Posted on Apr 4, 2020
APOD: 2020 April 4 - Venus and the Sisters
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Venus and the Sisters." Taken two nights ago in Arizona, this single exposure does an admirable job in capturing both Venus and the Seven Sisters. I'm pretty sure there was some playing with the shutter speed on this one (to slow and Venus dominates, too fast and you don't capture the Pleiades). Look west after sunset and you can share the ongoing conjunction with skygazers around the world.
APOD: 2020 April 4 - Venus and the Sisters
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Shocking Blue - Venus (Official Video)
Official Video of "Venus" by Shocking Blue. All rights by Shocking Blue. Don't forget to suscribe for more music videos.
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, April 4, 2020 entitled "Venus and the Sisters."
Image: Venus and the Sisters - Image Credit & Copyright - Fred Espenak (Bifrost Astronomical Observatory)
Breathtaking image
"Explanation: After wandering about as far from the Sun on the sky as Venus can get, the brilliant evening star is crossing paths with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster. Look west after sunset and you can share the ongoing conjunction with skygazers around the world. Taken on April 2, this celestial group photo captures the view from Portal, Arizona, USA. Even bright naked-eye Pleiades stars prove to be much fainter than Venus though. Apparent in deeper telescopic images, the cluster's dusty surroundings and familiar bluish reflection nebulae aren't quite visible, while brighter Venus itself is almost overwhelming in the single exposure. And while Venus and the Sisters do look a little star-crossed, their spiky appearance is the diffraction pattern caused by multiple leaves in the aperture of the telephoto lens. The last similar conjunction of Venus and Pleiades occurred nearly 8 years ago."
Shocking Blue - Venus (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew
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Image: Venus and the Sisters - Image Credit & Copyright - Fred Espenak (Bifrost Astronomical Observatory)
Breathtaking image
"Explanation: After wandering about as far from the Sun on the sky as Venus can get, the brilliant evening star is crossing paths with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster. Look west after sunset and you can share the ongoing conjunction with skygazers around the world. Taken on April 2, this celestial group photo captures the view from Portal, Arizona, USA. Even bright naked-eye Pleiades stars prove to be much fainter than Venus though. Apparent in deeper telescopic images, the cluster's dusty surroundings and familiar bluish reflection nebulae aren't quite visible, while brighter Venus itself is almost overwhelming in the single exposure. And while Venus and the Sisters do look a little star-crossed, their spiky appearance is the diffraction pattern caused by multiple leaves in the aperture of the telephoto lens. The last similar conjunction of Venus and Pleiades occurred nearly 8 years ago."
Shocking Blue - Venus (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew
FYI Col Carl Whicker COL Mikel J. Burroughs Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj Kim Patterson SPC Margaret Higgins SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland SSG Michael Noll SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SFC William Farrell PO1 Robert GeorgeSGT John MelvinSP5 Geoffrey Vannerson CWO3 Randy Weston Alan K.SGT Denny Espinosa anthony-pandolfino
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When I was showing my daughter the Pleiades some years ago, she called them the "baby dipper". I liked it, and the name stuck.
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