The star Antares is fairly bright and, as a red giant, shines with a reddish hue. It has passed through it's prime of shining white hot, and having burned most of it's fuel is burning cooler and redder.
Hope to get some time in with Jupiter either this weekend or next.
There is also this:
How could you see it in daytime if it's at opposition to the Sun?
Hope to get some time in with Jupiter either this weekend or next.
There is also this:
Trump will destroy the opposition!
Gustav Holst - The Planets - Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo
Jupiter is 4.4 astronomical units (658 million kilometers)
How many leagues is that?
Here is the distance in miles: 408,862,244 miles
The star Antares is fairly bright and, as a red giant, shines with a reddish hue. It has passed through it's prime of shining white hot, and having burned most of it's fuel is burning cooler and redder.
Through the night Saturn and Mars will rise and follow Saturn across the sky.
To the left, or east, of Antares is the teapot in the constellation Sagitarius.
When you look at the teapot you are looking in the direction of the center
of our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is a region rich in star producing nebulae.