On Sun, 23 May 2010 11:45:54 +0100, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

Venus (currently magnitude -4.0) will continue to dominate the western
evening sky right through the early to mid summer period before being lost
in the twilight glare by late August.

One to look out for is on the 15th June when Venus and the Moon (which will
be a 3 day old crescent) will form a nice pairing in the early evening sky
with Mars and Saturn further east completing a arc of the ecliptic.

I had a marvellous surprise a week or two ago when arriving home from
Tescos, I stopped to admire Venus then saw something equally bright
moving towards me, not far to its left (S). I quickly realised that it
was the International Space Station which, for the first time, I had
spotted without having any idea in advance when it was due to pass
overhead. It was a really bright pass, can't have been far from
magnitude -4.

I stood transfixed as Venus and the ISS vied with each other for
domination of the Sky, well for a few minutes anyway until the ISS
faded in the East. Sadly, I did not have time to find my camera and
attempt a photo.

--
Dave
Fareham