This Crazy Cosmos » Regulus http://www.mikiesoft.net Astronomy & Space Exploration Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:18:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Moon Venus Conjunction http://www.mikiesoft.net/moon-venus-conjunction/ http://www.mikiesoft.net/moon-venus-conjunction/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:57:35 +0000 Mike http://www.mikiesoft.net/?p=156 Did you see how close the planet Venus was to the moon last night?  Suspended in the night sky, the pair was strikingly beautiful.   It took my mind off the fact I couldn’t locate Comet Lulin, which was probably lost in the light pollution of the city lights.

spaceweather.com posted some great pictures of last night’s conjunction between Venus and the crescent moon.  The site also has a stunning photo of the green comet streaking by the blue star Regulus in the constellation Leo.

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