What was it?
Tristaan
cannot seem to find what I'm looking for.
In the Mid-Atlantic region of the US at about 11 PM last night,
July 15th, we noticed in the South Eastern Sky a bright object.
It was bright enough to be seen with an almost full moon hovering
in the South South East.
It was statically positioned in the sky and was not moving
relative to the background stars, at least to the naked eye. My
reaction was that this was one of the larger planets of either
Jupiter or Saturn. I could not find anything on line that gave
indication of the positioning of these two planets with any
definitive information.
Anyone know a site that I can find out or have any information to
share? It was a rather wonderful sight.
Tristaan
--
Beware Spam Trap!: "us" is an "ogre"
*******************************************************
Ogre-Monk, AIM TristaanOgre
"So good-bye for now and I'll see you again
Some way, some how
When it's my time to go to the other side
I'll hold you again and melt at your smile
Now I have all the ones that I am with
You taught me not to take for granted
The time that we have to show that we care
Speak into their lives and their hearts while they're here
And say I LOVE YOU!!"
~Disciple "Things Left Unsaid"
Theologian in training http://ballymennoniteblogger.blogspot.com/
*******************************************************
William George Ferguson
>Okay, I'm searching around on line to find out something but I
>cannot seem to find what I'm looking for.
>
>In the Mid-Atlantic region of the US at about 11 PM last night,
>July 15th, we noticed in the South Eastern Sky a bright object.
>It was bright enough to be seen with an almost full moon hovering
>in the South South East.
>
>It was statically positioned in the sky and was not moving
>relative to the background stars, at least to the naked eye. My
>reaction was that this was one of the larger planets of either
>Jupiter or Saturn. I could not find anything on line that gave
>indication of the positioning of these two planets with any
>definitive information.
>
>Anyone know a site that I can find out or have any information to
>share? It was a rather wonderful sight.
>
>Tristaan
Best guess is Jupiter, which is at its closest approach to Earth this
month, and therefore at its brightest. You can actually see the Galilean
moons with a home telescope,
--
"Oh Buffy, you really do need to have
every square inch of your ass kicked."
- Willow Rosenberg
Purrt
> Okay, I'm searching around on line to find out something but I
> cannot seem to find what I'm looking for.
>
> In the Mid-Atlantic region of the US at about 11 PM last night,
> July 15th, we noticed in the South Eastern Sky a bright object.
> It was bright enough to be seen with an almost full moon hovering
> in the South South East.
>
> It was statically positioned in the sky and was not moving
> relative to the background stars, at least to the naked eye. My
> reaction was that this was one of the larger planets of either
> Jupiter or Saturn. I could not find anything on line that gave
> indication of the positioning of these two planets with any
> definitive information.
>
> Anyone know a site that I can find out or have any information to
> share? It was a rather wonderful sight.
It most probably was Jupiter. I find www.spaceweather.com to be a
*very* informative site, complete with sky maps etc. They also have a
daily e-mail option that alerts you to happenings in the night sky
along with a site that actually tells you what is flying by overhead.
--
Purrt the ghatta
Smitten Kitten
Part-time gryphon
Disciple to the Goddess of Chocolate
Owner of a full Pedant's licenc/se
Goddess of Impertinence
Snikkrish the Tearer
Carpe Bean
m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]
> Tristaan wrote:
>
>>Okay, I'm searching around on line to find out something but I
>>cannot seem to find what I'm looking for.
>>
>>In the Mid-Atlantic region of the US at about 11 PM last night,
>>July 15th, we noticed in the South Eastern Sky a bright object.
>>It was bright enough to be seen with an almost full moon hovering
>>in the South South East.
>>
>>It was statically positioned in the sky and was not moving
>>relative to the background stars, at least to the naked eye. My
>>reaction was that this was one of the larger planets of either
>>Jupiter or Saturn. I could not find anything on line that gave
>>indication of the positioning of these two planets with any
>>definitive information.
>>
>>Anyone know a site that I can find out or have any information to
>>share? It was a rather wonderful sight.
>
> It most probably was Jupiter. I find www.spaceweather.com to be a
> *very* informative site, complete with sky maps etc. They also have a
> daily e-mail option that alerts you to happenings in the night sky
> along with a site that actually tells you what is flying by overhead.
<guilty twitch>
So I'm not the only person on that email list?
--
Megan
Journeyperson Dancing Barbarian
Keeper o' the FAQ: http://home.earthlink.net/~m_thomas3/abml/
Joe Morris
> Okay, I'm searching around on line to find out something but I
> cannot seem to find what I'm looking for.
>
> In the Mid-Atlantic region of the US at about 11 PM last night,
> July 15th, we noticed in the South Eastern Sky a bright object.
> It was bright enough to be seen with an almost full moon hovering
> in the South South East.
>
> It was statically positioned in the sky and was not moving
> relative to the background stars, at least to the naked eye. My
> reaction was that this was one of the larger planets of either
> Jupiter or Saturn. I could not find anything on line that gave
> indication of the positioning of these two planets with any
> definitive information.
>
> Anyone know a site that I can find out or have any information to
> share? It was a rather wonderful sight.
Jupiter. I can't recall just where you live, but using Allentown's
coordinates, here's the "what's up?" list for solar system objects at 11:00
EDT last night:
15-Jul-08
View From: Earth (horizon mode), 40:39 N lat 75:26 W lon
------ TIME ------ --------------- POSITION --------------- Distance
Distance Size
OBJECT RISE SET RA DEC ALT AZ AU Hours arcsec
Mercury 4:33 AM 7:28 PM 6:40 22:57 -24:41 343:53 1.16 0:09 5.81
Venus 6:32 AM 9:09 PM 8:28 20:27 -17:03 318:11 1.7 0:14 9.98
Mars 9:30 AM 10:42 PM 10:43 9:13 -3:50 285:37 2.2 0:18 4.25
Jupiter 7:53 PM 5:15 AM 19:13 -22:36 22:51 155:46 4.16 0:34 47.24
Saturn 9:15 AM 10:39 PM 10:35 10:50 -4:19 288:15 10.05 1:23 16.47
Uranus 11:10 PM 10:51 AM 23:38 -3:18 -2:29 92:14 19.57 2:42 3.36
Neptune 9:53 PM 8:17 AM 21:43 -14:08 11:00 119:40 29.2 4:02 2.13
Pluto 6:13 PM 4:19 AM 17:55 -17:03 32:08 174:48 30.68 4:15 0.27
Sun 5:44 AM 8:30 PM 7:44 21:18 -21:16 328:03
Moon 7:00 PM 2:53 AM 17:58 -28:14 20:55 174:53 403882 km
Note the positions of the Jupiter and the Moon: azimuth 155 degrees (SE) and
174 (S), and the nearly identical altitudes of 23 and 21 degrees. It's well
positioned for viewing; even with a tiny telescope in an area of severe
light pollution you can see the four Galilean moons and the banding on the
cloud tops. With a medium-sized amateur telescope and decent seeing
conditions you should also be able to see the shadows of the Galilean moons
as they pass between Jupiter and the Sun.
Joe
Sasha Rowan
"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:QMudnRLXi8ljHePV...@earthlink.com...
> Purrt wrote:
>> It most probably was Jupiter. I find www.spaceweather.com to be a *very*
>> informative site, complete with sky maps etc. They also have a daily
>> e-mail option that alerts you to happenings in the night sky along with a
>> site that actually tells you what is flying by overhead.
>
> <guilty twitch>
>
> So I'm not the only person on that email list?
Nope, I'm on it too. Not that I have time to go out and look lately, not
even supposing the clouds clear off enough to see anything.
Sasha the sigless
Snowfire
> <guilty twitch>
>
> So I'm not the only person on that email list?
>
shuttle and ISS a while back thanks to the emails. Even if some of
the neighbors look at you a little funny for standing out in the yard
at midnight or thereabouts looking at moving points of light.
Snowfire
m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]
Now that I have a yard, I'll pop out there to look when I think I
might be positioned to see something. (And when I remember in time,
which isn't often.)
Before, I'd wander out into the middle of the street in my bathrobe.
Talk about funny looks from the neighbors!