next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--Boundary_(ID_V81Hl3+oSUe4QUL41x7EZg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Beautiful clear evening sky, although, a bit nippy, however, it made =20 great conditions for locating and observing Mercury. Sunset was =20 close to 8:00 p.m.; by 8:15 I had located Mercury in my 10X50 =20 binoculars. By then Mercury was about 11=B0 above the west (slightly =20 north of west, -old sailors would say, west by north). At 8:25 I =20 could pick it out with the unaided eye. By 8:35 I could look away, =20 turn back and sight it again in the late sunset glow with no =20 difficulty, then about 7 or 8 degrees above the horizon. By 9:20 =20 Mercury would have been getting ready to set. By that time, the Great Winter Oval star group, including Orion's =20 stars, the eye of Taurus the Bull (Aldebaran), Capella, the Gemini =20 Twins and the dog stars were all shining nicely above the west =20 southwest. Even though the evening air felt winterish, the sky is =20 definitely showing signs of spring. When one sees Orion with its host =20= of accompanying Oval stars leaning down toward the west at twilight , =20= it's definitely spring. Leo, the Lion riding high in the south, =20 underscores that the season is upon us. What a great sky! Sherman Four links to photo and diagram of April 14 evening sky (1) Mercury photo taken at 8:46 p.m. b Sherm http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/=20 mercury_090414-2046h.jpg (2) Great Winter Oval (just the stars) http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/=20 oval_no_labels.jpg (3) Great Winter Oval (labels and star names) http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/=20 oval_outlined.jpg (3) Great Winter Oval (constellation names) http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/=20 oval_constellations.jpg= --Boundary_(ID_V81Hl3+oSUe4QUL41x7EZg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Beautiful clear evening sky, = although, a bit nippy, however, it made great conditions for locating = and observing Mercury. =A0Sunset was close to 8:00 p.m.; by 8:15 I had = located Mercury in my 10X50 binoculars. By then Mercury was about 11=B0 = above the west (slightly north of west, =A0-old sailors would say, =A0west= by north). At 8:25 I could pick it out with the unaided eye. =A0By 8:35 = I could look away, turn back and sight it again in the late sunset glow = with no difficulty, then about 7 or 8 degrees above the horizon. By 9:20 = Mercury would have been getting ready to set.=A0<div><br></div><div>By = that time, the Great Winter Oval star group, including Orion's stars, = the eye of Taurus the Bull (Aldebaran), =A0Capella, the Gemini Twins and = the dog stars were all shining nicely above the west southwest. =A0 = =A0Even though the evening air felt winterish, the sky is definitely = showing signs of spring. When one sees Orion with its host = of=A0accompanying=A0Oval stars leaning down toward the west at twilight = , it's definitely spring. =A0=A0Leo, the Lion riding high in the south, = underscores that the season is upon us.=A0What a great = sky!</div><div>Sherman</div><div><br></div><div>Four links to photo and = diagram of April 14 evening sky</div><div><br></div><div>(1) =A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/mercury_0= 90414-2046h.jpg">Mercury photo</a>=A0taken at 8:46 p.m. b = Sherm</div><div><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/mercury_0= 90414-2046h.jpg">http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/= mercury_090414-2046h.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>(2)=A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_no_l= abels.jpg">Great Winter Ova</a>l (just the stars)</div><div><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_no_l= abels.jpg">http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_n= o_labels.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>(3)=A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_outl= ined.jpg">Great Winter Oval</a>=A0(labels =A0and star = names)</div><div><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_outl= ined.jpg">http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_ou= tlined.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>(3)=A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_cons= tellations.jpg">Great Winter Oval</a>=A0(constellation = names)</div><div><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/oval_cons= tellations.jpg">http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/o= val_constellations.jpg</a></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_V81Hl3+oSUe4QUL41x7EZg)--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects