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