venus

[at]

walking home yesterday afternoon/evening i looked up at the moon and noted a rather bright star just below it, this suprised me as it was early and still light. I assume it was venus can any one give me a positive ID.

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[schlocky]

YES! It was. Venus is in its 'evening star' guise and will keep moving East of the sun and closer to the Earth until 9th June when it will begin moving West again eventually becoming the 'morning' star and moving away from the Earth. In a few weeks it will be visible in good binoculars or a small telescope as a tiny crescent getting thinner & bigger. When it becomes 'the morning star' it will appear as a crescent getting thicker and smaller over several weeks.

[glsammy]

It was a beautiful sight with the moon yesterday, I couldn't get an image of it but Wildlifesnapper did:

[Beryl]

Excellent capture Greham.
I took the same earlier ,bit smaller and still day light. Great sight

[at]

thanks for that folks

[Beryl]

Here is my effort of the Moon and Venus
Taken with 555-200 mm lens
Sorry I spelt your name wrong Graham