[Tinderboxsky (Steve)]

Originally Posted by skysurfer

Here my page on this: https://www.skysurfer.eu/daystars.php

Thanks for your link. I enjoyed the read and your helpful instructions and observations.

I had not thought of chasing the brighter double stars - I’ll try the brighter southern ones and let you know how I go.

I see you listed your observation on 20th August 2016 for the Venus-Jupiter-Mars conjunction. I was also following this conjunction and was fortunate to get clear skies on the morning of closest approach of Venus and Jupiter on the 28th. My observation was at 10.25am. Venus was a bright jewel with Jupiter a faint, but distinct disc hovering 6 arc minutes away. Mercury was out of the field of view of course - 5 degrees away. I missed the earlier closest approach point of 4’ at about 8.30am due to cloud.