May 20
That big “star” you saw next to the moon last night was the planet Venus. Both bodies happened to be along the same line of sight. I snapped a quick photo for you.

That big “star” you saw next to the moon last night was the planet Venus. Both bodies happened to be along the same line of sight. I snapped a quick photo for you.

May 20th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
It was nice. I only observed it with my naked eyes, as it is still quite cold here at night… not to mention it not getting dark until quite late.
–chuck
May 21st, 2007 at 10:43 pm
What is that big bright thing stare at the end of the moon ???????
Do you do this for fun do you have help ?????? where is is the man in the moon?????
June 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Aaron, thought this might be of interest to you:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/06/picture-this-sp.html
June 29th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Thanks Shawn. J Curtis sent that to me also, and it was the Astronomy Picture of the Day yesterday.
Here’s an interesting similar shot taken about a dozen years ago, also from Boston. It was taken with the same scope I have.
http://www.meade.com/gallery/09a.html
April 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I would like to contact you with regards to using this image, but the “contact me” link on the right doesn’t seem to go anywhere…. Could you drop me a line about it? My email address is on my website.
Thanks!
Emma