Thanks for the positive comments folks, and thanks Ving I'm glad you enjoyed reading it, as I always enjoy your posts!
Sadly I have to report that I didn't get to view Venus after all last night (due to the fact that the view was heavily occluded by clouds, and by my eyelids) so it was a 6 planet night after all.
Mind you, if you count the way astroron told me to - including Earth - it was 7 planets after all. If you then take into account (as much as I hate to) the likelihood that after the Planetary committee meeting later this year Pluto will no longer be considered a planet - I really did observe 7 out of 8 planets!! That's actually a higher percentage success rate of possible planets than I had set as my goal!
Ain't numbers wonderful - if you try hard enough you can prove almost anything!
With the Sun setting later each night and Mercury setting earlier, and that damn moon getting fuller and brighter, and closer to Neptune and Uranus, (not to mention my work roster) I may not get another chance for now.
I'll keep you posted!
