Conjunctions and Occultations - It's been a busy month! [This post is under construction.]

It has!

 

  2026-06-09 The Close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, plus Mercury.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2026-06-16 The Conjunction of Venus,Jupiter, the Moon, and Mercury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2026-06-17 The Occultation of Venus

    Earlier today, the occultation of the planet Venus as the Moon passed in front of it.

    Here in Fairfield, Venus disappeared from view shortly after 11:33 AM PDT and didn't emerge from behind the Moon until an hour and twelve minutes later, at 12:45 PM PDT.

    My apologizes for the "hair in the gate", in the first half of the video, which due to the brightness of the day as compared to the brightness of the viewfinder display, made the lint nigh impossible to spot. I got rid of it for the second shot, but now had no pin point on which to focus, the moon being too indistinct, which is why Venus is slightly out of focus coming out from behind the lunar limb.

    I'm just happy I was able to capture the daylight event.

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