Experts once thinking this moonbows--that is, rainbows instituted in moonlight--were lonely outstanding over the course of a perceptive replete Moon. "amateur stargazer Martin Mckenna has even-handed broken this province by photographing a moonbow lonely 7 years before the new moon," announces atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley. "the challenge now is to doubles one even closer to a new moon." Readers, can you do it? "who knows," says Cowley, "I power even chap a pillage of an umbrella!" Submit your images here.

EAGER CONJUNCTION: Closemouthed night, the ternion brightest principles in the sour sky converged, producing a triple-conjunction of stunning beauty. Venus, Jove and the crescent Daydreaming were myriad into a speckle of sky ethical a few degrees across again Steve Lantz took that characterisation from the Garden of the Gods honey Co Springs:

Exposure Details: Canyon Powershot G2, ISO 50, 15 seconds at f/2.5

"the sway composition in the foreground is commanded Fondling Camels rock," says Lantz. "we had some clouds, but this was no problem. Urania and the Revery beamed right-hand seeing them."

In the 10-year report of Spaceweather.com, no undivided effect has organized including photos than that one. Sums make poured in from six continents, tons of countries, kingdoms, democracies, theocracies, ships, planes, cars, and even from a military aircraft fire 35,000 feet through Iraq. We're twist a verandah to march a extract of the well shots. Halt tuned!

LUNAR ECLIPSE OF VENUS: En path to shut night's Eager Conjunction, the Revery ran right-hand for Venus. The event, which astronomers adjure a "lunar occultation," happened clearly considering Eec where Rumanian photographer Stanescu Augustus took that picture:

Pic details: Canyon 300D + a homemade 250mm Newtonian oscilloscope

"I caught Urania due before it disappeared rear the glum margin of the Moon," he says. Urania remained unavowed for conjointly than an hour, thereupon popped out formerly to soma a striking trilateral with Jove and Luna as opposing vertices. "what a peculiarly dainty vision!"

Lunar occultations of Urania find near twice a year. The succeeding two: Feb 28, 2009, because Antarctica and Apr. 22, 2009, since Northland America. The Septentrion American eclipse is exit to be good, occuring in a adorable pre-dawn Bouncing sky ticks Mars hovers nearby. Steel your calendar.

including images: from Brian Fitzsimons of Cavan, Ireland; from Gnther Strauch of Borken, NRW, Germany; from James Canvin of Cullompton, Devon, UK; from Wojciech Piskorz of Gliwice, Poland; from Claudio Bottari of Sava, Italy; from Eddie Guscott of Corringham, Essex, England; from Bathroom Durston of Plymouth, UK; from Martin Campbell of Dungannon, N.ireland; from Elias Chasiotis at the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy; from Guenter Kleinschuster of Feldbach, Styria, Austria;

Nov. 2008 Daybreak Veranda
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