Spectacular Double Conjunction

Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 2:07 PM

In the western sky, Monday, April 26, the crescent Moon (with the dark side visible, due to the earth shining on it) joins the distant dipper-shaped star cluster, the Pleiades, and, at bottom, the planet Mercury, in the western sky after sunset. This shot, by Kenneth Renshaw, was made in front of the Piggott Community Center, with a Canon Rebel xTi digital camera (ISO1600, 5 seconds at f/8).

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Kenneth Renshaw NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador/Saturn Observation Campaign Kenneth is one of 494 volunteer educators and astronomers who donate their time to educate America's youth, and the general public, about astronomy and the U.S. space program. Organized in 1999 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab,it focuses on spacecraft built by the JPL such as Voyager, Mars Rover, Galileo, Cassini as well as the Hubble Space Telescope. Renshaw is one of four ambassadors in Arkansas, and makes presentations to all age and experience groups from pre-school to university science level. His official NASA website it www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Kenneth_Renshaw.htm His email address is renshaw@newwavecomm.net

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