--- Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mars (5-10deg alt) and Jupiter (+30deg alt) are up in the eastern sky at 7:00AM. Cold, but worth a quick look with some binos before shoveling the snow. - Canopus56(Kurt)
Opps, that should be Mercury at 7:00AM, not Mars. Mercury reaches quadrature on 12/8 and is at about it's highest elevation this orbit: At 14:00:00 UTC (7:00 AM MDT); Az is approx. 122-125 degs. Date Alt Ill% PhaseAngle 2005-Dec-07 10.5 45.5 95.1 2005-Dec-08 10.6 49.5 90.6 2005-Dec-10 10.5 56.7 82.3 2005-Dec-12 10.1 62.9 75.0 2005-Dec-16 08.7 72.9 62.7 - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Â Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com