[AZ-Observing] Re: Planets in the morning sky

  • From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 16:48:33 -0400

Lynn;

I agree, I have not tried to image this conjunction.  I may give it a shot
on Wed. morning if the clouds will clear out.  However, Mars is pretty
faint and really down low.

Hoping for the best;
Steve Coe


> I observed 6 solar system objects (moon,earth,Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and
> Mars)?on 5-1-11 from Antenna site but was unable to record then with a
> DSLR. Not enough cantrast between Mars and the brightening dawn.? Lynn
> --- On Sun, 5/8/11, Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Planets in the morning sky
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011, 2:11 PM
>
>
> On May 8, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Tom Polakis wrote:
>
>> The closest grouping occurs on Wednesday morning, at the convenient hour
>> of 5 a.m.? I played around with a few Solar System views of it in
>> Voyager III, and put the resulting screen grabs here.
>>
>
> Now if I can only remember to set my alarm clock for 4:30 on Tuesday
> night.
>
> Thanks for that tip, Tom.
>
> Tim
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