planet gazing

[low_delta]

Well that was cool. I saw Jupiter and its moons for the first time. I could make out the belts too (no big red spot). And I saw Saturn. Can you see any of its moons from here? I also saw the little pink spot that is Mars. We were dodging clouds the whole time, and finally about 9:10 the clouds came to stay and it rained a bit.

Comments

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I wish I could have been there to look.

[melonaise.livejournal.com]

Cool! :)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I saw saturn once through binoculars. It was a tiny, irregularly shaped spot.

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

cool........unfortunately, it's way too bright out to be looking for planets at 9pm here......in fact, it's still quite light at 10-10:30p when i hit the hay and already light at 5:30a when the alarm goes off......astronomy is a winter thing, here.....o

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

But you can go star gazing in the middle of the afternoon in winter!

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

not mid afternoon........but right after work.....the sun doesn't go down perpendicular to the horizon line here......it slides along the horizon......so, the light of day lasts longer than more southern locations

i do like the long daylight hours in the summer.....they allow infinite possibilities.....