Jimmy, Don't forget to try to see the Green Flash, You may want to eat there as well. Great little Restaurant on the beach one block south of Grand in Mission Beach. Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:45 To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Chris Schur Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Conjunction on Saturday Aug.23 I'll be on a San Diego beach with a wide open view to the West. This should be neat! Jimmy Ray ---- Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steve I saw them last night and there is about a 10 minute viewing window, since mercury is so dim. But they were very close, maybe a degree and ahalf apart. > > Chris > > > --- On Wed, 8/20/08, Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Conjunction on Saturday Aug.23 > > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 8:10 PM > > Howdy all; > > SAC is having a Novice Group star party at Cherry Road for > > this Saturday and > > I fired up my planetarium program and there will be a great > > planetary > > conjunction after sunset. Saturn will be 9 degrees from > > the Sun and may not > > be visible. But, Venus and Mercury will be 21 degrees from > > the Sun and very > > close together. Mars will be above the two of them. Ought > > to be a great > > sight. > > > > Clear skies to us all; > > Steve Coe > > > > -- > > See message header for info on list archives or > > unsubscribing, and please > > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.