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An object visible in the daytime. Can you help?
You will have to excuse my ignorance as a complete amateur. I am intrigued
by an object that can be seen quite clearly in the daytime. I am situated at High Onn, Staffs and the object is approx 70 degrees azimuth, bearing 200 degrees. Can anyone tell me what it is. Thank you. |
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An object visible in the daytime. Can you help?
"Robert Davies" wrote in
news:3VSlc.359$dl3.258@newsfe1-win: You will have to excuse my ignorance as a complete amateur. I am intrigued by an object that can be seen quite clearly in the daytime. I am situated at High Onn, Staffs and the object is approx 70 degrees azimuth, bearing 200 degrees. Can anyone tell me what it is. Thank you. Need more information. What time was it? Preferably UT so we don't have to muck with time zones. Was the object moving, and if so, what direction and how fast? But, I'm going to make a bet that it was Venus. It is very bright right now and if one manages to look in the right direction it is easily visible in the daytime. I once viewed Saturn through my scope at 11 am!!! Brian -- http://home.earthlink.net/~skywise71...ics/laser.html "Great heavens! That's a laser!" "Yes, Dr. Scott. A laser capable of emitting a beam of pure antimatter." Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? |
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An object visible in the daytime. Can you help?
"Robert Davies" wrote in
news:3VSlc.359$dl3.258@newsfe1-win: You will have to excuse my ignorance as a complete amateur. I am intrigued by an object that can be seen quite clearly in the daytime. I am situated at High Onn, Staffs and the object is approx 70 degrees azimuth, bearing 200 degrees. Can anyone tell me what it is. Thank you. Need more information. What time was it? Preferably UT so we don't have to muck with time zones. Was the object moving, and if so, what direction and how fast? But, I'm going to make a bet that it was Venus. It is very bright right now and if one manages to look in the right direction it is easily visible in the daytime. I once viewed Saturn through my scope at 11 am!!! Brian -- http://home.earthlink.net/~skywise71...ics/laser.html "Great heavens! That's a laser!" "Yes, Dr. Scott. A laser capable of emitting a beam of pure antimatter." Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? |
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An object visible in the daytime. Can you help?
Skywise (Brian) wrote:
"Robert Davies" wrote [snip] I am intrigued by an object that can be seen quite clearly in the daytime. I am situated at High Onn, Staffs and the object is approx 70 degrees azimuth, bearing 200 degrees. Can anyone tell me what it is. Need more information. [snip] But, I'm going to make a bet that it was Venus. It is very bright right now and if one manages to look in the right direction it is easily visible in the daytime. [snip] Brian First, Robert, azimuth is the same as bearing, a compass direction, and altitude or elevation means the angle up from the horizon, with the horizon being zero and straight up being 90. I set HomePlanet for London, England, at 15:30 May 4 UTC, and Venus is a very good match, about altitude/elevation 70, azimuth/bearing 205. My sister first taught me to see Venus in the daytime, maybe 15 years ago, but currently I haven't managed to remember to try when the weather has been favorable. A couple of years ago I saw a report online somewhere by someone in England who said that he saw Jupiter in the daytime. Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA (Remove "donotspam".) |
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An object visible in the daytime. Can you help?
Skywise (Brian) wrote:
"Robert Davies" wrote [snip] I am intrigued by an object that can be seen quite clearly in the daytime. I am situated at High Onn, Staffs and the object is approx 70 degrees azimuth, bearing 200 degrees. Can anyone tell me what it is. Need more information. [snip] But, I'm going to make a bet that it was Venus. It is very bright right now and if one manages to look in the right direction it is easily visible in the daytime. [snip] Brian First, Robert, azimuth is the same as bearing, a compass direction, and altitude or elevation means the angle up from the horizon, with the horizon being zero and straight up being 90. I set HomePlanet for London, England, at 15:30 May 4 UTC, and Venus is a very good match, about altitude/elevation 70, azimuth/bearing 205. My sister first taught me to see Venus in the daytime, maybe 15 years ago, but currently I haven't managed to remember to try when the weather has been favorable. A couple of years ago I saw a report online somewhere by someone in England who said that he saw Jupiter in the daytime. Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA (Remove "donotspam".) |
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