[AZ-Observing] Conjunction Junction
- From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, TAAA Forum <taaaforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:25:52 -0700
Another astronomical first for me, three planets in the eyepiece at the
same time. I had done two planets a couple times before, but three is
something I hadn't had an opportunity to do. How often do such events
occur, certainly a very irregular thing I am sure, but I wonder what the
average is?
They weren't that close, it took my 6" f/5.1 RFT telescope
(http://www.siowl.com/Primero/primero.html) with a 35mm Panoptic
eyepiece to do the job. That combination gives me just over 3 degrees
field and about 22x, but still enough to see Saturn's rings clearly,
small, but clear.
The function? none. But still very pretty. They are still in the sky
for a few minutes more if you hurry, if not the show continues for the
next few days as Saturn draws away from the trio, but Venus and Mercury
dance together for a couple more nights getting much closer.
Andrew
Andrew Cooper
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