From: "matt carmine" <jim_chung@sunshine.net>

Date: March 15, 2012 3:13:46 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: 4 planets in 1 night .......

Sky conditions seemed to be promising on Wednesday evening and the window to capture four planets in one night was closing, so it was on!

This time it was one of my trees and not my neighbour's that threatened to block the view of the descending pair of Venus & Jupiter so I started shooting them shortly after 7pm when the sky was still very light and the Sun barely setting.

Seeing was good at midnight for Mars. I grabbed a couple hours of zzz's.

At 3 AM, seeing had deteriorated very badly so I had to scrub for Saturn.

I may have one more chance on Saturday evening as seeing predictions may be even better but rain and clouds are forecast!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4852049/TrioPlanets.jpg

Jim