9:00 – 11:00pm I remember reading that it’s common for people to really become hooked on astronomy when they first view Saturn through a telescope. Tonight’s alignment of Saturn, Mars and Regulus along with its close proximity to the Moon raised my hopes and encouraged me to take a close look. Time was short, since … Read more
10:30pm Thursday and Friday were cloudy nights; Rich worked on Thursday anyway, and Friday we were tired and stuffed from the picnic, so maybe it’s best that we just relaxed in front of the TV. But tonight we had gorgeous clear skies again, and resumed our observations of Jupiter: 4:00am (Sunday) Clear skies still:
This morning I found the following Javascript “calculator” which displays the positions of the moons on any date and time between Jan. 1, 1900 and Dec. 31, 2100. That’s good enough for our needs right now, and it’s quite handy. It’s also the source of the illustrations I’ve been using: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/javascript/jupiter# 10:30pm For the second … Read more