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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_1190_8286507.1215625957450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline sherman, great shot! remember mine from last year? http://picasaweb.google.com/mattbaker/SanDiego/photo#5081000361157503714 -m On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Sherman Williams <shermw@xcountry.tv> wrote: > > July 5th evening, I captured this photo from a roadside looking west, near > Truro. It shows the Crescent Moon forming a line along the ecliptic with > the star Regulus and the planets Mars and Saturn. The ecliptic is the path > the Sun, Moon and Planets follow against the star background. Regulus is > the main star in the constellation LEO the Lion. The Sun passes this point > August 22nd. > Link to photo http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html > > This evening (July 8th) I observed Saturn and Mars again above the west > (now no evenly spaced with Regulus as on the 5th; Mars has moved within > 2-Moon-diameters of Saturn, the crescent Moon is well east of that > position. Next three evenings Mars will pass east of Saturn. A challenge > to find, 12 degrees above the bright west horizon even at 10 p.m. Binoculars > a big help. > > Sherman > > > ------=_Part_1190_8286507.1215625957450 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline sherman,<br><br>great shot!<br><br>remember mine from last year?<br><br>http://picasaweb.google.com/mattbaker/SanDiego/photo#5081000361157503714<br> <br>-m<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Sherman Williams <shermw@xcountry.tv> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=""> <br>July 5th evening, I captured this photo from a roadside looking west, near Truro. It shows the Crescent Moon forming a line along the ecliptic with the star Regulus and the planets Mars and Saturn. The ecliptic is the path the Sun, Moon and Planets follow against the star background. Regulus is the main star in the constellation LEO the Lion. The Sun passes this point August 22nd. <div> <br></div><div>Link to photo http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html<br><div><br></div><div>This evening (July 8th) I observed Saturn and Mars again above the west (now no evenly spaced with Regulus as on the 5th; Mars has moved within 2-Moon-diameters of Saturn, the crescent Moon is well east of that position. Next three evenings Mars will pass east of Saturn. A challenge to find, 12 degrees above the bright west horizon even at 10 p.m. Binoculars a big help.<div> <div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div><br><div> <span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div> Sherman</div><br></span> </div><br></div></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_1190_8286507.1215625957450--
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