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« Reply #120 on: September 30, 2010, 04:27:05 PM »
We got to see Venus, Mars & Saturn; now it's time for Mercury.

Tomorrow morning (October 1) 45 minutes before sunrise, look due east in a place that is unobstructed with houses, trees, etc since the planet will be low on the horizon. Due east will be the brightest spot on the horizon. Venus, the brightest light, will be to the upper right of where the sun will rise. Mercury will be below and slightly to the left - about 10 degrees above the horizon. Everyone in the USA with a clear view should be able to see Mercury. Binoculars not necessary, but helpful as Mercury is much dimmer than Venus.

Don't forget, you need to look 45 minutes before sunrise or the sky will be too bright to see Mercury.

The Messenger Spacecraft is out there orbiting Mercury also. Of course we won't be able to see it, but it's there.

This isn't as exciting as meteors, but we happen to be studying Mercury this week so a view of it is a must.  :)

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« Reply #121 on: September 30, 2010, 04:56:29 PM »
Have anyone invented a telescope that penetrates pouring rain?  :P  We were fortunate enough to be able to see Mercury (for the first time in my life) last fall, several evenings in a row.  It was easier to find than I expected.  It helps to know exactly where it will be in the sky, of course.
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« Reply #122 on: September 30, 2010, 06:19:55 PM »
Weeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllll   I don't know of any rain piercing telescope ......................  but how about one ------------- ABOVE THE CLOUDS  ;D

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=OverviewLong


atmosphere on pluto

http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Pluto/PlutoWarmWinter.html

above the clouds - hubble

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/solar_system/



Hope this helps
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Re: Keep a look out for.....
« Reply #123 on: November 17, 2010, 02:27:37 PM »
Leonid meteor shower to peak tonight

Bay Area News Group staff report
Posted: 11/17/2010 09:48:54 AM PST
Updated: 11/17/2010 01:47:53 PM PST



The Leonid meteor shower -- a yearly event that in the past has produced some spectacular displays -- will peak Wednesday night, with about 15 meteors per hour expected.

To get a good look, Bay Area skywatchers will have to contend with an unhelpful moon, encroaching clouds and the usual light pollution.

Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris produced by a comet -- in this case, the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The Leonids appear to radiate from their namesake constellation, Leo, toward the north.

Occasionally Leonids reach the status of meteor storm, say the experts at NASA, with thousands of meteors per hour. A burst of Leonid activity produced spectacular displays from 1998 to 2002, but these events generally recur in cycles of about 33 years.


http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_16637503?source=most_viewed
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« Reply #124 on: November 17, 2010, 05:06:15 PM »
15 per hour?  That's only one every 4 minutes.  Hardly worth mentioning, when compared to the falling of the stars in 1833, and even ho hum, compared to the display a few years ago (maybe it was more than 10--can't remember) which produced several per minute.  They tell us we have to get up around 2 a.m. to view them.  Yawn.  I believe I'll remain horizontal.  Let me know how it looks.
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« Reply #125 on: November 17, 2010, 05:08:16 PM »
 :D :D :D and here I was relying on you to tell me!
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« Reply #126 on: November 17, 2010, 06:48:47 PM »
Wait until Dec and there will be 50 per hour. That is enough to cause you to stay and look.... and get a stiff neck!  :)
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« Reply #127 on: November 17, 2010, 07:07:50 PM »
I thought that one was at 2AM. Someone will have to call me...

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« Reply #128 on: November 17, 2010, 07:19:45 PM »
Tamara will still be up. Maybe she can call you?  :) But then, it will still be light in Australia and it will be tomorrow night. :)
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« Reply #129 on: November 17, 2010, 07:23:50 PM »
I'm glad no one has my phone number.  ;)

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« Reply #130 on: November 18, 2010, 03:30:31 AM »
Did anyone venture out?  Oddly enough, I woke up about 2 a.m., but it didn't cross my mind to look out (things are a bit fuzzy at that time of night  ;D ).  It wouldn't have mattered.  We had cloudy skies most of the night anyway.
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Re: Keep a look out for.....
« Reply #131 on: November 18, 2010, 05:47:49 AM »
Too cold. A wind came up from the North-west during the night. As son would say, "Alaska is coming!" I think it's here.  :P

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« Reply #132 on: November 18, 2010, 05:48:32 AM »
That's funny, Victoria!

Wally, I missed it, too. Well, we have December.  :)
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« Reply #133 on: November 18, 2010, 04:21:34 PM »
So that's what I saw in the early 60's - a metor storm.    well now I know what to call it.

http://tagoshu.cool.ne.jp/astro_photos/phenomena/leonids2001-e.html

http://www.arm.ac.uk/press/2008/Mars_meteors3_pr.html

A direct meteor his in the Greenville SC area




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actual high speed photo of meteors



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Looks more like animated or debris rentry than meteors




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« Reply #134 on: November 18, 2010, 06:25:26 PM »
Hehe I would have called you to Vicki!

Not sure what time it would have been here though o.o
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« Reply #135 on: November 18, 2010, 07:18:20 PM »
I was afraid of that!  ;)

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« Reply #136 on: November 21, 2010, 04:54:47 AM »
Hehe well you can count on it anytime it is needed!  ;D Anything exciting that can be seen from my side of the world?
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Re: Keep a look out for.....
« Reply #137 on: November 21, 2010, 05:50:32 AM »
An early sunrise.  ;D I miss those.

I'm not sure how they find these things that are going on. The ones I've stumbled upon have been in our Astrology science book. I"ll keep my eyes open for your area.

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Re: Keep a look out for.....
« Reply #138 on: November 21, 2010, 08:53:37 AM »
The ones I've stumbled upon have been in our Astrology science book.

Not trying to pick on you Vicki but something tells me that you meant to say to astronomy science book not astrology. :)
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« Reply #139 on: November 21, 2010, 09:52:09 AM »
 ;D
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