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03/26/2012 11:08:05 AM · #1 |
Venus Visible in Daytime Sky Today
The planet Venus has been dominating the nighttime sky recently, but did you know it's possible to see the bright world in the daytime? Today (March 26), Venus can be spotted in the afternoon if you know where and when to look.
In fact, a daytime apparition of Venus in the sky was famously spotted by none other than President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Let's try to get some photo's.
If clear you should be able to spot it around 4pm local time.
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03/26/2012 11:45:29 AM · #2 |
| that seems like a lot of work. : - ) |
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03/26/2012 11:45:47 AM · #3 |
| "...if clear" being the operative phrase... |
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03/26/2012 11:57:42 AM · #4 |
| All the guys looking up to Venus now with their binoculars, hope to see naked woman running around there... I think women did the same thing when Mars was close last year, to see naked guys running around :P |
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03/26/2012 12:12:05 PM · #5 |
DONKEY: Okay, okay, I see it now, yeah, the big shiny one right there, right? That one there?
SHREK: That's the moon. |
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03/26/2012 12:43:18 PM · #6 |
| Speaking of the (crescent) Moon, it should still be almost lined up with both Venus and Jupiter tonight. |
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03/26/2012 02:31:12 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Speaking of the (crescent) Moon, it should still be almost lined up with both Venus and Jupiter tonight. |
Something like this? This was taken in Sept. 2005.
 
Message edited by author 2012-03-26 14:35:14.
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03/26/2012 03:18:29 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by SDW:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Speaking of the (crescent) Moon, it should still be almost lined up with both Venus and Jupiter tonight. |
Something like this? |
Not quite -- last night they were in an almost vertical line, one above the other, with the Moon in the middle; tonight I think the Moon will have moved to the left ... |
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03/26/2012 04:41:26 PM · #9 |
| I saw it!! It took forever to find the crescent moon -- it's so faint. |
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