Starship Asterisk*

Thanks very much!
Looked like the object was over the Moon, but the eye does funny things when looking at the Moon.
Actually, my snap seemed, too, to show Jupiter in front.
Whatever, the reason for that; at least I have something to tell the children.

Thanks again, L.

I live in Perth, Western Australia. At about 19.30hrs on the 18th February 2013, my wife told me to go outside to look at a 'star' over the shadowed area of the Moon. Over a period of about ten minutes the object moved down and left, towards the bright half of the Moon and was lost against the surfa...

http://www.rachaelandbrendan.net/venuskidsps.jpg http://www.rachaelandbrendan.net/venuskidsps.jpg Projecting Venus. Lunch-time, Fenwick School, Oamaru, North Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Telescope free with subscription to Australian Geographic, tripod a music stand, other items found in shed,...