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Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week...
Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week...
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Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week...
On Mar 31, 3:53*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...nets.htm?list1... I simply don't understand how anybody ever noticed Mercury before photography was invented. I live on the west coast of Oregon, less than a mile from the ocean, so looking west is looking into some of the cleanest air on the planet --- it has to be MUCH cleaner than the atmosphere back when everybody used wood fires for cooking and heating. I knew exactly where to look --- all the diagrams on the net, plus my Stellarium program, show it at about 4 o'clock from Venus, just a couple degrees away. The sky in the west was cloudless, for a change --- Venus was brilliant.I had 8- power binoculars. And I still couldn't find Mercury. How in the world could the ancient Greeks have ever noticed it? |
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Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week...
On 3/31/10 10:56 PM, tonysin wrote:
On Mar 31, 3:53 pm, Sam wrote: Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...nets.htm?list1... I simply don't understand how anybody ever noticed Mercury before photography was invented. I live on the west coast of Oregon, less than a mile from the ocean, so looking west is looking into some of the cleanest air on the planet --- it has to be MUCH cleaner than the atmosphere back when everybody used wood fires for cooking and heating. I knew exactly where to look --- all the diagrams on the net, plus my Stellarium program, show it at about 4 o'clock from Venus, just a couple degrees away. The sky in the west was cloudless, for a change --- Venus was brilliant.I had 8- power binoculars. And I still couldn't find Mercury. How in the world could the ancient Greeks have ever noticed it? It will get better over the next week! Worth the effort! |
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Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week...
On Mar 31, 9:18*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 3/31/10 10:56 PM, tonysin wrote: On Mar 31, 3:53 pm, Sam *wrote: Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...nets.htm?list1.... I simply don't understand how anybody ever noticed Mercury before photography was invented. I live on the west coast of Oregon, less than a mile from the ocean, so looking west is looking into some of the cleanest air on the planet --- it has to be MUCH cleaner than the atmosphere back when everybody used wood fires for cooking and heating. *I knew exactly where to look --- all the diagrams on the net, plus my Stellarium program, show it at about 4 o'clock from Venus, just a couple degrees away. *The sky in the west was cloudless, for a change --- Venus was brilliant.I had 8- power binoculars. *And I still couldn't find Mercury. How in the world could the ancient Greeks have ever noticed it? * *It will get better over the next week! * *Worth the effort! Stellarium shows it getting just a little farther from the sun in the next few days, but with a corresponding loss of brightness. Probably moot for me, because clouds and rain are forecast for my area for the rest of the week. Tonight was probably my only chance. |
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Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week...
On Mar 31, 8:56*pm, tonysin wrote:
On Mar 31, 3:53*pm, Sam Wormley wrote: Venus (And Mercury ) in Western Sky this week... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...nets.htm?list1.... I simply don't understand how anybody ever noticed Mercury before photography was invented. I live on the west coast of Oregon, less than a mile from the ocean, so looking west is looking into some of the cleanest air on the planet --- it has to be MUCH cleaner than the atmosphere back when everybody used wood fires for cooking and heating. * snip Keep in mind; there were a Lot less people back then making those fires. How in the world could the ancient Greeks have ever noticed it? Because they didn't have YouTube or Twitter. berk |
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