Moon and Venus

January 26th, 2012

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Venus and the Moon float above some nice wispy pink clouds at sunset.

the Moon sneaks up on Venus

January 25th, 2012

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low Sun trekking across the winter sky

January 24th, 2012

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a couple of weeks testing a new pinhole camera for solargraphs…I think this one will work just fine!

while you were sleeping… 6:30 AM

January 21st, 2012

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January 21, 2012

pink trails and guest blogging

January 19th, 2012

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My sky is usually free of clouds, but occasionally there’s a bit of messiness to it and jets leave contrails behind.  Sometimes the contrails at sunset are fairly interesting.  The one above is an example. Venus is a teeny speck below and left of the contrail. Maybe averted vision will help you pick it out. ;-)

Oh, and this is uber cool! I was the guest blogger on Astronomy.com this week.  Check it out at  http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/daves-universe/archive/2012/01/17/guest-blog-becky-s-bucket-list.aspx

Thanks to editor Dave Eicher at Astronomy.com for putting me in the starlight!