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Astronomy Picture of the Day - ISS Transits Mars
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| 23 Jun, 2020
| Image Credit & Copyright: Tom Glenn
Posted on 09/23/2020 3:46:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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posted on
09/23/2020 3:46:35 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
09/23/2020 3:47:22 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Aaahhhhhh!!!
Its a Martian Battle Chicken!
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posted on
09/23/2020 3:52:50 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: MtnClimber
Just when I start thinking it can’t get any more awe-inspiring .... :-)
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posted on
09/23/2020 3:53:03 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
To: AFB-XYZ
Some months ago I was in Hawaii. (big island)
On a clear night looking up, it’s amazing what one can see.
I always thought the haze of the Milky Way was made up in movies when young. You can see it distinctly.
One can also see so many more stars than on the East Coast.
It makes it easy to dream and wonder.
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posted on
09/23/2020 4:00:40 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: MtnClimber
To: EEGator
There's no problem seeing the wonders and the magnitude of the heavens here on the East Coast I assure you. I've been observing them for years.
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posted on
09/23/2020 4:02:48 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: MtnClimber
Right now Mars is very bright in the eastern sky at night at magnitude -2.35 in the constellation Pisces. It is none the worse for wear after its recent occultation by the moon.
Jupiter is very bright in the south (in Sagittarius) at -2.41. (With minus magnitudes, the higher number is brighter--but they are almost the same brightness right now.) Saturn is also in Sagittarius right now to the east of Jupiter at magnitude 1.25 (comparable to one of the fainter first magnitude stars).
To: jmacusa
With the naked eye, I assure I can’t see in Philly what I see in Kona.
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posted on
09/23/2020 4:07:51 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: EEGator
Where on the BI were you watching from? Even in the small town of Kailua Kona the light pollution drowns most of it out, along with frequent clouds.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:32:16 PM PDT
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doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
To: MtnClimber
Awesome skillz to get that shot.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:33:35 PM PDT
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doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
To: doorgunner69
In Kailua Kona on Hina Lani Street, but at around 1500’ elevation.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:36:29 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: EEGator
I live on The Jersey Shore. My backyard faces east. It’s eight miles from the Atlantic so I have no light pollution. On nights of the new moon I can see a fairly distinct of one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:07:47 PM PDT
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jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: jmacusa
I go to Avalon in the Summer. Are you around there?
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:10:50 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: EEGator
You don’t mean Avon By The Sea do you or Avalon, that’s further south, by Margate?
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:18:23 PM PDT
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jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: jmacusa
Avalon, as in next to Stone Harbor, Wildwood, and Cape May.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:20:02 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: EEGator
No I live in Bricktown, Ocean County. Toms River is six miles south of me. Cape May is much farther down south of me. I work in Community Medical Center.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:24:49 PM PDT
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jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: jmacusa
Gotcha. So you’re not too far away from Forked River Nuclear Power Plant.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:29:25 PM PDT
by
EEGator
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