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Admiring the conjunction
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Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find below an image I took from Turin (Italy) on March 25, 2012 and showing my children contemplating the splendid conjunction between the crescent Moon, Jupiter and Venus.

Best regards

Stefano

Venus, Jupiter, Moon, George Washington Bridge.
copyright: Georgi I. Petrov [http://www.gpetrov.com]

Venus and the Moon

Crescent Moon, Venus, Jupiter and ruined church
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Copyright: Tamas Abraham

Vénus, the Moon, Jupiter and the Pleiades from Paris
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Copyright: Jean-Luc Dauvergne
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A nice weather toonight in Paris. The astronomer François Colas show us the close encounter between the Moon and Venus, from the roof of the Paris Observatory. This old building was built under the reign of Louis XIV, nearly 350 years ago. At this time the observatory was out of Paris in the country. But the city became biger and biger, and finaly absorbed it.

Moon-Jupiter-Venus Conjunction,
Siheung, Korea
2012-03-26.

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Springtime conjunction
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Copyright: Stefano De Rosa

Please find below two images of the conjunction I took on March 26, 2012 from the banks of the Viverone Lake (few km from Turin, Italy) where signs of spring were all around with trees full of blossoms.

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Stefano

Collected just after sunset on March 26, from central Colorado.

Venus, Jupiter, & the Moon on March 26, 2012
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Copyright: 2012 Craig & Tammy Temple Captured from our driveway, looking toward the western sky, is this rendezvous between the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter at 6:54pm CDST on March 26, 2012. The 3.93 day old waxing crescent Moon was just a little over 2 degrees seperated from Venus with Jupiter about 12 degrees below the Moon.

A couple more for the M-J-V conjunction collection . . taken on successive evenings in North Yorkshire, UK.
The weather has been just perfect for viewing this majestic event ~ ~ (copyright: starstruck)
















It has been absolutely brilliant to see all the fantastic images of this event
as viewed from different parts of the world . . . to everyone!

A nice view of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter from my pool deck in Miami, Florida.

Jupiter-Moon-Venus and the Pleiads, 26-Mar-2012

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Immagine della congiunzione tra Venere Luna e Giove, fotografata dalla Sicilia il 260.03.2012 con Canon 1000D e Canon 18/55, posa di 4".
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The cerscent, waxing Moon meets the Planets Venus and Jupiter over the banks of the Danube river in Linz, Austria, on March 26, 2012. A number of stars is also visible in the twilight sky, including part of the constellation Orion at left, the constellation Cassiopeia towards the right, and the Hyades and Plejades clusters near the Moon and the planets. (View the image at full size to see the stars, or follow the linck to the flickr page for identification of the celestial objects.)

Conjunction over the Danube by herbraab, on Flickr: This image shows the crescent Moon passing the planet Venus, and was taken somewhat later on the same evening. The moon's dark side is illuminated by Earthshine. Light from Venus is diffracted by a thin cloud layer, forming an atmospheric Corona around the planet.

Moon and Venus by herbraab, on Flickr:

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Over the ruins of the Lanzada's tower, built in the twelfth century as part of a coastal defense system against invasions by the Normans, and demolished in the fifteenth century during the Irmandiños riots. Beside him is the Romanesque Chapel of Our Lady of a Lanzada of the late of the twelfth century, erected on an ancient sanctuary dating from the beginning of our era and famous in the NW corner of Spain for its fertility rites ( the bath of the nine waves).

toda la noche disparando con angular, quería acabar con tele. Mérida, Spain. 2012-02-24 (

Jupiter, Venus, the Monn and Mercury. La Garrovilla. Spain. 2012-02-23

Jupiter, Venus and the Moon in reservoir of los Canchales, La Garrovilla. The city lights of Montijo and Puebla de la Calzada on the horizon. Spain. 2012-02-23

The Crescent Moon joins Jupiter and Venus
Copyright: Joe Stieber http://sjastro.org/

On Sunday evening, March 25, 2012, the crescent moon is next to Jupiter at the base of the narrow triangle with Venus at the upper apex. Taken at 8:09 pm EDT from Maple Shade, NJ, USA, with a Canon 40D digital SLR camera (on a fixed tripod) and a Sigma 18-50 mm f/2.8 zoom lens at 18 mm focal length. Exposed 1 second at f/3.5, ISO 400.

Planetary and moon conjunction. Time lapse video

Copyright: Roberto Porto