Judging from the weather forecast for this upcoming week, it looks like we're going to be disappointed in seeing much more of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. I was out last night and captured this (possible) final image of the planet pairing before the weather turns yucky http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4902
They are closest tomorrow night.
Judging from the weather forecast for this upcoming week, it looks like
we're going to be disappointed in seeing much more of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. I was out last night and captured this (possible) final image of the planet pairing before the weather turns yucky http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4902 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Anybody else remember when Uranus and Neptune were in the same telescopic field-of-view? When was that...late '70's, early '80's? I wish my old observing logs hadn't been destroyed in an apartment flood way back then. Took all the wind out of my logging sails. :-( On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:40 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
They are closest tomorrow night.
I remember seeing them 80's as I recall.
Anybody else remember when Uranus and Neptune were in the same telescopic
field-of-view?
When was that...late '70's, early '80's? I wish my old observing logs hadn't been destroyed in an apartment flood way back then. Took all the wind out of my logging sails. :-(
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:40 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
They are closest tomorrow night.
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Chuck, Unless you're talking about your 1821 observing experiences from your previous lifetime, the last time Uranus and Neptune were even close enough to see in same binocular field-of-view was back in 1993 in Capricornus. Another pairing recollection perhaps? Jupiter and Saturn? Dave On Mar 13, 2012, at 09:29 AM, erikhansen@thebluezone.net wrote:
I remember seeing them 80's as I recall.
Anybody else remember when Uranus and Neptune were in the same telescopic
field-of-view?
When was that...late '70's, early '80's? I wish my old observing logs hadn't been destroyed in an apartment flood way back then. Took all the wind out of my logging sails. :-(
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:40 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
They are closest tomorrow night.
Hi Dave, no it was Uranus and Neptune and I obviously remembered the time frame incorrectly. It's mostly a blur that far back... :-( In my previous lifetime, I wasn't an astronomer, I was a galley slave. Oh, wait, that's THIS lifetime. I always forget about the planetarium program Kim gave me. Once I get home from work, I tend to avoid the computer. Thanks! On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM, David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote: Chuck, Unless you're talking about your 1821 observing experiences from your previous lifetime, the last time Uranus and Neptune were even close enough to see in same binocular field-of-view was back in 1993 in Capricornus. Another pairing recollection perhaps? Jupiter and Saturn?
google was no help, all I found was references from astrology websites.
Perhaps Saturn and Uranus? Hi Dave, no it was Uranus and Neptune and I obviously remembered the time
frame incorrectly. It's mostly a blur that far back... :-( In my previous lifetime, I wasn't an astronomer, I was a galley slave. Oh, wait, that's THIS lifetime.
I always forget about the planetarium program Kim gave me. Once I get home from work, I tend to avoid the computer.
Thanks!
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM, David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote: Chuck,
Unless you're talking about your 1821 observing experiences from your previous lifetime, the last time Uranus and Neptune were even close enough to see in same binocular field-of-view was back in 1993 in Capricornus. Another pairing recollection perhaps? Jupiter and Saturn? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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It was Uranus and Neptune but is has been quite a few years, decades even? sig On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:03 PM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
google was no help, all I found was references from astrology websites.
Perhaps Saturn and Uranus?
Hi Dave, no it was Uranus and Neptune and I obviously remembered the time
frame incorrectly. It's mostly a blur that far back... :-( In my previous lifetime, I wasn't an astronomer, I was a galley slave. Oh, wait, that's THIS lifetime.
I always forget about the planetarium program Kim gave me. Once I get home from work, I tend to avoid the computer.
Thanks!
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM, David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote: Chuck,
Unless you're talking about your 1821 observing experiences from your previous lifetime, the last time Uranus and Neptune were even close enough to see in same binocular field-of-view was back in 1993 in Capricornus. Another pairing recollection perhaps? Jupiter and Saturn? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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November, 1993. (or December 1821) you pick. On Mar 13, 2012, at 04:19 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote: It was Uranus and Neptune but is has been quite a few years, decades even? sig On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:03 PM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
google was no help, all I found was references from astrology websites.
Perhaps Saturn and Uranus?
Hi Dave, no it was Uranus and Neptune and I obviously remembered the time
frame incorrectly. It's mostly a blur that far back... :-( In my previous lifetime, I wasn't an astronomer, I was a galley slave. Oh, wait, that's THIS lifetime.
I always forget about the planetarium program Kim gave me. Once I get home from work, I tend to avoid the computer.
Thanks!
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM, David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote: Chuck,
Unless you're talking about your 1821 observing experiences from your previous lifetime, the last time Uranus and Neptune were even close enough to see in same binocular field-of-view was back in 1993 in Capricornus
From the Meteorite list.. -Barrett ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Most of you probably haven't heard about this yet, so I thought I'd give you a heads up that the brightest sungrazing comet since Comet Lovejoy last year will soon be entering the SOHO LASCO C3 field of view. It was discovered in SWAN images last week by Vladimir Bezugly, and confirmed by me over the weekend in imagery both from SWAN and STEREO-B. Most are assuming that this is probably a Kreutz family comet, but due to the coarseness of the SWAN data (both spatially and temporally), non-Kreutz orbital solutions are still possible. It will be interesting to see if the comet is bright enough to potentially survive perihelion passage as Comet Lovejoy did. Of course, that will depend a lot on the orbit; for instance, right now I get some orbital solutions that actually intersect the sun late on March 14th.
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