Venus Jupiter Planet Display

This morning a clear sky above Schaffen making the observation of Venus & Jupiter possible. About 5° above the eastern horizon both Venus and Jupiter could be observed, only 0,28° (17') from each other (apparent).

The wide field picture was taken using my 18-200 lens. The close up was taken using my TLAPO804 80/480 f/6 telescoop.

Venus Jupiter

Low at the Eastern horizon beautifull view of Venus and Jupiter.

Orbital ATK OA8 succesfull Launch

The Antares rocket with spacecraft Cygnus was succesfully launched from Launch Pad in Virginia.

Orbital ATK mission OA8 now live

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops

Update T Minus 00-01-30-00 AO8

Orbital ATK Antares rocket is getting fueled by now and is still according the plan to be launched today. Target time 13h14 local time with a free launch pad of 5 minutes. See NASA TV as well.

Close encounter between Venus and Jupiter

About 45minutes (or 7AM in the morning) before sunrise on November 12th & 13th you can observe both Jupiter and Venus low above the southeast horizon. Jupiter and Venus will be as close as about 0,3° from each other. Be aware you need to have a good view on the horizon as both planets show up  at a max of 9° above the horizon before sunrise.

Source : Stellarium

 

Orbital ATK Antares OA8 Launch has scrubbed

The launch of Orbital ATK's Antares rocket is postponed for24h and will take place 13h27 local time (MET) on Sunday November 12th. The reason was a airplane within the launch pad.