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--Boundary_(ID_HbNUyUoBMdgxgPjbOMeEGw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Just came in (6 a.m. to 7a.m.) from observing 5 planets and 2 moons =20 in the dawn sky. Oh, yes, there were a few nice suns as well =20 (Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Procyon, Pollux, Castor, etc.). Wiind-driven =20= waves crashing against the Bluff (just past high tide). BEAUTIFUL =20 clear, brisk morning! The telescope view along Quarter Moon's terminator crater line and =20 mountaiin peeks was magnificent! Castor, Pollux, MARS and Procyon =20= made a nice eye-catching line lower left of the Moon ....but, the =20 prize was the line of planets arching up from the eastern EARTH-=20 horizon in the orange-red glow of the dawn, just above the Hants =20 County hills. MERCURY, SATURN and VENUS all easily seen. I even =20 learned the name of a new star, Zavijava, (zaw-vee-ja-vah) a 3.5 mag =20 star in Virgo that made a nice triangle in the binocular view with =20 Venus and Saturn. In the 10 inch (telescope) I could just make out the suggestion of =20 Saturn's narrow ring line (they are still pretty close to edge-on), =20 celestially angled in an east-west direction. Titon was easily seen =20 to the west of Saturn (Saturn's brightest moon). Venus and Mercury =20 in the scope were intense orbs of light. You could tell that they =20 were not circular (Mercury more uncicular than Venus) the =20 unsteadiness of the low atmosphere and their brightnesses made their =20 images roil, making it pointless to attempt resolving their actual =20 shapes. I'll check that on Starry Night (they should be gibbous-=20 shaped). Through my 10X50s, I could not quite get the light from =20 all 3 planets funnelling into my eyes at once. I had to jig =20 slightly up, then down to come close to the effect, so Mercury to =20 Venus must have been close to 6 degrees. My binoc field is right =20 around 5 degrees. I looked at Mars in the scope too. It is gibbous-shaped and, =20 yes, ......much, MUCH smaller than our Moon just west of it. Took =20 some photos I'll share later if they look OK. Tomorrow morning if clear will be special too: Moon, Mars, Pollux =20 and Castor make a nice line in the 6 a.m. sky, and at the same time, =20 Mercury, Saturn and Venus will still be nicely lined up, shining =20 brightly above EARTH's low eastern horizon. A great early morning observing session, Enjoy your Thanksgiving everyone. Sherman On 10/10/2009, at 8:25 PM, Pat d'Entremont wrote: > If it holds out, I and a couple of buddies are thinking of heading =20 > out to SCO on Sunday night. Right now it looks like it=92ll be mostly =20= > clear, but the moon is rising around 12:30. I=92d be interested if =20 > anyone else is thinking likewise. > > > > Pat > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > hfxrasc mailing list > hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca > http://www.rasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/hfxrasc --Boundary_(ID_HbNUyUoBMdgxgPjbOMeEGw) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Just came in (6 a.m. to 7a.m.) from observing 5 planets and 2 moons in = the dawn sky. Oh, yes, there were a few nice suns as well = (Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Procyon, Pollux, Castor, etc.). = Wiind-driven waves crashing against the Bluff (just past high = tide). BEAUTIFUL clear, brisk morning!<div><br></div><div>The telescope = view along Quarter Moon's terminator crater line and mountaiin peeks was = magnificent! Castor, Pollux, MARS and Procyon made a nice = eye-catching line lower left of the Moon ....but, the prize = was the line of planets arching up from the eastern EARTH-horizon in the = orange-red glow of the dawn, just above the Hants County hills. = MERCURY, SATURN and VENUS all easily seen. I even learned the name = of a new star, Zavijava, (zaw-vee-ja-vah) a 3.5 mag star in Virgo that = made a nice triangle in the binocular view with Venus and Saturn. = </div><div><br></div><div> In the 10 inch (telescope) I could = just make out the suggestion of Saturn's narrow ring line (they are = still pretty close to edge-on), celestially angled in an east-west = direction. Titon was easily seen to the west of Saturn (Saturn's = brightest moon). Venus and Mercury in the scope were intense orbs = of light. You could tell that they were not circular (Mercury more = uncicular than Venus) the unsteadiness of the low atmosphere and their = brightnesses made their images roil, making it pointless to attempt = resolving their actual shapes. I'll check that on Starry Night (they = should be gibbous-shaped). Through my 10X50s, I could = not quite get the light from all 3 planets funnelling into my eyes = at once. I had to jig slightly up, then down to come close to the = effect, so Mercury to Venus must have been close to 6 degrees. My binoc = field is right around 5 degrees.</div><div><br></div><div>I looked at = Mars in the scope too. It is gibbous-shaped and, yes, = ......much, MUCH smaller than our Moon just west of it. Took some = photos I'll share later if they look = OK.</div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow morning if clear will be special = too: Moon, Mars, Pollux and Castor make a nice line in the 6 a.m. = sky, and at the same time, Mercury, Saturn and Venus will still be = nicely lined up, shining brightly above EARTH's low eastern = horizon.</div><div><br></div><div>A great early morning observing = session,</div><div>Enjoy your Thanksgiving = everyone.</div><div><br></div><div> = Sherman</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 10/10/2009, at 8:25 = PM, Pat d'Entremont wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = class=3D"Section1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">If it holds out, I and a = couple of buddies are thinking of heading out to SCO on Sunday night. = Right now it looks like it=92ll be mostly clear, but the moon is rising = around 12:30. I=92d be interested if anyone else is thinking = likewise.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal">Pat<span = style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"= ;; color:#003A74"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;color:#365F91"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">hfxrasc mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca">hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca</a></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://www.rasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/hfxrasc">http://www.rasc.ca/ma= ilman/listinfo/hfxrasc</a></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_HbNUyUoBMdgxgPjbOMeEGw)--
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