stars

Moon and star — The earth’s moon, Jupiter, Venus, and Regulus all lined up this evening. Regulus is just a faint point, even though it is the brightest star in the constellation Leo tonight. Regulus is a multiple star system with four stars in two pairs, and is 79 light years from earth, which […]

A moon, two planets and a star

18 Jul, 2015 in Astronomy and sky photography tagged Jupiter / moon / night sky / Saturn / stars by Derek Keats

Moon — I went out with my daughter tonight to see Venus and Jupiter, with thanks to Esther for alerting us. The photo that we took is below. Note that Venus is much much much smaller, but because it is so much closer it looks bigger. Notice also that you can see […]

A little amateur photo astronomy tonight

30 Jun, 2015 in Astronomy and sky photography tagged astronomy / night sky / stars by Derek Keats