was just going to post about this, it's looking pretty close right now - well, it did when I was down setting up a sprinkler earlier tonight
download the Google Sky Map app - it shows which stars you're looking at when you point it to the sky
was just going to post about this, it's looking pretty close right now - well, it did when I was down setting up a sprinkler earlier tonight
download the Google Sky Map app - it shows which stars you're looking at when you point it to the sky
If you have a telescope, the order of occultation you will see will be the main 4 Galilean moons: Ganymede (Jupiter) Io, Caslisto then Europa.
Atm, the last 3 are all clustered together on the RHS of Jupiter.
Enjoy!
Edit: It's like watching that scene from Star Wars down the trench!
Almost there......almost there.........
Last edited by Retro Jet; 18-02-2013 at 11:59 PM.
for those of you who use Google Chrome
http://workshop.chromeexperiments.co...ews%3Athinking
interactive 3D visualisation of the Milky Way galaxy including 100 000 nearby stars - this is pretty ****ing cool
Lyrid metro shower tonight.
Mainly Northern hemisphere occurrence BUT...
I was out checking on my Black Shouldered Kites in my neighbours tree and there in the heavens
a meteor with a dual tail flew over and burnt out.
Spectacular.
With 82 Degrees elevation a good chance to see the ISS tomorrow morning.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...e#.UbXAaHZ--Uk
ISS
Tue Jun 11/05:57 AM
DURATION 6 minutes
MAX ELEV 82 degrees
APPROACH 10deg above NW
DEPARTURE 10 above SE
Enjoy!
Any of you astronomers know what's a decent ~8inch telescope to get?
Saturn currently occulted by the moon. Went behind dark limb 21:18.
Due out 22:13...9 minutes!
Nice Moon Ring (halo) atm peeps over Newie.
Get outside and have a gander...
ISS pretty much over head 5:14pm this Friday, approach SW.
http://iss.astroviewer.net/observati...name=Newcastle
If you've never seen it before, set a reminder alarm on your phone 5min before and get your binoculars ready if you have a pair.
Naked eye ok.
5:56am Sunday, June 7th. NW
Baring cloud cover, Venus and Jupiter 0.35-0.4 deg apart in the Western sky this evening.
Full moon to boot!
ISS this evening...
Time: Wed Jul 08 5:34 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 68 degrees, Appears: WNW, Disappears: SE
New Horizons is in all the news re: passing Ploto so.....no news here.
NASA site for updates. Happening tonight! (9:50pm AEST)
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/n...ain/index.html
And it took 9 years to get to the reject Planet!!!!.... only took 2 months for our rejects to get to Wonderland few years back !!!!
Dare to Zlatan
Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
Bahaha can't believe my mechanical issues being discussed in astronomy thread
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Dare to Zlatan
Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
ISS passing over tonight
Sat Jul 25 6:37 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 73 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: NNE
about 400 kilometres
I'll have a look for it tonight if I can remember - I saw it the other week when it passed near Jupiter and Venus - just walked out on the verandah of my office and saw it rise up in the sky and then go back down, was pretty special