Five morning planets

[glenc (Glen)]

Jupiter, Neptune, the Moon, Uranus, Mars and Venus are visible in the eastern morning sky now. The attached SkyMapPro map is for 4:30 am today.
It shows the 21% lit Moon in Aqr. Venus phase is just 16%. Uranus is 3.9 degs above Mars. Mag 7.9 Neptune is 20' down to the left of mag 5.1 mu Cap.
Their distances in light time are Jupiter 44m35s, Neptune 4h13m, the Moon 1.3s, Uranus 2h54m, Mars 17m40s and Venus 2m59s.
Jupiter's moons from top to bottom are Callisto and Ganymede above Jupiter, Io and Europa below it now.
Mercury (light time 8m21s) sets just after sunset and Saturn (light time 1h12m) transits at about 9pm.

[Darth Wader (Wade)]

Thanks for that Glen - looking like I'll be off to bed early on Friday night and hoping for a nice clear Saturday morning!

[glenc (Glen)]

The Moon will be hard to see on Sat am. Its phase will be 2.3% and it will be about half way between Venus and the Sun. It is 6.4% lit now.
I just had a look at Jupiter and 4 moons, Venus and the Moon with my 10" scope in daylight.

[goober (Doug)]

Originally Posted by glenc

Jupiter, Neptune, the Moon, Uranus, Mars and Venus are visible in the eastern morning sky now. The attached SkyMapPro map is for 4:30 am today.
It shows the 21% lit Moon in Aqr. Venus phase is just 16%. Uranus is 3.9 degs above Mars. Mag 7.9 Neptune is 20' down to the left of mag 5.1 mu Cap.
Their distances in light time are Jupiter 44m35s, Neptune 4h13m, the Moon 1.3s, Uranus 2h54m, Mars 17m40s and Venus 2m59s.
Jupiter's moons from top to bottom are Callisto and Ganymede above Jupiter, Io and Europa below it now.
Mercury (light time 8m21s) sets just after sunset and Saturn (light time 1h12m) transits at about 9pm.

I was out this morning at 5am and the star to the south of Venus totally threw me. In the end I figured it was Mars... lovely sight.

[iceman (Mike)]

I was clouded out and rained out this morning!

[andrew2008]

Quite a sight. Got my scope out for about 10 mins before putting it away and grabbing the camera. Will post some pics if any turn out.

Oh and went and bought a tripod this morning so i won't be caught out next time something an event like this happens.