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--Boundary_(ID_wQxq/SA1u2phCNX6MN0hDQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I've posted a set of diagrams for the evening sky related to the sky mentioned in my former e-mail Re Venus and Mercury. The diagrams may be useful for the next few nights if clear. Match the diagrams to the horizon directions indicated. Diagrams may be accessed by the link given. http://gallery.me.com/sherm39/100105 HAppy observing, Sherman > If you would like to find MERCURY in the evening sky here is a > perfect opportunity. The forecast is for a clear evening, if > true, this will be a great opportunity to a observe Venus and > Mercury. About 8:30 p.m. to about 8:45 p.m. would be a good time > to choose. By then the sky has darkened sufficiently to be able to > see both planets side by side, nicely above the western horizon. > > VENUS is very bright and will point the way, look between 8:30 and > 8:45 p.m. > > Venus is a very bright star-like object in the twilight above the > western horizon; you can't miss it in a clear western sky. To the > right of Venus and very slightly lower (in the 3:30 o'clock > position from Venus) will be Mercury. It is not as bright as > Venus, but by 8:30 it should be easy to pick Mercury out with the > unaided-eye. Two fingers together, sighted against the sky at arms > length, should be about the separation of the two planets. > Both planets will fit in one binocular view. > > Light from Venus takes about 13.3 minutes to reach our eyes (13.3 > light-minutes away). Light from Mercury takes about 8.3 minutes > (8.3 light-minutes away). Both planets move in orbits that are > closer to Sun than we are. Venus will remain visible in the > evening sky for the next few months. Being closest to Sun, Mercury, > before the month is out, will quickly swing between us and the > Sun. n about a week it will again plunge into the bright twilight, > disappear from our view/ > > So, if you have not ever seen Mercury here is your chance to add it > to your life experiences. > > This evening, counting Earth, there are 5 planets visible. > Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars and Saturn. Mars is the bright one > (slightly orange-red) keeping company with and just below, a pair > of stars near overhead (the Gemini Twins: Pollux and Castor). > Saturn is a fairly bright star-like object nicely up in the SE at > about the time you would be ending your Venus-Mercury viewing. > > Happy viewing, > Sherman --Boundary_(ID_wQxq/SA1u2phCNX6MN0hDQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I've posted a set of diagrams for the evening = sky related to the sky mentioned in my former e-mail Re Venus and = Mercury. The diagrams may be useful for the next few nights if = clear. Match the diagrams to the horizon directions indicated. = Diagrams may be accessed by the link given.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://gallery.me.com/sherm39/100105">http://gallery.me.com/sherm3= 9/100105</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">HAppy observing,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "> Sherman</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you = would like to find MERCURY in the evening sky here is a perfect = opportunity. The forecast is for a clear evening, if = true, this will be a great opportunity to a observe Venus and = Mercury. About 8:30 p.m. to about 8:45 p.m. would be a good = time to choose. By then the sky has darkened sufficiently to = be able to see both planets side by side, nicely above the = western horizon.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">VENUS is very bright and will point the way, look = between 8:30 and 8:45 p.m.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Venus is a very bright star-like = object in the twilight above the western horizon; you can't miss it in a = clear western sky. To the right of Venus and very slightly lower (in the = 3:30 o'clock position from Venus) will be Mercury. It is not as bright = as Venus, but by 8:30 it should be easy to pick Mercury out = with the unaided-eye. Two fingers together, sighted against the sky at = arms length, should be about the separation of the two = planets.</div></blockquote></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Both planets will fit in one = binocular view.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Light from Venus takes about 13.3 minutes to reach = our eyes (13.3 light-minutes away). Light from Mercury takes = about 8.3 minutes (8.3 light-minutes away). Both planets move = in orbits that are closer to Sun than we are. Venus will = remain visible in the evening sky for the next few months. Being closest = to Sun, Mercury, before the month is out, will quickly swing between us = and the Sun. <i>n about a week it</i> will again plunge = into the bright twilight, disappear from our view/</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">So, if = you have not ever seen Mercury here is your chance to add it to your = life experiences.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">This evening, counting Earth, there are 5 planets = visible. Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars and = Saturn. Mars is the bright one (slightly orange-red) keeping = company with and just below, a pair of stars near overhead (the Gemini = Twins: Pollux and Castor). Saturn is a fairly bright = star-like object nicely up in the SE at about the time you would be = ending your Venus-Mercury viewing.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Happy viewing,</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> = Sherman</div></blockquote></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_wQxq/SA1u2phCNX6MN0hDQ)--
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