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Sherman Williams
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On 20-Aug-07, at 11:14 PM, Angela Joudrey wrote:
> We saw the meteor as well. I was trying to call my Sister in Law
> as well as best friend to inform them of the pass.
>
> Thanks Sherman for the info. It is greatly appreciated. ) I pass
> the info on to my Dad, who then passes it on to his friends and
> other family members.
>
>
>
> I am having a hard time convincing my partner that the bright star
> was Jupiter....... It was Jupiter wasn't it?! Below the moon,
> closer to the horizon...
Hi Angela,
It was indeed Jupiter!
> What is the lesser bright ( reddish) spot below it? Mars?
The red star is Antares, a red supergiant star (M class), meaning
that it has used up just about all its hydrogen fuel (an old star).
It is about 700 solar diameters, the main (brightest ) star in
Scorpio. A cell phone call (travelling at the speed of light) would
require about 600 years to reach Antares. http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Antares
If you note Jupiter's alignment with Antares you can detect
Jupiter's natural motion. Through September you should notice that
Jupiter will shift a bit to the left of Antares; just now it is
mostly straight above but slightly right of Antares.
>
> Sherman, when we will see Venus again? Or is it a morning star
> right now? ( Having a hard time explaining to said partner that we
> are actually looking at planets at times and not stars..... )
Just on Sunday Venus was at inferior conjunction, which means it was
lined up precisely between Earth and the Sun, which prevents us fron
being able to see Venus (Sun's brilliance), however, over the next
few weeks Venus will work its way to the right of the Sun, causing it
to rise in the morning sky (The Morning Star) before the Sun gets up.
Presently Mars is in the very early morning sky. By late fall and
through the winter Mars will be more notable.
Here is a link that gives an interactive whole sky chart, drawn for
the time you load the page. Once you get the first chart, you can
change things (look below the chart) like Tme of day, Date and even
the Size and Colour of chart. You can use it to check where the stars
are relative to planets (perhaps I should have said that the other
way around). http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.asp?
SL=1&SN=1&lat=45.100&lng=-64.250&loc=Avonport&alt=54&tz=AST
Have fun,
Sherman
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> Angela
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> Angela Slaunwhite
> adslaun@ns.sympatico.ca
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks =
Sherman for the info. It is greatly appreciated.=A0 ) I pass the info on =
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Mars?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
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its hydrogen fuel (an old star). It is about 700 solar diameters,=A0 the =
main (brightest )=A0 star in Scorpio.=A0 A cell phone call (travelling =
at the speed of light) would require about 600 years to reach =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sherman, when =
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planets at times and not stars..... )</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Just on Sunday Venus was at =
inferior conjunction, which means it was lined up precisely between =
Earth and the Sun, which prevents us fron being able to see Venus (Sun's =
brilliance), however, over the next few weeks Venus will work its way to =
the right of the Sun, causing it to rise in the morning sky (The Morning =
Star) before the Sun gets up.=A0=A0</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Presently Mars is in the =
very early morning sky.=A0 By late fall and through the winter Mars will =
be more notable.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here is a link that gives =
an interactive whole sky chart, drawn for the time you load the page. =
Once you get the first chart, you can change things (look below the =
chart) like Tme of day, Date and even the Size and Colour of chart. You =
can use it to check where the stars are relative to planets (perhaps I =
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