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Science Fiction » alt.fan.douglas-adams » Some Real Hitchhiking
| Some Real Hitchhiking [message #23412] |
Di, 26 April 2005 08:49 |
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If you're up early anyway, take a look to the east this morning about half
an hour before sunrise. Mercury is at greatest western elongation (the
farthest "ahead" of the Sun on the plane of the ecliptic it gets during its
orbit) today, making it the morning star for a few minutes before the Sun
outshines it. You'll need to have a fairly visible horizon and clear
weather to see it. It's a bright pink star in the glow to the right of the
sunrise. It'll only do this for a couple of days and then it's gone behind
the Sun again.
It's easier to see Saturn and Jupiter right now because they're higher.
Look west after sunset and Saturn's about halfway up the sky in Gemini.
It's the brightest and lowest of a group of three. The other two are the
twins Castor (right) and Pollux (left). The Moon will be right next to
Saturn on the night of May 12 just after sundown, which makes it easy to
find. For the next few nights, at 10 o'clock, Saturn is due west and
directly over pale red Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse Five will, unfortunately, not
be visible.
Jupiter is directly southeast in Virgo at sunset right now. It's really
bright, the brightest thing in the night sky besides the Moon these days, so
you'll have no trouble finding it. Jupiter and the Moon will be in
conjunction (very close to one another) on May 19, and it will be beautiful.
If you've got some binoculars, you can even see some of the Galilean moons.
Knowing that only stars, not planets, shimmer is also helpful in telling
them apart. Don't forget your towel.
Peace and clear skies,
Chiggy.
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| Re: Some Real Hitchhiking [message #23415 ] |
Di, 26 April 2005 10:50 |
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"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in
news:pradnWzil5HhefDfRVn-uQ [at] comcast.com:
> If you're up early anyway, take a look to the east this morning
> about half an hour before sunrise. Mercury is at greatest western
> elongation (the farthest "ahead" of the Sun on the plane of the
> ecliptic it gets during its orbit) today, making it the morning
> star for a few minutes before the Sun outshines it. You'll need
> to have a fairly visible horizon and clear weather to see it.
> It's a bright pink star in the glow to the right of the sunrise.
> It'll only do this for a couple of days and then it's gone behind
> the Sun again.
>
> It's easier to see Saturn and Jupiter right now because they're
> higher. Look west after sunset and Saturn's about halfway up the
> sky in Gemini. It's the brightest and lowest of a group of three.
> The other two are the twins Castor (right) and Pollux (left). The
> Moon will be right next to Saturn on the night of May 12 just
> after sundown, which makes it easy to find. For the next few
> nights, at 10 o'clock, Saturn is due west and directly over pale
> red Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse Five will, unfortunately, not be
> visible.
>
> Jupiter is directly southeast in Virgo at sunset right now. It's
> really bright, the brightest thing in the night sky besides the
> Moon these days, so you'll have no trouble finding it. Jupiter
> and the Moon will be in conjunction (very close to one another) on
> May 19, and it will be beautiful. If you've got some binoculars,
> you can even see some of the Galilean moons.
>
> Knowing that only stars, not planets, shimmer is also helpful in
> telling them apart. Don't forget your towel.
>
>
> Peace and clear skies,
>
> Chiggy.
>
Sounds like a pleasant evening out, which hemisphere/continent do you
have to be on to see these find sights?
peter
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| Re: Some Real Hitchhiking [message #23429 ] |
Di, 26 April 2005 18:14 |
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Any and all. The other planets are visible from anywhere on the planet,
they'll just be higher or lower in the sky. I'm at about 36 degrees north,
119 degrees west, a mid-latitude in North America, which is where 75 percent
of the world's people live (northern middle latitudes, not North America),
so this should cover just about everyone. Those of you on the poles might
have some problems, but then again in the north there's already no night to
speak of, and in the south no day.
Chiggy.
"Peter.QLD" <a [at] b.c> wrote in message
news:Xns9644BFCCF5AA9rzis [at] 203.50.5.233...
> "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in
> news:pradnWzil5HhefDfRVn-uQ [at] comcast.com:
>
>> If you're up early anyway, take a look to the east this morning
>> about half an hour before sunrise. Mercury is at greatest western
>> elongation (the farthest "ahead" of the Sun on the plane of the
>> ecliptic it gets during its orbit) today, making it the morning
>> star for a few minutes before the Sun outshines it. You'll need
>> to have a fairly visible horizon and clear weather to see it.
>> It's a bright pink star in the glow to the right of the sunrise.
>> It'll only do this for a couple of days and then it's gone behind
>> the Sun again.
>>
>> It's easier to see Saturn and Jupiter right now because they're
>> higher. Look west after sunset and Saturn's about halfway up the
>> sky in Gemini. It's the brightest and lowest of a group of three.
>> The other two are the twins Castor (right) and Pollux (left). The
>> Moon will be right next to Saturn on the night of May 12 just
>> after sundown, which makes it easy to find. For the next few
>> nights, at 10 o'clock, Saturn is due west and directly over pale
>> red Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse Five will, unfortunately, not be
>> visible.
>>
>> Jupiter is directly southeast in Virgo at sunset right now. It's
>> really bright, the brightest thing in the night sky besides the
>> Moon these days, so you'll have no trouble finding it. Jupiter
>> and the Moon will be in conjunction (very close to one another) on
>> May 19, and it will be beautiful. If you've got some binoculars,
>> you can even see some of the Galilean moons.
>>
>> Knowing that only stars, not planets, shimmer is also helpful in
>> telling them apart. Don't forget your towel.
>>
>>
>> Peace and clear skies,
>>
>> Chiggy.
>>
> Sounds like a pleasant evening out, which hemisphere/continent do you
> have to be on to see these find sights?
>
> peter
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