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[Pete G]

On December 1st Jupiter, Venus and a cresent moon gather together in the sky.
If the weather is kind please post us some of your photos,
PeteG

[Pete G]

I got a nice view of Jupiter (above) and Venus (right) tonight.

Keep looking south after sunset....
PeteG

[Pete G]

This evening I managed to get a photo of the International Space Station flying over Jupiter and Venus at the Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire.

PeteG

[TAJEY]

Pete G, on 25 November 2008, 21:00, said:

This evening I managed to get a photo of the International Space Station flying over Jupiter and Venus at the Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire.

PeteG

Really nice pictures Pete - I'm impressed!

[Pete G]

A bit of planning and a bit of luck is all you need,
PeteG

[Pete G]

Well I went to Stonehenge but alas the British weather turned and it clouded over.
Did anyone get any photos?

I had to settle for a sunset photo


PeteG

[Jimit]

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I took this from Farley Mount near Winchester. It was fascinating to watch the end of the ocultation as Venus appeared slowly from behind the moon. I was pleased that the earthlight showed quite well. Soon afterwards the clouds rolled in an that was that    

Tech info.
Fujifilm Finepix &500
4 megapix
6x optical zoom
Timer set to avoid camera shake

Jim.

[Pete G]

Well done Jim!
Thats what I was hoping for over Stonehenge....
sigh

PeteG

[Pete G]

The Next photo opportunity comes on the 29th December when Mercury and Jupiter are joined by a new moon
with Venus hanging high in the sky.

PeteG

[shiny]

Sorry Jimit, the forum's computer won't allow me to view your pic.

It asks me to check whether I'm logged in.

[Jimit]

Sorry Shiny, it does the same to me! I don't know what I've done wrong  
Try this  http://flickr.com/ph...N00/3078861053/  
the quality is not so good.
Jim.

[Pete G]

It works ok for me.
I'll ask Diego to look into this..
PeteG

Ps. Are you using pop up blockers?
You might have to make a rule for your browser to allow pop ups for this website.

[Diego]

Pete G, on 3 December 2008, 9:52, said:

It works ok for me.
I'll ask Diego to look into this..

If you see this:

That means you are not connected correctly to the forum. Can you please try to log out and then log in again to the forum and see if the problem persists?

From this side everything looks fine.

BTW, below is the result of what I saw two days ago at dusk. About 10 min after that all the southern sky got clouded...


Along with a wide angle view from my terrace in front of the lake of Bracciano:


Diego

[shiny]

Nope.........Logging in again didn't work.

Jimit's link to "Flicka" worked OK, so I've viewed the pic. Very good.

[Jimit]

Yes Diego that's what I see but like Shiny logging in/out makes no difference   Pete, your pics come up fine.
Jim.