The faint red star was Mars. Tonight Venus and Mars will be a little
closer, but the moon will be farther away.
Mark
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Strange. I also noticed it both coming and going from a supermarket. I
> did have a P&S camera in the car but considered it unlikely to produce
> something worthwhile and didn't bother.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 2/21/2015 9:19 AM, Dean Hansen wrote:
>
>> Coming out of the supermarket last evening, I glanced to the west and was
>> treated to the most lovely sliver of a new moon I can remember ever
>> seeing. The moon itself was beautiful, but about 3-4 moon diameters
>> towards 10 o'clock was (I presume) Venus, and then up from Venus towards 1
>> o'clock was a faint red star. The combination was simply lovely. Had no
>> camera nearby--did anyone else luck out with a shot of this?
>> Digest Dean
>>
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