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‘Tis the Season to Spot Jupiter: A Guide to the 2014 Opposition
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| December 23, 2013
| David Dickinson on
Posted on 12/23/2013 9:47:23 AM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:47:23 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Thanks. I’ll cast my eyes on the western sky at twilight.
To: BenLurkin
Have you tried the NASA eyes on the solar system program? Its got some neat stuff. It shows the current locations of all the spacecraft, distances, speed etc. Its also got Eyes on the exoplanets which is pretty cool.
Its been out for quite a while but my old computer wouldn’t even open it. The new one runs it flawlessly.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:53:44 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
Venus is also very bright now after sunset, and will be so for at least another month. In fact, it is so bright that it can be mistaken for the headlight of an oncoming airplane or helicopter.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:54:17 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: crusty old prospector
Thanks. Ill cast my eyes on the western sky at twilight.
Think you mean EASTERN sky if evening twilight, WESTERN if morning twilight.
If you look in the southwestern sky at evening twilight you'll be seeing Venus.
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:02:12 AM PST
by
plsvn
To: BenLurkin
Sillies. Here is a webcam of Jupiter - I am on the jetty fishing. Dang its 83 F.
http://www.evsjupiter.com
ok i cant figure out how to embed a link. Back to html page.
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:04:37 AM PST
by
corkoman
To: cripplecreek
Its got some neat stuff. It shows the current locations of all the spacecraft.REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONSSet your location, then click on an object to view, like the ISS.
Then click "5 day predictions" and you'll see the best time to observe the object for your location.
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:06:34 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: BenLurkin
Got a Celestron 130 to observe Ison but that fell apart. Guess I can look at Jupiter, but its going below zero tonight.
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:07:10 AM PST
by
Starstruck
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To: corkoman
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:08:15 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: corkoman
I am on the jetty fishing. Dang its 83 F.Where are you? In Hawaii with the Obamas? :)
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12/23/2013 10:08:21 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: plsvn
I guess it is the east. The picture said at sunset but there is a red E on it. It doesn’t really look like a sunset facing east but it says it is computer-generated.
To: oh8eleven
Can you see the ISS with a telescope?
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:14:12 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(If you like your constitution, you can keep it. Period.)
To: Mr. K
The ISS moves too fast to follow it with a telescope. You can see it with your naked eye. It looks like a bright star moving across the sky in only a few seconds.
And Jupiter is rising in the east at sunset while Venus is setting in the west. Jupiter is next to the two bright “twin” stars in Gemini.
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:22:48 AM PST
by
zeebee
(There are no coincidences.)
To: BenLurkin
Jupiter's primary Opposition
(Juno, a/k/a Hera & Mrs. J.)
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:24:20 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Astro_o_y BUMP)
To: zeebee; Mr. K
The ISS moves too fast to follow it with a telescope. You can see it with your naked eye. It looks like a bright star moving across the sky in only a few seconds.How long the ISS is visible in the night sky, and also how bright it will appear on any given visible pass, depends on how high it is in the sky (ie, angle above the horizon) and how soon after sunset the pass is. When a pass is very high in the sky, say, 60-85 degrees above the horizon, it can be visible for 4 or 5 minutes. And if a particular pass is sufficiently long after sunset, the ISS will fade and ultimately "disappear" mid-pass. This is because the Sun is below the western horizon enough such that the Earth 'gets in the way' and casts a shadow on objects at that general range above Earth. ISS is brightest during high angle passes. And it appears to be moving across the sky at the apparent rate of a high flying airplane. It's actually traveling about 18,000 miles/hr, or 5 miles/sec. 200 or so miles up.
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12/23/2013 10:34:26 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: ETL; zeebee
if you have a motorized telescope can it be programmed to track it?
how about a good set of binoculars?
it would be cool to spot it if you can make out the shape
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:38:02 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(If you like your constitution, you can keep it. Period.)
To: Mr. K
I don’t know if you can program a motorized scope to track a satellite or not, but many have taken amazing long exposure pics of them by tracking their movement by hand. I would imagine this is easiest with a free moving Dobsonian type scope rather than one with a gearing system.
I have a pair of 16x70 Fujinons (binocs) and I can’t make out any detail whatsoever. Very nice for viewing Jupiter and its 4 visible moons though. Also for viewing our moon. It’s tripod mounted.
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12/23/2013 10:45:49 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: Mr. K
These 4 I believe were all taken by amateur, backyard astronomers
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:51:04 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: Mr. K
Can you see the ISS with a telescope?Not effectively, it moves across the sky pretty fast. When close to your location, it's very visible with just the naked eye.
Binoculars would help but really just make it a bigger bright spot in the sky.
Elapsed time, maybe 10 seconds (not my pic) ...
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posted on
12/23/2013 10:51:53 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Mr. K
You would need a pretty powerful telescope to make out the shape. Photos have been taken through telescopes only because the astronomers know exactly where the craft will be and when. I don't believe it can be tracked without a lot of specially programmed computers.
To show the relative size, here is one taken of the Shuttle and the ISS while crossing the sun:
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posted on
12/23/2013 11:03:10 AM PST
by
zeebee
(There are no coincidences.)
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