[kj] OT : a southern sky

[pssyche23]

It's really clear tonight north of London ... with my 'scope I can see the 4 (9 of 20) large moons (f'narr f'narr), 3 in line on one side, one further away on the left side ... plus in less than 10 minutes the International Space Station passes over W to ESE (approx 22:05 to 22:10 BST), that should be quite a sight too ... 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: melinda grant 
  To: gathering at misera.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [kj] OT : a southern sky


  i noticed as wel jenean  ;)l,and made a wish,jupiter is suppost to bring luck and good fortune ;D)))))
   
  milinda ps yeah i know,its a bit juvenile of me   lol



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  Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:30:51 +0100
  From: Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk
  To: gathering at misera.net
  Subject: Re: [kj] OT : a southern sky



  I went out to have a look last night.



  But the sky was cloudy.



  It always is when there’s something interesting to see!




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  From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of pssyche23
  Sent: 26 July 2008 00:03
  To: gathering at misera.net
  Subject: [kj] OT : a southern sky



  Just in case anyone (especially up here in the northern hemisphere) has noticed a very bright object appear in the south east night sky, in the hours after sunset, over the past few evenings I'm glad to announce it's the return of Jupiter ... as the link below suggests, with a small pair of binoculars (ie. 7 x 50) you can see it as a white disc (as opposed to a twinkling star) ... 



  * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/25508949.html *



  Last time I seriously bothered to observe Jupiter was about 12 summers ago ... and the 4 largest of it's (20?) moons were visible through my 20-60 x 50 telescope and they seemed to change positions almost every night, as the image in the URL suggests ... not everyone's cup of tea but for sure beats watching Big Brother ... 



  Regards, Antoni



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