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Old October 24th 05, 06:28 PM
Matalog
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Default Mercury's Double Sunrise

I know I have asked this question here before , but I forgot to save the
scenario in Starry Night.


Could any one tell me where is the best viewing point (or indeed any
viewpoint) on Mercury is to witness the Double Sunrise. Also, a date when
this happens would be handy. I'm trying to recreate it in Starry Night.

Thanks a lot.


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Old October 24th 05, 07:12 PM
Herb Schaltegger
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Default Mercury's Double Sunrise

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:28:50 -0500, Matalog wrote
(in article ):

I know I have asked this question here before , but I forgot to save the
scenario in Starry Night.


Could any one tell me where is the best viewing point (or indeed any
viewpoint) on Mercury is to witness the Double Sunrise. Also, a date when
this happens would be handy. I'm trying to recreate it in Starry Night.

Thanks a lot.



You probably want to ask this in sci.astro.amateur

I use Starry Night Pro 5.7 but I've never tried to do what you're
asking.

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Old October 25th 05, 12:40 AM
Mary Pegg
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Default Mercury's Double Sunrise

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:28:50 -0500, Matalog wrote
(in article ):

Could any one tell me where is the best viewing point (or indeed any
viewpoint) on Mercury is to witness the Double Sunrise.


You probably want to ask this in sci.astro.amateur


And then report back. EMWTK.

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Old October 27th 05, 08:02 PM
Matalog
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Right, Go to September 20 2003 AD. Make sure and select the sun in the find
box - so you can see it through the horizon and leave horizon and daylight
etc on so you will notice the sunrise.
Go to options - Viewing Location and click on the lat/long tab and
set Lat to 0 then set long to 88 degree 5.533'E and then hit play at
30,000x.


Double Sunrise! And the rest of the sky just keeps moving.

"Mary Pegg" wrote in message
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Herb Schaltegger wrote:

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:28:50 -0500, Matalog wrote
(in article ):

Could any one tell me where is the best viewing point (or indeed any
viewpoint) on Mercury is to witness the Double Sunrise.


You probably want to ask this in sci.astro.amateur


And then report back. EMWTK.



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Old October 27th 05, 08:06 PM
Matalog
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Default Mercury's Double Sunrise

Make sure and face east.





"Matalog" wrote in message
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Right, Go to September 20 2003 AD. Make sure and select the sun in the

find
box - so you can see it through the horizon and leave horizon and daylight
etc on so you will notice the sunrise.
Go to options - Viewing Location and click on the lat/long tab and
set Lat to 0 then set long to 88 degree 5.533'E and then hit play at
30,000x.


Double Sunrise! And the rest of the sky just keeps moving.

"Mary Pegg" wrote in message
...
Herb Schaltegger wrote:

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:28:50 -0500, Matalog wrote
(in article ):

Could any one tell me where is the best viewing point (or indeed any
viewpoint) on Mercury is to witness the Double Sunrise.

You probably want to ask this in sci.astro.amateur


And then report back. EMWTK.





 




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