Although Jupiter is in the low-altitude ecliptic hole of Sagittarius, it will be at opposition on Tues, June 5 at 5:00pm. The numbers, from Astronomy.com, are: JUN 05 at 23 hr UT: Opposition in Celestial Longitude [Tues. June 5 at 5:00PM MDT] JUN 05 at 23 hr UT: Greatest Elongation of 179.3° [Tues. June 5 at 5:00PM MDT] JUN 06 at 01 hr UT: Opposition in Right Ascension [Tues. June 5 at 6:00PM MDT] JUN 06 at 04 hr UT: Greatest Brilliance at Mag -2.6 [Tues. June 5 at 10:00PM MDT] JUN 07 at 12 hr UT: Closest Approach at 4.30438 AU [Tues. June 6 at 6:00 AM MDT] So at an 11.8 year sidereal period, how long before it gets to an a good ecliptic longitude and we can get in some high altitude viewing? - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net
Querry If you can see a stars during the day from a well (theory) then what do the stars look like from 100 feet below in aruba? Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.c om] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:18 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Jupiter attacks! On 03 Jun 2007, at 21:39, Chuck Hards wrote:
Kurt, why wait? Go to Aruba!
Better still, try Bonaire. Bonaire is part of the "A B C Islands" (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao), much better skies (Aruba is very Las Vegas-like) and incredible scuba diving. pw _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com
China tested an anti-satellite weapon on January 11, 2007 destroying one of its aging weather satellites. See http://www.space.com/news/070202_china_spacedebris.html As of March 9, the total fragments created by the test are now over 1500 and counting. According to Nicolas Johnson, chief scientist for NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston the Chinese Test "represents the most prolific and serious fragmentation in the course of 50 years of space operations." From Imaging Notes see: http://www.imagingnotes.com/go/article_free.php?mp_id=99&cat_id=18
On 05 Jun 2007, at 09:21, Bob Moore wrote:
Querry
If you can see a stars during the day from a well (theory)
Sorry, but not true: http://www.snopes.com/science/well.asp
then what do the stars look like from 100 feet below in aruba?
Can't say about that depth but from about 1/4 that depth from off Bonaire I could not see any stars. But Guy is the expert here. pw
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