Posted on 01/30/2011 12:40:30 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
Okay, you FR sky watchers, what is the very bright planet I see each morning as I make my way into the city of Chicago? It is in the SE sky. Just asking and yes, I've checked Uranus...
I thought GM dropped the Saturn line.
Okay, since I started out with “another stinkin vanity from Cletus” I’ll agree that I should expect it.
I apologize for invoking the demise of my co-worker in the thread.
All I have to say for you is...YOU GO GIRL! ([snicker]
Saturn has a new white spot! Climate change on Saturn! Bush’s fault!
Thanks but that is my problem with a number of charts.
From Venus, move up and left...scrotum? Ouch!
Then go down and right and we have Lupus! A debilitating disease?
I’m looking for some simple info. Not to say what you sent isn’t helpful, it just ain’t simple enuf for us Yokels.
Right, I used to assume a bright planet was Venus, but quite often it is Jupiter. With a decent telescope you can make out the planet and several of the moons quite nicely.
Thank you! Bookmarked.
I’ve been wondering what Orion should be called after the big B blows?
The bright, glittering star that appears in the southeast at nightfall is Sirius, the brightest star in Canis Major, the Big Dog, and the brightest in the sky, after the Sun. Sirius is nearly aligned with the belt of Orion the Hunter, and appears to the southeast of Orion in the sky. Sirius appears highest and due south at about 10:00 p.m. this week.
The ringed planet Saturn is in Virgo the Maiden, and it rises slightly south of due east by 10:44 p.m. Saturn appears bright, yellow, and steady when compared to the glittering blue-white star, Spica, nearby and to the planet’s southeast. The planet is best placed for telescopic observing when it reaches its highest point–52 degrees above the southern horizon–about 4:30 a.m. It rings, visible though telescopes, are now tilted 10 degrees in our direction. Several of Saturn’s moons, appearing as stars scattered at various distances from the planet’s rings, are also visible through telescopes.
Venus, the brightest planet, rises above the southeast horizon at 3:40 a.m. Bright enough to see even during the day, Venus will be 30 degrees high in the south-southeast at sunrise. The slender crescent moon poses with Venus on Saturday morning, January 29th.
The moon is at last quarter phase on Wednesday the 26th. It appears in waning crescent phase on following mornings until Tuesday, February 1. New moon occurs on Wednesday evening, February 2.
Probably Venus
There’s a reason that Venus has often been referred to as the “Morning Star” in simpler times...
If it’s the planet I think it is, it’s the one reminding you to buy jewelry, chocolates, and flowers. You have two more weeks.
Have the “Vermont Teddy Bear” commercials started yet?
Wait a minute ... I thought Jupiter aligns with Mars, and peace will guide our planet?
You might haff a tuma!
You’re right, it might be Pontiac moon. (Obscure movie reference)
It ought to be called Day-'O'
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