{"id":618,"date":"2014-01-03T23:56:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T23:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2014\/01\/03\/twilight_cresce\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T07:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T07:28:02","slug":"twilight_cresce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2014\/01\/03\/twilight_cresce\/","title":{"rendered":"Twilight Crescents: Venus and the Moon – January 3, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Crescent<\/a><\/p>\n

iPhone photo of Venus through 8-inch Dob at 120X – January 3, 2014<\/p>\n

Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n

After some amazing solar views, we were treated to the beautiful sight of two slender crescents. Brilliant Venus was an astonishingly large but slender arc of brilliant white descending into the treetops. The Moon was much higher, but captivating with its rugged craters and maria captured in stark relief on a much larger crescent.<\/p>\n

\"Crescent<\/a><\/p>\n

Crescent of Venus descending into the treetops – January 3, 2014 – Through 8-inch Dob at 32X.<\/p>\n

Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Waxing<\/a><\/p>\n

Waxing Crescent Moon – January 3, 2014 – Through 8-inch Dob at 32X.<\/p>\n

Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/b><\/td>\nVenus and Moon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\nJanuary 3, 2014 5:30 – 5:40 PM MST
\n(January 4, 2014 0030-0045 UT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\nFlagstaff, AZ – Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Instrument<\/b><\/td>\nSkyQuest XT8 – 203 mm f\/5.9 Dobsonian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n32 mm Sirius Pl\u00f6ssl (37.5X)
\nPentax XW 10 (120X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conditions<\/b><\/td>\nClear, breezy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seeing<\/b><\/td>\nAnt. II-III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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