[AZ-Observing] Re: Moon and Jupiter
- From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:55:35 -0700
Very pretty! I had noticed the position of the Moon and Jupiter
yesterday while doing a public star party at the Mason Audubon Center.
The thought had occured to me that today would be a good time to look
for Jupiter in the daytime. Sure enough, late this afternoon Jupiter
was easily visible just a couple degrees east of the Moon. The roughly
90 degree separation from Jupiter to the Sun is about perfect for a late
afternoon attempt at a daytime Jupiter sighting.
Tomorrow Jupiter will be about 10.6 degrees west of the Moon along the
ecliptic around 6:30pm.
Andrew
Andrew Cooper
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Tom Polakis wrote:
>It's worth stepping outside to look at a nice pairing of the moon and
>Jupiter tonight. It's even worth setting up a small telescope to look at
>them. They look great at 24x in the Pronto. Jupiter shows a pair of moons
>on either side, and the moon phase brings out a lot of craters in the same
>view.
>
>Tom
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