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Old July 8th 08, 07:11 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Jupiter as a Clock

Jupiter hanging on the southern horizion all night as it does now
provides a pretty good clock. If it is over the electric poles to the
east, the night is young. If it is over the poles to the west, dawn
is about to break. The Sun provides a way to tell time in the day,
but the Moon moves around too much to be a good clock. Jupiter is
excellent.

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