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Venus (Planet, est. mag -4)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri Feb 20 23:30:00 2015 UT Obs. no.: 1945
This evening, my friend Mike & I viewed the conjunction of Mars, Venus & the crescent moon. All three were within one degree of each other. It was an awesome sight.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -3.7)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Aug 18 09:30:00 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1931
this morning, my brother Anthony, my friend Joe & I met at the West Haven beach to observe the close conjunction of Venus & Jupiter. Both planets were just .3 of a degree apart with Venus being the brighter of the two planets. Also, right above our heads, the moon & the star Aldeberan were about 4 degrees apart during there conjunction. Two conjunctions for the price of one. Not bad.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Oct 15 23:30:00 2013 UT Obs. no.: 1895
Last evening, my brother Anthony, my friend Steve & I observed the conjunction of the planet Venus & the first magnitude star Anteres. These two objects were about two degrees apart. We then turned our six inch dob on Venus where we were able to see dark areas on the slightly less than 50% lit planet's face. We were also able to view M11 the wild duck cluster. It was one of the most impressive open clusters I have seen. We also were able to see the core of M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. Finally we enjoyed viewing the triple star system of Mizar, Alcor & Mizar's close double companion. a great night of viewing.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4,3, est. to be in Virgo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 8 23:45:00 2013 UT Obs. no.: 1893
This evening I observed the close conjunction of Venus & the moon. They were about 1.5 degrees apart & it was a glorious sight.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -3.8)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon May 27 01:00:00 2013 UT Obs. no.: 1890
On Sunday evening, my brother Anthony & I oberved the close triangle of Venus, Jupiter & Mercury. Mercury had a slight pinkish tinge to it while Jupiter looked yellow & Venus was white. We then turned around to view Saturn & Spica side by side. Saturn looked a little brighter than Spica. Finally, we looked down toward our feet & saw Earth.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Oct 12 08:55:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1885
This morning I arose early to observe the conjuction of Venus & the crescent moon. The earthshine on the moon was spectacular. It's been a long time since I've seen earthshine like that. I also aimed my 127mm MAK with 12mm Televue Eyepiece on Venus. Venus is now a waxing gibbous. I did manage to see some small dark patches on Venus' dazzling cloud deck. When I finished, I went right back to bed!
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Stratford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jul 12 01:30:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1852
Last evening, my friends Steve, Terry and Paul observed the close conjunction of Venus and Regulus in the western sky with my 10X50 binoculars. In binos the cream color of Venus contrasted nicely the bluish tinge of regulus. We also had the pleasure of watching the ISS cross the sky almost directly over our heads. That's what I call a nice relaxing evening.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -3.9)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jun 15 02:00:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1851
This evening, while walking on the beach for some excercise, Steve Borer and I noticed two close astronomical sights in the sky. The first close encounter involved the crescent moon some four or five degrees below Venus. It's always amazing when the moon and Venus join together in the evening sky. The other close encounter included the planet Mars and the star Regulus. Even with the naked eye we were able to contrast Mars' orangy color with Regulus' bluish color. As we continued walking, the brightest iridium flare we ever saw appeared in the western sky. I swear it was a -8 magnitude flare. What a great evening for a walk!
Venus (Planet)
Observer: Gary Barabino Sr (e-mail: gbarabinosr@yahoo.com, web: http://www.vega-sky-center.com)
Instrument: 3-inch refractor Location: Slidell, LA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun May 24 10:50:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1823
JUPITER:My first view of the planet this year.Mag.-1.9 ,angular diameter 28"x 25".Noted fine belt detail in the STZ(south temporate zone)),and Central EZ(equatorial zone)150x(TV8mm)VENUS:The planet showed a fine crescent diameter about 15";35% illuminated.Cusps very sharp and well defined.Noted no details in the cloud deck.Mag.-3.9.A fine 'morning star'
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.5)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 8-inch refractor Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Mar 4 00:15:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1817
This evening my friends Steve Borer, his nephew RJ and Mike Dzubaty went to Yale Observatory to observe Venus in their 8" refractor. Venus is now a very slender waning crescent. At the tip of each side of the crescent we were able to see the horns of the crescent. Also I was able to see some dark albedo shading in Venus' cloudbank along the terminator on one side of the crescent. We also were able to easily see the ashen light of Venus' night side. This we did not expect to see. Anyone with any kind of telescope or spotting scope will easily be able to see Venus' beautiful crescent.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.5)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://www.joecaggiano.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1810
A brilliant gem still shining high in the west well after sundown. Viewed with binoviewers at different magnifications. Extremely bright with no cloud detail except for a pale yellow haze around the trim of the planet and a blue haze around the terminator. I managed some pictures at high power (around 400x). I have posted on my updated webpage.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-inch refractor Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jan 18 00:45:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1812
This evening my friend Steve Borer and I went to the Yale observatory for some casual viewing. We observed the Orion Nebula with the 12" reflector and we observed Venus with the 10" refractor. Venus is now a beautiful waning crescent. I wasn't able to see any albedo features in Venus' cloud deck. On Feb. 27th the crescent moon will lie 1.5 degrees from the crescent Venus. Don't miss it.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.2, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Dec 1 22:15:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1806
This evening my brother Anthony and I observed the grand conjunction in the western sky featuring Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon. Venus was on the bottom with Jupiter to its upper right and the crescent moon was to the upper left of Venus. The big bright triangle was wonderful sight. As an added bonus a star was just below Venus thus completing the nice picture. My brother and I took pictures of this conjunction and hopefully spaceweather.com will show them.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Nov 17 23:15:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1804
This evening my friends Steve Borer, Joe Cseh and I observed a 2.8 magnitude star in Sagittarius and the planet Venus in conjuction. The star and planet were only one tenth of a degree apart and 10X50 binoculars were needed to seperate them. The star was located directly above Venus. We all agreed it was quite a sight.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 5 11:30:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1741
This morning I arose to enjoy the conjuction of the moon and Venus. They were about 4 degrees apart and it was a beautiful sight.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.5, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jul 26 00:20:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1684
I just finished observing Venus with my binoculars in order to see its crescent. Even in binoculars Venus' crescent is easy to see. I simply braced my binos on my car and viewed. As Venus' crescent shrinks the apparant size of the planet grows. In the next week or so you can view Venus' crescent with binoculars.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 2 01:10:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1674
This evening I took another look at the close conjunction of Venus and Saturn, this time with my binoculars. In my binos Saturn has an oblong shape do to its rings while Venus' crescent showed very well in my binos. It was quite a treat.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 1 01:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1673
Last night my friend Joe Cseh and I observed the close conjuction of Venus and Saturn. Saturn was two thirds of a degree above Venus. We enjoyed the conjuction until they both set behind a hill.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.5, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon May 14 00:45:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1653
This evening, my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I did some side walk astronomy at the West Haven beach. Venus still has an active atmosphere with a large dark area near the terminator just above its equator. In the southern hemisphere there is still a dark belt that I can see easily. Saturn looked unremarkable except for one faintly seen cloud band. Since mercury was so low on the horizon we had to show the public Mercury through my 10X50 binoculars. Everyone who observed Mercury commented on how pink mercury looked.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.5, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Apr 11 00:30:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1638
This evening I observed Venus and the Pleiades with my 10X50 binoculars. Venus and the Pleiades were in the same binocular field and the view was great. Off to the left one binocular field away was Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster. Venus and the Pleiades will be closest together tomorrow night but it will be cloudy were I live here in Connecticut. One final thing, my 10X50 binoculars clearly showed Venus' waning gibbous phase.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.6)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Apr 3 00:30:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1633
I viewed Venus this evening about a half hour after the sun set. It was still high up in the sky and easy to spot though the viewing had to be done between my neighbor's tree branches. Venus is currently shining at magnitude -4.6 and is alittle better than 14 arcseconds in diameter. It is almost the size that Mars will appear during it's 2007 opposition. It will grow rapidly in the next few months as it turns towards it's crescent phase as it approaches us.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Aquarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Apr 18 09:20:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1525
This morning, I arose to observe the close conjuction of Venus and Uranus. The bad news was a thin cloud cover and a brightening sky prevented me from seeing Uranus. The good news was the thin cloud cover allowed great seeing for the planet Venus. I aimed my 127mm MAK at Venus and saw that Venus is now just past 50% lit. The southern hemisphere of Venus continues to be quite active. There were several dark areas in the cloudbank that indicates continued active weather in the southern hemisphere. The northern hemisphere shows no dark areas in it. This seems to have been going on for about two or three months.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 27 10:10:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1514
This morning, I observered Venus with my 127mm MAK. Right now, Venus looks about 45% lit. There is some albedo shading in the southern hemishere cloud deck. I think within the next week, Venus will be exactly 50% lit and I hope to be able to observe this. Later in the morning, I also observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. The sun is completely blank today after a small group of sunspots traveled across the sun's face.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Feb 26 10:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1499
This morning, I arose to observe the newly discovered 5th Mag. Comet Pojmanski, which is located just to the left of Venus. I don't know why I couldn't spot this bright comet with my 127mm MAK or my 10X50 binoculars. I gave up and decided to observe Venus. Right now, Venus looks to be about 30% lit. I saw one darkish area in the southern hemishere along the terminator. If anyone else wants to try for this comet, go to www.spaceweather.com for a location of this comet.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Dec 30 21:45:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1450
After reading an article in Sky & Telescope, I decided to try to see if I could make out Venus' crescent phase with my naked eye. To reduce the glare around the planet, I put on yellow tinted polarized clipons over my regular glasses. With the glasses, there was one streak of glare going up from the planet. Under the streak was a tiny crescent which was not to difficult to see. The crescent is lying on its back so the crescent with the streak of glare going above it makes it look like a tiny sailboat in the sky. Looking through a tiny hole in a piece of paper also allows you to see the crescent. The hole should be 3 or 4 mm wide. As venus' crescent grows, it will be easier to see.
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