This evening I stumbled on the coolest visualization of the planets’ movement throughout the night sky.
http://shadowandsubstance.com Venus in the evening sky 45 minutes after sunset from December 2014 through August 2015Not just Venus, but Mercury, Mars and Jupiter too. :wow: And the "Total Eclipse of the Sun on March 20, 2015" is excellent too. Enjoy
This evening I stumbled on the coolest visualization of the planets' movement throughout the night sky.Nice. Thanks. Loishttp://shadowandsubstance.com Venus in the evening sky 45 minutes after sunset from December 2014 through August 2015Not just Venus, but Mercury, Mars and Jupiter too. :wow: And the "Total Eclipse of the Sun on March 20, 2015" is excellent too. Enjoy
Sweet visualization. Reminds me I need to fire up my planetarium program and familiarize myself with current events. Too bad its so bright around Denver. I need to get one of my telescopes out in dark skies as soon as the weather cooperates.
Sweet visualization. Reminds me I need to fire up my planetarium program and familiarize myself with current events. Too bad its so bright around Denver. I need to get one of my telescopes out in dark skies as soon as the weather cooperates.On the bright side, the mountains are way closer to you now then they used to be :cheese: The planetarium at Washington Park is pretty cool.
Sweet visualization. Reminds me I need to fire up my planetarium program and familiarize myself with current events.Have you seen comet Lovejoy]? I saw it with binoculars the other night - to the right of Orion and underneath (northern hemisphere) Taurus.
Ockham, unfortunately I haven’t seen Lovejoy. We’ve had a lot of clouds around here, and when it has been clear I tried, but too many neighbors leave their lights on at night and we’re south of Denver so the sky is pretty bright. Aside from that it has been too cold to bring out a telescope. That’s my excuse anyway.
Ockham, unfortunately I haven't seen Lovejoy. We've had a lot of clouds around here, and when it has been clear I tried, but too many neighbors leave their lights on at night and we're south of Denver so the sky is pretty bright. Aside from that it has been too cold to bring out a telescope. That's my excuse anyway.We get the same problem in the UK - and how!! (cloudy skies I mean)
Have you seen comet Lovejoy]? I saw it with binoculars the other night - to the right of Orion and underneath (northern hemisphere) Taurus.Hmm. That telescope must be stronger than my Super-zoom. See the attached photo. The greenish blot, in the direction of the upper-left corner. ISO 400, 30 seconds exposure. Cut out of a bigger picture and then extremely blown up on the computer. The two thin reddish lines are from a plane.
Southeast Michigan where I live is actually kinda bad for stargazing, even if one lives away from the city, because the lower peninsula is the second-cloudiest area in the country besides western Washington. And, I’m pretty sure, the cloudiest during winter. So, I don’t stargaze much. I do enjoy it when I get a chance. The best skyview I’ve ever had was several years ago; I took a hiking trip in the Swiss Alps, and one of the huts was in a very dry mountain valley at about 8000 feet elevation. I went outside to the local bathroom shack and I remember it was pretty cold, but looking up was magnificent, so I took a couple of minutes to soak it in. I could see all of the Milky Way clouds that are visible with the human eye, globular clusters,etc. The only bad thing about the view was that the view wasn’t a complete half-dome of sky; mountains blocked the horizon in every direction.
http://shadowandsubstance.comThanks for pointing out the website. Once my wife and "kids" (they're a tad old now to still be considered kids) talked me into entering the 21st Century and get an iPhone, my son and his friends showed me some apps that help out with the stargazing experience. The one I have has various modes and provides the names of the stars, the outlines of the constellations and satellites such as the Hubble Telescope and the International Space Station. One of my greatest star gazing experiences in the last few years was on our family vacation to Glacier National Park. On a clear night up in the mountains of western Montana.....Geez that was beautiful!
You're kids will always be kids, even when they're grandparents themselves. ;) Loishttp://shadowandsubstance.comThanks for pointing out the website. Once my wife and "kids" (they're a tad old now to still be considered kids) talked me into entering the 21st Century and get an iPhone, my son and his friends showed me some apps that help out with the stargazing experience. The one I have has various modes and provides the names of the stars, the outlines of the constellations and satellites such as the Hubble Telescope and the International Space Station. One of my greatest star gazing experiences in the last few years was on our family vacation to Glacier National Park. On a clear night up in the mountains of western Montana.....Geez that was beautiful!