Chris Hills

Astronomy pictures

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The eclipse of the Moon, 3rd March 2007, just before totality.


The Pleiades star cluster, the Moon, and Mercury, 26th April 2009.


Video of Venus during the daytime, 5th May 2020, about 36 degrees from the Sun. (32 Mbytes)


Mercury and Venus, 22nd May 2020, just after sunset.


Comet Neowise, 12/13/14/20/21/23 July 2020.


Uranus (circled) in Aries, 23 July 2020.


Neptune (circled) in Aquarius, 26 July 2020.

Venus near the Sun
April - September 2020
all pictures taken in broad daylight
Date, time (UTC)
24 April, 15:22
5 May, 14:33
6 May, 16:01
14 May, 14:56
17 May, 15:25
19 May, 13:48
21 May, 14:07
22 May, 13:57
25 May, 14:27
29 May, 14:16

9 degrees
from the Sun
30 May, 13:43

7 degrees
from the Sun
31 May, 13:52

5 degrees
from the Sun

3 days before
inferior conjuction
13 June, 11:43
22 June, 12:01
23 June, 11:52
24 June, 11:49
25 June, 11:20
26 June, 11:19
28 June, 11:20
5 July, 12:13
12 July, 12:12
19 July, 14:10
20 July, 11:52
22 July, 11:58
30 July, 11:31
31 July, 11:55
2 August, 11:26
7 August, 12:02
8 August, 11:33
9 August, 11:12
12 August, 11:34
20 August, 11:18
24 August, 11:54
8 September, 11:54
14 September, 12:12
15 September, 11:14
17 September, 11:16
18 September, 11:19
19 September, 10:56
20 September, 11:34
21 September, 12:29
22 September, 11:19

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