[AZ-Observing] Re: Daylight sighting of Venus
- From: "Spencer, Darrell" <DSpencer@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:43:36 -0800
I was able to spot Venus during the day on Dec 1 at around 3:30PM - when
it was conveniently near the moon. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have
found it using only coordinates.
And I only "sort of" cheated. After being unable to pick it out by
naked eye, I resorted to binoculars to find it, and then was able to
pick it up by eye.
A first for me and very cool.
Holiday best,
Darrell Spencer
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Dodder
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:11 PM
To: Az Observing
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Daylight sighting of Venus
IMHO, using a computer to point a telescope to find Venus in daylight is
cheating. Finding the RA/Dec, or Alt/Az is more like it. Finding it in
binoculars first is a great way to do it. Some people, (Derald Nye),
seem to have an innate ability, and I often invoke them to find it
myself. even when (manual) setting circles fail me.
My vision is insufficent, (so far) to detect Venus in daylight, but
I've managed to find all naked-eye planets through a finder scope and
main optics of my C8 in broad daylight-noon or so-from various observing
sites.
Steve Dodder
Director, Stone , and I often invoke them to find it myself.Haven
Observatory
President, Saguaro Astronomy Club
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> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Daylight sighting of Venus
> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:56:31 -0700
> From: Knauth@xxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> One of the cool uses of the Meade MySky is that it is easy to find
Venus in broad daylight. Just follow the arrow on the little screen
until it turns to an X inside a circle. Look down the gunsight...bingo.
Venus is really quite beautiful when seen in a deep blue Arizona sky.
> The MySkyPlus is a risky purchase because they often don't work, and
if you update the firmware as they instruct, you will have an inoperable
unit. Go figure. But when they work, they are a LOT of fun.
>
> Paul Knauth
>
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