. Jen

Tues. 02.28.17 – Last evening I went out to my photography corner of Brockman Lane and Dixon Lane*, so that I could take photos of the New Moon as it set behind Mt. Tom to the west. I used the US Navy Observatory Moon rise and set calculator to figure out when it would set and when civil twilight would be so I could take the above new moon photo and attempt to take a photo of the Mars & Uranus conjunction…