Dance of the Planets

Over the last several days the bright planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury have put on a lovely ballet low in the western sky a little after sunset. In spite of mostly cloudy weather, I managed to get a couple of shots of this fascinating little grouping’s daily changes. The first one was taken at dusk on Friday, 24 May 2013.

Dance of the Planets 24 May 2013 about 2030 CDT. Copyright (c) 2013 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Dance of the Planets 24 May 2013 about 2030 CDT. Copyright (c) 2013 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

The second one was taken four days later at dusk on Tuesday, 28 May 2013.

Dance of the Planets 28 May 2013 about 2030 CDT. Copyright (c) 2013 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Dance of the Planets 28 May 2013 about 2030 CDT. Copyright (c) 2013 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

In addition, I got this shot of the nearly full Moon rising over the baseball field where Melissa and I were walking on the 24th. It looked huge!

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Category(s): Amateur Astronomy

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