Definitely worth crawling out of bed at 5.00 this morning: I finally managed an image of the American X-37B spy craft, just visible as it passed above Venus. A few minutes earlier one of Elon Musk's 'Skytrain' satellite clusters went overhead: impressive, but eventually every astro image will be photobombed by this bright commsats.
The ISS passed close to two bright stars this morning: Arcturus and then Vega - it was brighter than either!
Finally, the Moon and Venus hanging in the south eastern sky was an impressive sight: still no sign of Mercury - or Mars, for that matter!
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| The X-37B (Just above Venus) |
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| Skytrain cluster |
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| ISS and Arcturus |
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| ISS and Vega |
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| Moon: note the Sinus Iridium |
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| Moon and Venus |
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