[AZ-Observing] Re: Daylight sighting of Venus
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:28:28 -0700
Hey, Steve! I once saw 3C273 in the daylight with my 14x70 binos! (T.I.C.)
Truly, though, I have seen Venus in daylight, and with a scope, seen Jupiter
and Saturn in daylight, but they ain't easy!
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve D.
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:54 AM
To: AZ Observing
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Daylight sighting of Venus
I intend my comment tongue-in-cheek, of course. Any way you can find a
planet in daylight is great! Showing one to someone else is even better!
Steve DodderChairman, SAC Novice GroupCoordinator, Grand Canyon Star Party,
North RimDirector, Stone Haven Observatory fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx
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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.
> >
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