To the left is the moon, on the right is Venus with the same luminosity if you weren't seeing it through my phone camera. It's probably the brightest I've seen in a year. Taken in Colorado so I don't know how your local orientation will differ.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I tried that mode but the system was being obnoxious about focusing on them. I'll have to try it with Stellarium since I already use that for naked-eye viewing.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Now might be a really great time to try again, there's some really great bright stars in the southern sky right now, what with Orion (Rigel would be optimal but probably any of the belt stars would work) and Canis Major (Sirius, what else?) on the rise.

You've also got Gemini approaching the zenith. Castor and Pollux would probably be ideal for this; remember, Castor casts their leg out.