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05-30-2008, 01:38 AM
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Bright Star Tonight..?
Does anybody know what the bright ass star is that we have out tonight? Is it a planet? Last year we had a similar star-like figure that I found out was actually a Comet..?? I know nothing about anything up there.. Anybody?
William?
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05-30-2008, 01:46 AM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
Astronomy is not my forte but if it is an hour after dark where you are seeing it and it is not red my bet would be either Jupiter or Sirius but I would not put money on that proposition.
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05-30-2008, 02:04 AM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
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Originally Posted by william the wierd
Astronomy is not my forte but if it is an hour after dark where you are seeing it and it is not red my bet would be either Jupiter or Sirius but I would not put money on that proposition.
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It is huge, and white.. |
"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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05-30-2008, 02:05 AM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
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It is huge, and white..
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That's what she said.. |
"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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05-30-2008, 12:19 PM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
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That's what she said..
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It's uranus... |
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05-30-2008, 12:24 PM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
If it was low an to the south east it was probably Jupiter, it has a magnitude of -2.56. That makes it very bright.
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05-30-2008, 12:56 PM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
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Originally Posted by michaelr
If it was low an to the south east it was probably Jupiter, it has a magnitude of -2.56. That makes it very bright.
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It was South east, cool that what it was then. We could see it last fall. |
"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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05-30-2008, 01:00 PM
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Re: Bright Star Tonight..?
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It was South east, cool that what it was then. We could see it last fall.
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When it gets bright like it was take a camera with a zoom, your exposure should be about a quarter of a second with the aperture wide open. You should get a couple of it's moons in your pic. Use a tripod. |
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