Someone whos good with science?

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Originally Posted by LIP

Last time i saw any colour in the sky it was a red star - turned out it was mars.

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You can catch Mars now right before sunrise - it'll be low in the east but won't be all that bright because its on the other side of the sun as compared to earth - that is, its farthest away. Mars will start to rise in the east after sunset come December - thats when it will be at "opposition" from the earth -that's when its on the same side of the sun as earth and its closest to earth and becomes very bright.

Next time ya'll are outside in the early evening, an hour or 2 past sunset, look to the West - the VERY bright star you see (you can't miss it) is Venus - earth's twin. If you have a pair of binoculars give it a look - you will be able to make it out as a thin crescent - just like the moon.

So, Mars is visible before the sunrise? Ive been tracking down the planets since last year, but after a cloudy/rainy season, i missed Mars, and couldnt find it. Thank you for finding it for me! :thumbsup:
And besides Venus, Jupiter is clearly visible too... its very bright (not as much as venus, though) and very high in the sky at midnight (Or, rather, high in the sky in the south hemisphere... at the north hemisphere it must be not so high...) It is very near the Scorpio, and today (full moon) its very near the moon too. But, since there is not very bright stars near it, its easy to find anyway...

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Originally Posted by Coelho

So, Mars is visible before the sunrise? Ive been tracking down the planets since last year, but after a cloudy/rainy season, i missed Mars, and couldnt find it. Thank you for finding it for me! :thumbsup:
And besides Venus, Jupiter is clearly visible too... its very bright (not as much as venus, though) and very high in the sky at midnight (Or, rather, high in the sky in the south hemisphere... at the north hemisphere it must be not so high...) It is very near the Scorpio, and today (full moon) its very near the moon too. But, since there is not very bright stars near it, its easy to find anyway...

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You can also see Saturn in the evening a few hours after sunset - its the medium-bright yellow star just to the right of Leo in the south/south-west sky. By the way, I took the pic of saturn in my avatar myself with my telescope and digi-camera :)

Indeed... i did see it today... ive been following it since last year, when it was near gemini...
And that picture of saturn is very nice! When i was in college the people from astrophysics department would let people look at the telescope they had, and i used to go there whenever i could. One of the first things i looked was exactly saturn, and it looked exactly as your picture... it was amazing... it seemed somebody had put a picture of it in front of the telescope, so sharp it was the image... it was somewhat hard to believe the image i was seeing was really the image of that "star there up in the sky"...
Once i went to a real observatory and did take some pictures... they are not very good, as they were taken in the interval between the real observations, and only after much coaxing, cause the teacher didnt want we distract from our work... the one i posted is jupiter.

"She blinded me with science!"

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Originally Posted by Samwhore

"She blinded me with science!"

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Good heavens miss mergatroid....

Back a few jobs ago, on occassion I had to work on the weekends. Me and the security guard used to toke out back on the loading dock. "Science" was his code word for weed... And it was from that song, so ya had to say it the right way! You just reminded me of him :)

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Originally Posted by Coelho

the one i posted is jupiter.

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That's actually a pretty damn good picture there!

There's a really good amateur astrophotography section at Telescope Reviews | Cloudy Nights

Here's a bunch of my pics i've taken over the past few years:
Astronomy

Was in San Diego, some 35 years ago, when there was a huge forest fire. An67y fires in your area? Wouldn't have to be that close- the wind can make it drift for miles. Even the sun was reddish for a couple of days!- Granny:hippy:

it means you're stoned

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Originally Posted by Ubalubus

That's actually a pretty damn good picture there!

There's a really good amateur astrophotography section at Telescope Reviews | Cloudy Nights

Here's a bunch of my pics i've taken over the past few years:
Astronomy

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Thank you! That sites have a lot of very good pictures too! And you telescope seems amazing! I wish i had one of these, so i would enjoy much better the fall's clear nights there is here...