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Old July 15th 06, 03:11 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Last night I almost had to leave the corner without giving any views, that
blanket of smoke from the fires had for some strange reason turned from
going due east to going northwest, as I was setting and watching for Jupiter
to show up the smoke just about wiped the sky out. By 8:30 no stars or
anything else was to be seen. Just before I was going to pack up I pulled
out the 10x20 binos that are almost shot and using oneside I found jupiter,
moved the scope over a bit and zeroed in on it. Jupiter? How about MARS with
strips? That's almost what it looked like with the smoke between it ond me.
But I still gave views of it, mostly kids last night, a few grown ups took a
look, but mostly kids would brake away from their folks sitting out and
eating and would come over. As it neared 10pm the sky started clearing of
smoke and I stayed out until 10:30 when Rosamond pulled in the sidewalks. ;}

Got home and took a damp washrag out and clenaned off the sticky ice cream
finger prints from the scope.


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Old July 15th 06, 08:34 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Jason Woowaterstonist
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I think the thing that disappoints me the most is that Jupiter will continue
to get lower for US observers until either 2008/09? when it will start to
rise again. That means a tough candidate for observing, but nonetheless
still interesting when seeing cooperates.

JW

"Starlord" wrote in message
...
Last night I almost had to leave the corner without giving any views, that
blanket of smoke from the fires had for some strange reason turned from
going due east to going northwest, as I was setting and watching for

Jupiter
to show up the smoke just about wiped the sky out. By 8:30 no stars or
anything else was to be seen. Just before I was going to pack up I pulled
out the 10x20 binos that are almost shot and using oneside I found

jupiter,
moved the scope over a bit and zeroed in on it. Jupiter? How about MARS

with
strips? That's almost what it looked like with the smoke between it ond

me.
But I still gave views of it, mostly kids last night, a few grown ups took

a
look, but mostly kids would brake away from their folks sitting out and
eating and would come over. As it neared 10pm the sky started clearing of
smoke and I stayed out until 10:30 when Rosamond pulled in the sidewalks.

;}

Got home and took a damp washrag out and clenaned off the sticky ice cream
finger prints from the scope.


--
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http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop
http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net
In Garden Online Gift Shop
http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden
Blast Off Online Gift Shop
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Old July 15th 06, 09:51 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
David Nakamoto
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Default Red Jupiter

Not just Jupiter, but Saturn is only six years behind it before it gets
to the lowest part of the Ecliptic.

However, Mars is really the pits. The closest oppositions only occur
when it's at the lowest point in the Ecliptic. For almost the next ten
years, the oppositions will be high in the sky for northern observers,
but it'll be a lot smaller than the 24 arc-seconds or so it was just a
few years ago, more like 14 to 16 arc-seconds.

Sincerely,
--- Dave
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Is it my soul I hear that calls out my name?


Jason Woowaterstonist wrote:
I think the thing that disappoints me the most is that Jupiter will continue
to get lower for US observers until either 2008/09? when it will start to
rise again. That means a tough candidate for observing, but nonetheless
still interesting when seeing cooperates.

JW

"Starlord" wrote in message
...
Last night I almost had to leave the corner without giving any views, that
blanket of smoke from the fires had for some strange reason turned from
going due east to going northwest, as I was setting and watching for

Jupiter
to show up the smoke just about wiped the sky out. By 8:30 no stars or
anything else was to be seen. Just before I was going to pack up I pulled
out the 10x20 binos that are almost shot and using oneside I found

jupiter,
moved the scope over a bit and zeroed in on it. Jupiter? How about MARS

with
strips? That's almost what it looked like with the smoke between it ond

me.
But I still gave views of it, mostly kids last night, a few grown ups took

a
look, but mostly kids would brake away from their folks sitting out and
eating and would come over. As it neared 10pm the sky started clearing of
smoke and I stayed out until 10:30 when Rosamond pulled in the sidewalks.

;}
Got home and took a damp washrag out and clenaned off the sticky ice cream
finger prints from the scope.


--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond

Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
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In Garden Online Gift Shop
http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden
Blast Off Online Gift Shop
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Astro Blog
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