Any Sky Watchers Tonight?

  • jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    December 6, 2011 at 10:58 pm #1274803

    Bought my wife a telescope for Christmas last year. Get it out on the deck a few times a year. Tonight is a good one with the clear skies. Jupiter is about 4 o’clock to the moon. Cool to see the moons around that planet. Probably can see a moon or 2 with a decent set of binoculars.

    http://earthsky.org/tonight

    -J.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    December 6, 2011 at 11:32 pm #1015196

    That photo is cool!

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    December 6, 2011 at 11:55 pm #1015201

    Snowing a little here

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    December 7, 2011 at 12:11 am #1015204

    Uranus is almost directly to the right (or South) of the Moon and Jupiter.

    Neptune is just to the right (or West) slightly lower.

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    December 7, 2011 at 12:50 am #1015227

    Uranus is usually south no matter how you’re looking at it.
    Too many clouds here.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    December 7, 2011 at 12:59 am #1015230

    Quote:

    Uranus is usually south no matter how you’re looking at it.
    Too many clouds here.

    Blew beer straight threw the nose……thanks Herb

    We like sky watching at night in the Clark’s house hold. We don’t have a set up anything like your’s Jon
    But we all do have pretty cool app’s on the phones that name everything we point at even in the cloud cover we are experiencing here right now

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    December 7, 2011 at 1:11 am #1015233

    Pretty cool Jon, first time I’ve seen it

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
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    December 7, 2011 at 1:33 am #1015242

    I put the marine binocs [20 power] on my tripod and could see two moons around Jupiter. Pretty neat stuff. Chilly out there with a bald head….what happened to the 60 degree evenings we had just a couple weeks ago?

    Ted Wedul
    holmen, wi
    Posts: 765
    December 7, 2011 at 12:06 pm #1015329

    Thanks for sharing.

    Thought this one was pretty cool also(not my picture)…Venus, Jupiter,Moon smile on Earth.

    rmartin
    United States
    Posts: 1434
    December 7, 2011 at 1:08 pm #1015341

    Here is a decent astronomy program for your computer to identify anything you can see in the night sky if anyone is interested:
    Stellarium

    hop307
    Northern Todd County
    Posts: 609
    December 7, 2011 at 1:30 pm #1015349

    Quote:

    Thanks for sharing.

    Thought this one was pretty cool also(not my picture)…Venus, Jupiter,Moon smile on Earth.

    That is a pretty cool picture.

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