Venus in daylight

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Looking at Venus this morning and saying to myself geez thats bright, I thought i would track it through the day only with my eyes whilst at work, I reckoned it would be easy enough because it was practically next to the moon, So at 7.15am est Venus was clearly visible in the sun lit sky, then again at 8.30am est it was still clearly visible in bright daylight.

I was hoping to observe through the day but high clouds rolled across stopping me.

But thats the first time i have seen a planet in the full sun, so thats one of my must do,s to tick off the list.

Cheers Kev .

[Outbackmanyep]

Hi Kev!
It's a bit of a challenge but you can do it, i showed a few people how it was done last weekend at the Manilla Heritage day where our astro club had been invited to do a Astronomy theme alongside the Heritage Day celebrations.
I made it out naked eye, and so did many others after a bit of coaxing, between 11am and 2pm. If you have any sort of dust in the air Venus can be there one minute and not the next....we had a few kids enthused by it! It was magic through the telescope too!
Awesome stuff!

[Kevnool (Kev)]

I was lucky with the crescent moon practically alongside it and at that time in the morning i guessed the moon was 12 degrees from the sun and a rough bit of calculations bang it was there at least i can say i have done it...cheers Kev.

[gary]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

I was hoping to observe through the day but high clouds rolled across stopping me.

But thats the first time i have seen a planet in the full sun, so thats one of my must do,s to tick off the list.

Cheers Kev .

Hi Kev,

It's fun to do. I remember years ago lying on the grass at midday looking
up at the blue sky at the Queensland Astrofest, where the Brisbane River
is but a trickle. Mai pointed Venus out to me as we were gazing up and
we weren't even looking for it at the time.

The challenging part is focusing your eyes.

One of the more amusing times it was pointed out to me was during
a Harbour Bridge climb with friends. We were at the apex of the
Bridge, it was midday on a beautiful day and the sun glistened off the harbour
and Opera House. Fellow observer, Andrew Murrell, looked up and
just casually remarked, "there is Venus" and sure enough when we followed
his finger, there it was.

Best Regards

Gary

[mozzie (Peter)]

kev its great to find it of a day i often look for it during work hours on building sites i get the other blokes to stand under the eaves as a point to get them in the right direction they are amazed and astronomy then becomes the topic for a few days that cant be to bad then
mozzie

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Well spotted.
Should have a go myself sometime.

[sheeny (Al)]

There's no doubt about it, Kev. You are now officially an astroholic.

BTW Jupiter is another good naked eye target to try (can be a bit more difficult depending on brightness though). I haven't done the bright stars naked eye, but I've found Sirius and Antares during the day with binoculars.

Al.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

I had a go this morning. Venus was very easily spotted 30 minutes after sunrise, and was still fairly easy to find 55 minutes after sunrise. Had to get ready for work after that, so no further obs. Might have another look at lunchtime.

Cheers,
Stephen