seeing Polaris

How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided eye for
polar aligning?
The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after sunset.

"Moon River" wrote in message
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How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided eye for
polar aligning?
The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after sunset.


Polaris never moves as seen from Earth, it remains in the same location 24
hours a day.

"The Ancient One" wrote in message
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"Moon River" wrote in message
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How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided eye for
polar aligning?
The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after sunset.


Polaris never moves as seen from Earth, it remains in the same location 24
hours a day.


Your comment has NOTHING to do with my question.

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"Moon River" wrote in message
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How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided eye
for
polar aligning?
The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after sunset.


Polaris never moves as seen from Earth, it remains in the same location
24
hours a day.


Your comment has NOTHING to do with my question.



In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all night
long, once it first becomes visible.

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"Moon River" wrote in message
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How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided
eye
for
polar aligning?
The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after
sunset.


Polaris never moves as seen from Earth, it remains in the same
location
24
hours a day.


Your comment has NOTHING to do with my question.



In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking
was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all
night
long, once it first becomes visible.


...or maybe you're just a little dense...
--
Jan Owen

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"Moon River" wrote in message
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How long after sunset can you pick out Polaris with the unaided
eye
for
polar aligning?
The best I seem to do is almost an hour or 50 minutes after
sunset.


Polaris never moves as seen from Earth, it remains in the same
location
24
hours a day.


Your comment has NOTHING to do with my question.



In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking
was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all
night
long, once it first becomes visible.


...or maybe you're just a little dense...
--
Jan Owen



In English, "How long is it visible" means, after it becomes visible, how
long will it be until it is no longer visible.
His poor English, and your rudeness, do not change the meanings of words.

The Ancient One wrote:
In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all night
long, once it first becomes visible.

Very good lesson about English in English. Thank you.

--
Lauri

Lauri Uusitalo wrote:

The Ancient One wrote:

In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking
was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all
night
long, once it first becomes visible.


Very good lesson about English in English. Thank you.


Clearly a slow weekend :-)

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:05:25 -0500, "The Ancient One"
wrote:

In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all night
long, once it first becomes visible.

Well, if you are going to be pedantic to the point of being obnoxious (and not
even attempt to answer the rather obvious, if poorly phrased question) then you
should at least take some care to be accurate yourself. Polaris is certainly not
visible all night. Its visibility is determined by the environmental factors and
the distance of the Sun below the horizon. At some latitudes, Polaris may only
be visible briefly, or not at all, during the night.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:05:25 -0500, "The Ancient One"
wrote:

In other words, you phrased your question poorly. What you were asking
was
how SOON after sunset is it visible, not how long. It is visible all
night
long, once it first becomes visible.

Well, if you are going to be pedantic to the point of being obnoxious (and
not
even attempt to answer the rather obvious, if poorly phrased question)

I did answer his question as it was asked. Polaris is always in the same
position, therefore it is visible all night long. Clouds or lighting may
obscure it, which is why I refrained from the blanket statement that it IS
visible all night long.
I answered the question as it was asked, and did so politely, in an attempt
to help. All I've received for my efforts has been insults and grief. I was
told this was a good group for amatuers, I was told wrong.