The Dutch Observatory

August 21, 2010 on 10:08 am | In Mars, Planets, Saturn, Uncategorized | Comments Off

I received an email with some pictures from my niece and her friend in the Netherlands of the close conjunction of Mars, Venus and Saturn (left to right). Gineke and Martin took these pictures when they were on their vacation in Switzerland. Its a very nice composition of the three just before they sink behind the mountains. Martin is also an astronomy amateur and is a member of a “Sterrenwacht” in the Netherlands. The star at 45 degrees to the left and above Mars is Porrima in Virgo.   Thanks for sharing Gineke and Martin!!