Venus in daylight

[DaveGee]

Tuesday 18th August 2009, 11:00am

Using the moon as a guide it's easy to find Venus in broad daylight using 2 unaided eyes. It's about 2 degrees of the west, sighting along the southern cusp... cool!:thumbsup:

[erick]

:sadeyes: I cannot even see the Moon. Patches of blue are not big enough. I'll give it a while and see if these clouds clear somewhat.


Edit: Nope, have not cleared sufficiently.

[bones]

If you know roughly where to look, it's surprising when you see it. But you need to almost nail your eye on it to see it.

I remember December last year just before the smiley face conjunction I went outside at lunch time and roughly using the time the moon would have risen, using at arms length 4 fingers width to an hour since from the horizon, and roughly following where the ecliptic was, found the moon quite easily. Soon after found Venus. Then told a few work mates about it and they laughed - they weren't laughing any more when I showed them where it was and they saw Venus in broad daylight in the middle of the day - they were instead amazed you could actually see it.

For those who try, when you find it naked eye, it' worth the effort.

[erick]

Next starcamp, I must leave my Argo Navis on from the night before and cheat! :D

[sheeny]

Its always good fun to find daylight objects.

Al.