Wednesday Dec 22 - summer solstice 2016 was a beautiful clear evening, enjoyed beside the brazier with melted marshmallows and the family.
Clouds were starting to gather on the horizon as I dragged out Dobby for a quick look at Venus.
Transparency turned out to be not great once looking through the scope, but it was still possible to focus enough to produce a sharp edge on the partial disk of the planet.
That made it interesting when sharing with the family, who were not expecting to see the planet in a half illuminated phase, and we had an interesting discussion as the kids remembered how moon phases worked from their science classes this year.
Clouds were starting to gather on the horizon as I dragged out Dobby for a quick look at Venus.
Transparency turned out to be not great once looking through the scope, but it was still possible to focus enough to produce a sharp edge on the partial disk of the planet.
That made it interesting when sharing with the family, who were not expecting to see the planet in a half illuminated phase, and we had an interesting discussion as the kids remembered how moon phases worked from their science classes this year.
