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From: Frank Reed
Date: 2024 Apr 19, 08:35 -0700
Martin Caminos, you wrote:
"By the way, during the peak of the eclipse, I was able to see Venus southwest from the Eclipse"
Yes! From our location in Illinois, Venus was visible at least five minutes before totality. By then it was bright and easy, so it probably could have been spotted 10 or 15 minutes before. Jupiter was also readily visible above and to the left of the Moon. Of course it was considerably fainter. We had some small bands of high cirrus, but by the time of totality nothing that really interfered. Were your skies in Texas partly cloudy? Mostly clear? Nearly clear? :)
Frank Reed
PS: did you see my reply to you about the origin of lat & lon and the use of polar distance in astronomy in place of declination? It was a reply to a post of yours from a month ago, so I'm double-checking.
