
The Crescent Moon and Venus will be nicely visible just after sunset on Jul 11 2013. Image above from the FREE Planetarium program Stellarium
The Crescent Moon and Venus will be nicely visible just after sunset on Jul 11 2013. Image above from the FREE Planetarium program Stellarium
These photos show what happens outside of the Griffith Observatory every cloudless night they are open. Telescopes are setup outside and the public can view from the (small) variety of astronomical objects which might be visible that night under the rather light-polluted skies of Los Angeles.
Tonight the public could see the Moon and the planet Saturn.
If you prefer – here is a full-screen slideshow
I was picking up some family from LAX and I found a nearby residential neighborhood with a good view of the planetary trio close to one of the runways.
All photos captured on 5/26/13 using my Canon 60d with the 18-135mm Lens at 106mm (eff 170mm), 1/50s F5.0 ISO1600. Some processing in Adobe Lightroom to increase exposure (brightness). In reality it was quite a bit darker than is shown.