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NEW MORNING STAR:
Venus is passing by the sun today and undergoing a transformation--from
Evening Star to Morning Star. For the next eight months, the brightest
of all planets will shine in the pre-dawn sky, changing phases,
casting shadows, and occasionally posing with the crescent Moon
for a lovely photo-op. A new animation from graphic artist Larry
Koehn shows what to expect when you wake up in the morning: play
it.
AIR TRAFFIC JAM:
"Last night there was a a lot of traffic over my private observatory,"
reports Tamas Ladanyi of Veszprem, Hungary. "In a span of only
a few minutes, I photographed space shuttle Discovery, the International
Space Station, and an airplane passing by."
Scenes like this are being reported by sky watchers around the
world. Discovery and the ISS are circling Earth in tandem, drawing
attention to themselves as they glide brightly across the night
sky. Check the Simple Satellite Tracker to
see if you are favored with a "double flyby" before Discovery
lands on March 28th--airplanes not included.
more images: from
Monika Landy-Gyebnar of Veszprem, Hungary; from
Richard Glenn of Gold Beach, Oregon; from
Ken Scott of Leland, Michigan; from
Jamie Jones of Cheney Washington; from
Peter Rosén of Stockholm, Sweden; from
John C McConnell of Maghaberry Northern Ireland; from
Steve Holmes of Laxfield, Suffolk, UK; from
Jason Evans of Eastleigh Hampshire UK; from
Pat Boomer of Alberta, Canada; from
Alan Conrad of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada; from
Martin Mc Kenna of Maghera, Co. Derry, N. Ireland;
CRESCENT MOON ALERT:
Tonight, when the sun goes down, step outside
and look west. You might see something like this:
Ugur Ikizler took the picture just hours ago from Mudanya, Turkey.
"Tonight's crescent moon hanging low on the western horizon
was a lovely sight," he says. "I photographed it using
a Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT."
more images: from
Luca Basili of Rome - Italy; from
Amir H. Abolfath of Dizin, Tehran, Iran; from
Ulrich C. Beinert in an airplane flying over Dresden, Germany;
from
Bruno Nolf of Otegem, Belgium; from
Tunç Tezel of Bursa, Turkey; from
Peter von Bagh of Porvoo, Finland
March
2009 Aurora Gallery
[previous Marches: 2008,
2007, 2006,
2005, 2004,
2003, 2002]
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