Three Planets in Twilight [Observe Tonight]

Sky and Telescope ^ | June 27, 2005 | Alan M. MacRobert

[txhurl]

This makes them conjunct, no?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Thanks Textide. The images from you and me both show up on my thread. Sometimes there's no tellin whats going to happen when you post images.

I've got to cook some tuna for the family and then we'll get ready for some observing. So hope the skies are great for everyone. I'll check in later. Over and out.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

They are a little too far apart to unite.

Over and out (really, this time).

[Hot Tabasco]

When the sun comes back in March

That would probably be the time I start to sober up. I can't live without sunshine which is why I'm heading to the caribbean when I retire...... Michigan just plain sucks from the end of October to the middle of April.....

[RightWhale]

It's fun to watch Californians come up here for school the first time. They are all bubbly and stuff in Sept, then kind of fade and wilt, then disappear altogether about Christmas. Not all, but a lot of them. Those that stay become like the rest of us, kind of stoic most of the time.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[txhurl]

Astrologically speaking (drop the tuna; come back).

[ngc6656]

By the way, love your handle.

It was an easy choice for NGC6656 is my favorite globular cluster and ranks among the top ten of my favorite deep sky objects. It would be great to see it pass near my zenith like M13 does but I'll probably never see it happen. NGC6656 has the bonus attraction that occasionally a bright planet will pass in front of it and temporarily create the impression that a supernova has gone wild in the cluster.

Zuben Elgenubi is one of my favorite stars for its name rolls off the tongue almost poetically. For those who may not know, it means "the northern claw." To some of the earlier stargazers the star marked the location of the northern claw of Scorpio (my favorite constellation) but the star is now assigned to the constellation of Libra.

[Larry Lucido]

Thanks for the ping.

[KarlInOhio]

Thanks for posting. Venus is visible and I can see Mercury with my binocs. No Saturn yet. Fortunately my neighbor's hour is for sale because I get a better view between the trees from its yard and I don't have to explain what I'm doing with the binocs.

Checking again in 10 minutes.

[exDemMom]

Having the little silhouettes of farm houses, silos, water towers, etc., really helps orient me to where I should look, since I have no idea where Pollux and Castor are ;)

The only two constellations I know are Big Dipper and Orion. Would the planets be near either of them?

[ngc6656]

If you maintain an astronomy ping list, would you please add my name to it. Thanks.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Thanks for your kind words and explanation. I do not maintain a ping list but KevinDavis has a good one. Search under "poster" and you should be able to ping him and get on the list.