Is Jupiter lower than normal from 38N? I mean...

I mean it looks like it's only getting about 30 degrees above the horizon,
max. I seem to remember it being much higher in altitude in the past.
What am I missing here? Sure would be nice if it got a little higher so I
could see it a little better on these warm nights.

Zelda

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:52:52 -0700, Zelda Fitzgerald
wrote:

I mean it looks like it's only getting about 30 degrees above the horizon,
max. I seem to remember it being much higher in altitude in the past.
What am I missing here? Sure would be nice if it got a little higher so I
could see it a little better on these warm nights.

I'm afraid you're out of luck. Consider that the planets travel along
the ecliptic. In the summer, the ecliptic is high during the day and low
at night. So planets are highest in the winter- assuming, of course,
that they are even in the sky then. Right now, Jupiter is a low summer
object in the northern hemisphere. Six years ago it was high in the
winter sky, and in six years it will be again.

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

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:04:32 +0000, Sam Wormley wrote:

Zelda Fitzgerald wrote:
I mean it looks like it's only getting about 30 degrees above the horizon,
max. I seem to remember it being much higher in altitude in the past.
What am I missing here? Sure would be nice if it got a little higher so I
could see it a little better on these warm nights.

Zelda


Depends on your latitude... what *is* your latitude?


38N.
Zelda

On Jul 5, 11:06 pm, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:52:52 -0700, Zelda Fitzgerald

wrote:
I mean it looks like it's only getting about 30 degrees above the horizon,
max. I seem to remember it being much higher in altitude in the past.
What am I missing here? Sure would be nice if it got a little higher so I
could see it a little better on these warm nights.

I'm afraid you're out of luck. Consider that the planets travel along
the ecliptic. In the summer, the ecliptic is high during the day and low
at night. So planets are highest in the winter- assuming, of course,
that they are even in the sky then. Right now, Jupiter is a low summer
object in the northern hemisphere. Six years ago it was high in the
winter sky, and in six years it will be again.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatoryhttp://www.cloudbait.com

And not only that. Ol' Jupe is currently hangin' out near the Scorpius/
Ophiuchus border, which means he's gonna be low-down for many Northern
hemisphere observers.

Unk Rod

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:52:52 -0700, Zelda Fitzgerald
wrote:

Zelda

How's Scott doing these days?

Bud
--
The night is just the shadow of the Earth.

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:52:52 -0700, Zelda Fitzgerald
wrote:

Zelda

How's Scott doing these days?


F

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:00:49 -0500, William Hamblen wrote:

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:52:52 -0700, Zelda Fitzgerald
wrote:

Zelda

How's Scott doing these days?

Bud

Hi Bud, and thanks for asking.
The news is not good. He's drinking heavily and work on The Love of The
Last Tycoon is stalled. He says he's got tuberculosis, but I'm not so
sure. Shortness of breath, chest pains, that sort of stuff. I think he
need to go on the wagon. This whole thing is driving me nuts.
Cheers,
Zelda