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Related: About this forumTonight's conjunction of Jupiter and the crescent moon
Taken from my back deck, shortly after sundown.
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Tonight's conjunction of Jupiter and the crescent moon (Original Post)
Mousetoescamper
Mar 2024
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elleng
(140,274 posts)1. Great!
Almost caught Jupiter tonight, with sunset.
Yesterday:
Mousetoescamper
(6,409 posts)2. Thanks!
I like your including the colorful horizon in the shots.
Easterncedar
(4,760 posts)5. Glorious
You both are brilliant
Easterncedar
(4,760 posts)3. Amazing beauty and wonder
And skill! Thanks for sharing your world
Mousetoescamper
(6,409 posts)6. Thanks!
CaliforniaPeggy
(154,657 posts)4. Your crescent moon is outstanding, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Alas, the planet is just too small for our instruments!
A friend of mine asked me to try and get the same shot, since he was clouded out. Well, I sort of did, and I'll have it posted a bit later.
Mousetoescamper
(6,409 posts)7. Thanks!

AverageOldGuy
(2,790 posts)8. And tomorrow night:
Moon and Pleiades will be almost side-by-side.
moonshinegnomie
(3,545 posts)9. and 100% cloud cover predicted for my area
elleng
(140,274 posts)10. Fingers crossed, as partly/mostly cloudy forecast from 8 p.m.