Sunday, February 15, 2009

Venus in my eye (Toronto)

Sitting at my desk this evening, I caught Venus out the window! Not exactly a "big piece a pie..."

Popped my newer/broken eyeglasses on. I swear I could make out that it is not a point source. Is that "averted imagination?"

According to my double star notes, the closest separation the eye can distinguish is about 4 arc-minutes.

Stellarium shows Venus with a diameter of 0.0106° or 0.636".

So, it's my imagination...

No comments: