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Venus and Jupiter - Fritz - 03-28-2012
in the western sky under the moon tonite (depending on your location).
Extremely clear here tonite.
Re: Venus and Jupiter - cbelt3 - 03-28-2012
Mars and Saturn on the opposite side of the plane of the ecliptic too. Depending on your location, all four naked-eye visible planets are up.
Re: Venus and Jupiter - Black - 03-28-2012
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?
Re: Venus and Jupiter - WHiiP - 03-28-2012
Black wrote:
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?
I vote for the Space Station! :coffee:
Re: Venus and Jupiter - space-time - 03-28-2012
V is brighter and higher in the sky, J is less bright and below V
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/crescent-moon-jupiter-and-venus-dazzle-in-night-sky/2012/03/27/gIQAtQs8dS_blog.html?tid=pm_local_pop
Re: Venus and Jupiter - Black - 03-28-2012
space-time wrote:
V is brighter and higher in the sky, J is less bright and below V
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/crescent-moon-jupiter-and-venus-dazzle-in-night-sky/2012/03/27/gIQAtQs8dS_blog.html?tid=pm_local_pop
Then pretty clearly V.
I was too late for the full V-J show apparently.
Re: Venus and Jupiter - freeradical - 03-28-2012
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120318.html
Re: Venus and Jupiter - srf1957 - 03-28-2012
WHiiP wrote:
[quote=Black]
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?
I vote for the Space Station! :coffee:
space station
If you want to track station.
Re: Venus and Jupiter - freeradical - 03-28-2012
srf1957 wrote:
[quote=WHiiP]
[quote=Black]
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?
I vote for the Space Station! :coffee:
space station
If you want to track station.
Nice link. Here's another good one, which also give you the magnitude information.