Posted on May 29, 2020
APOD: 2020 May 29 - Mercury Meets Crescent Venus
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Mercury Meets Crescent Venus." It was a rainout this past weekend in Charlotte, NC, so we weren't able to see the conjunction between Mercury and Venus May 22nd. But that wasn't the case in Civitavecchia, Italy. Here, Venus grows larger in apparent size and shows a thinner crescent as it heads toward its inferior conjunction, positioned between Earth and Sun on June 3rd. Mercury, in a fuller phase, is climbing in the western sky though, reaching its maximum angular distance from the Sun on June 4th. Aren't the background colors in the sky perfect?
APOD: 2020 May 29 - Mercury Meets Crescent Venus
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Good RED Friday and great APOD today
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SPC Margaret HigginsMaj Bill Smith, Ph.D.SGT Steve McFarlandLTC (Join to see) PO3 Craig Phillips Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll PO1 H Gene Lawrence TSgt Joe C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt (Join to see)SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Cpl (Join to see) PVT Mark Zehner
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SPC Margaret HigginsMaj Bill Smith, Ph.D.SGT Steve McFarlandLTC (Join to see) PO3 Craig Phillips Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll PO1 H Gene Lawrence TSgt Joe C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt (Join to see)SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Cpl (Join to see) PVT Mark Zehner
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Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues
Mercury Blues by Steve Miller. Video by Eric C. Hudnall. Not ALL of these pictures are Merc's, that has been pointed out many times in the comments below :-)...
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) fro Friday, May 29, 2020 entitled "Mercury Meets Crescent Venus."
Image: Mercury Meets Crescent Venus - Image Credit & Copyright - Marco Meniero
APOD background "Explanation: That's not a bright star and crescent Moon caught between branches of a eucalyptus tree. It's Venus in a crescent phase and Mercury. Near the western horizon after sunset, the two inner planets closely shared this telescopic field of view on May 22, seen from a balcony in Civitavecchia, Italy. Venus, the very bright celestial beacon, is wandering lower into the evening twilight. It grows larger in apparent size and shows a thinner crescent as it heads toward its inferior conjunction, positioned between Earth and Sun on June 3. Mercury, in a fuller phase, is climbing in the western sky though, reaching its maximum angular distance from the Sun on June 4 Still, this remarkably close pairing with brilliant Venus made Mercury, usually lost in bright twilight skies, easier to spot from planet Earth."
Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJvyPXPssg
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Image: Mercury Meets Crescent Venus - Image Credit & Copyright - Marco Meniero
APOD background "Explanation: That's not a bright star and crescent Moon caught between branches of a eucalyptus tree. It's Venus in a crescent phase and Mercury. Near the western horizon after sunset, the two inner planets closely shared this telescopic field of view on May 22, seen from a balcony in Civitavecchia, Italy. Venus, the very bright celestial beacon, is wandering lower into the evening twilight. It grows larger in apparent size and shows a thinner crescent as it heads toward its inferior conjunction, positioned between Earth and Sun on June 3. Mercury, in a fuller phase, is climbing in the western sky though, reaching its maximum angular distance from the Sun on June 4 Still, this remarkably close pairing with brilliant Venus made Mercury, usually lost in bright twilight skies, easier to spot from planet Earth."
Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJvyPXPssg
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STEVE MILLER BAND - Mercury Blues
Live at Pine Knob, Detroit, 1983 Steve Miller (Vocals & Guitar) Byron Allred (Keyboards) Norton Buffalo (Harmonica, Percussion, Backing Vocals) Gerald Johnso...
STEVE MILLER BAND - Mercury Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHoE7NrTMNo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHoE7NrTMNo
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Good "R.E.D. Friday" Morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Thanks for the sharing the APOD titled: "Mercury Meets Crescent Venus" this fine day Bill. Do you have any special plans for the last weekend in May 2020 Bill?
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
COL Mikel J. Burroughs No sir, not at present. But my saying so often means that is about to change.. ☺
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