We should try to see if we could use the roof of the hi-rise apts across from
me for a
summer astronomy club.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
>
> > Ok, enough of that. I have an astronomy question for you Tommy.
> > Every night while walking my dog I see a bright object in the sky.
> >If i'm on the boardwalk
> > looking straight out at the ocean, and imagining a clock face
> >directly in from of me, it's at
> > about 10 o'clock (i'm outside at 6 pm our time)
> > What is this object? Is it a planet?
>
> I'm too much an amateur to know for sure, but you are probably
> looking at Mars, which is yellow-orange and really beautiful in the
> sky right now.
>
> There is an easy way to know the difference between a planet and a
> star (not totally easy, but you'll get the hang of it after a few
> tries).
>
> Stars twinkle and plants don't. Focus your eyes deep into the
> center. Your eyes will catch colors twinkling from the star. The
> planets may have a halo, but no twinkling.
>
> When Venus is out, you can't miss her (She's not out this time of
> year). She's the brightest thing in the sky besides the Sun and
> Moon.
>
> Right now you can catch Saturn, which comes up over the horizon
> after 9, but you'll catch her high in the sky after midnight.
>
> It's usually too cold to go out with a telescope at night this time
> of year to see Saturn (my scope gets a nice shot of her rings).
>
> However, I'm told it may hit 70 degrees today.
>
> Got to go clean my lenses........
>
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