With wild unsubstantiated rumors that four planets could be seen in the early evening, I decided to see for myself. Jack, ever the skeptic, also wanted to see for himself so we drove over to my new favorite western horizon spot on Wellington Hills Road for a look. As you can see from the shots below, it was true. Four planets, one large natural satellite and an airplane were visible at around 6:30 this evening. Mercury will be getting higher though dimmer in the next week or so. In the one shot, that is Venus near the Moon and Jupiter to the upper left. In the other, that is Mercury about two thirds of the way down in the light blue with the airplane moving to the left under it and the Earth under all that. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Solar Halos
Solar halos spotted in Little Rock one cold winter day
Weekend Recap
Sam and I got up Saturday morning to join ASCA for a field trip to Nimrod Lake. Along the way and on the way back, we stopped at Lake Maumelle to look for the recently reported Red-throated Loon. The second time was the charm. We had success at Nimrod, spotting all of our target birds and getting to watch a Cooper’s hawk fold his wings and dive at his hoped for lunch.
Later that night, I had a CAAS meeting where nearly have the people were new or at least recent so that was good.
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