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    Re: Venus During the day.
    From: Paul Jackson
    Date: 2010 Sep 12, 14:11 -0700

    Hi Peter,
                   Do you think it may be possible to do a Luna distance with 
    Venus during the day,has any one on Nav List tried.
    Regards Paul.
    
    On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:09 NZST P H wrote:
    
    >Indeed, perhaps including lunar distance measurements.
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    >Peter Hakel
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    >________________________________
    >From: Marcel Tschudin 
    >To: NavList@fer3.com
    >Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 3:26:38 AM
    >Subject: [NavList] Re: Venus During the day.
    >
    >Frank, you wrote:
    >"After I read your message about half an hour ago, I pulled out my
    >phone and launched Google Sky Map. Aha, I see that Venus is right next
    >to the Moon. I stepped outside but couldn't find the Moon. I pulled
    >out the phone again, and aimed it where it told me to, and... aha...
    >there's that pale crescent. Then I just shot a bunch of photos."
    >
    >I appreciate your attitude to just try something without pondering too
    >much on the ifs, pros and cons. Your courage for experimenting
    >indicates that it seems indeed possible to use a camera for
    >CN-observations during daylight. It would be interesting the result
    >one would obtain from such a Moon-Venus or (probably soon) a
    >Moon-Jupiter observation during daytime (or twilight) with a
    >calibrated camera.
    >
    >Marcel
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