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I've posted (on my website) a photo rendition of Jupiter and Venus as =
viewed evening of March 12, =
http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site_2/Home_Site.html The view is from =
Horton Bluff (Avonport), taken beside the lighthouse. Click on the lead =
photo for a larger version. My equipment was a SONY-H7, point and =
shoot digital on a tripod. This particular rendition is from a photo I =
exposed for 3 second at f5.6, ISO set at 400, time 23:08 UT (8:08 p.m.), =
March 12, 2012.
The sky was lovely and clear.
Sherman
> Nice clear evening here in Avonport.
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> Make sure you have a look early this evening to see Jupiter and Venus =
side by side in conjunction, about 3 degrees apart in the western sky. =
Great naked-eye view (they will also fit in one binocular view). Venus =
is about 7 light-minutes away (would take a cell phone call about 7 =
minutes to reach Venus). Jupiter is about 46 light-minutes off. =20
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> They are getting quite low to the horizon by 10:30 p.m. by then Mars =
is also very bright high in the SW (its light has a red-orange cast) and =
is about 5.6 light-minutes away.
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> The Dog Star (Sirius), the bright star in the south (trailing Orion) =
is about 9 light-years away where the light from Orion's belt stars is =
about 1000 years old as it enters your eye-ball.
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> Pleasant observing,
> Sherman
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dir=3D"ltr">I've posted (on my website) a photo rendition of =
Jupiter and Venus as viewed evening of March 12, <a =
href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/Site_2/Home_Site.html">http://web.mac.c=
om/sherm39/Site_2/Home_Site.html</a> The view is from Horton =
Bluff (Avonport), taken beside the lighthouse. Click on the lead =
photo for a larger version. My equipment was a SONY-H7, =
point and shoot digital on a tripod. This particular rendition is =
from a photo I exposed for 3 second at f5.6, ISO set at 400, time 23:08 =
UT (8:08 p.m.), March 12, 2012.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The sky was =
lovely and clear.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Nice clear =
evening here in Avonport.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Make sure you have a look early this evening to see Jupiter =
and Venus side by side in conjunction, about 3 degrees apart in the =
western sky. Great naked-eye view (they will also fit in one binocular =
view). Venus is about 7 light-minutes away (would take a cell =
phone call about 7 minutes to reach Venus). Jupiter is about 46 =
light-minutes off. </div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">They are getting quite low to the horizon by 10:30 p.m. =
by then Mars is also very bright high in the SW (its light has a =
red-orange cast) and is about 5.6 light-minutes away.</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">The Dog Star (Sirius), the bright =
star in the south (trailing Orion) is about 9 light-years away where the =
light from Orion's belt stars is about 1000 years old as it enters your =
eye-ball.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Pleasant =
observing,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sherman</div></blockquote></div>
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