New Horizons almost there

July 8 is the official start of the Flyby phase of the mission. July 14 is set to be the closest approach at 2149 local time.

Apparently this is what it is seeing right now ...




Which is awesome.

Rare Venus Jupiter conjunction

Tonight Venus and Jupiter come so close together that I could see them both in one view through my 25mm ep... If I could see them.
*sigh*
Stellarium shows it like this:

Melbourne shows it like this:


Dammit.