star watchers: Moon, Jupiter, Venus
 

11/30/2008
SW see the moon at 20:00hr (8Pm) till 21:20 (9:20pm) EST
(moon going down to the west)
see Jupiter and Venus above to the left of the moon

you may see it even better on 12/01/2008 some other say it be better to see

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27958792/


11/29/2008
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...es11292008.jpg
(5:59pm) sorry did not added into image

11/30/2008
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...me11302008.jpg

12/01/2008
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...me12012008.jpg



be on a open field or a hilltop to get best view to watch as the sunset go down and see the moon look around the moon to see the planets near it

all date and time is the best to start to watch them

basic 6:00pm (18hrs-21:20hrs) till 9:20pm

software use to scan the sky: stellarium version 0.10.0
link: www.stellarium.org/

cool

and it will be cloudy here... i bet

Raining here so no viewing for me :(

what i can tell they be moving farther apart from each other after 12/04/2008

you can get the software and watch it so you can tell when were they be in your part of the world

what i seen is when they do move apart from each other the moon is up higher and the two planet be lower right of the moon in the west near the horizon

between the hours 18Hrs till 21hrs or 6pm-9pm around about, they be bright in the night sky do to the sun light be hitting them so they shine brighter then the stars in the sky

ends 12/07/2008
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s/12072008.jpg

and that software is Stellarium

http://www.stellarium.org/

and yea i have looked at it but it is raining/snowing so i won't be able to see it

will hopefully the sky will clear up in your area

you still be able to see them till 12/07/2008, but atless you have the software to see were they be in the sky late even hours

btw:


Date and Time:
- Subtract 1 solar day
8 Set time to now
= Add 1 solar day
J Decrease time speed
K Set normal time rate
L Increase time speed
[ Subtract 1 solar week
] Add 1 solar week
Alt+- Subtract 1 sidereal day
Alt+= Add 1 sidereal day
Alt+[ Subtract 1 sidereal week
Alt+] Add 1 sidereal week
Ctrl+- Subtract 1 solar hour
Ctrl+= Add 1 solar hour

Display Options:
. Equator line
, Ecliptic line
A Atmosphere
B Constellation boundaries
C Constellation lines
E Equatorial grid
F Fog
G Ground
N Nebulas
P Planets hints
Q Cardinal points
R Constellation art
S Stars
V Constellation labels
Z Azimutal grid
F11 Full-screen mode
Ctrl+Shift+H Flip scene horizontally
Ctrl+Shift+V Flip scene vertically

Movement and Selection:
/ Zoom in on selected object
T Track object
\ Zoom out
Space Center on selected object
Ctrl+G Set home planet to selected planet
Left click Select object
Right click Clear selection
Page Up/Down Zoom in/out
CTRL + Up/Down Zoom in/out
Arrow keys & left mouse drag Pan view around the sky

Windows:
F1 Help window
F2 Configuration window
F3 or Ctrl+F Search window
F4 Sky and viewing options window
F5 Date/time window
F6 Location window

Miscellaneous:
Ctrl+M Switch between equatorial and azimuthal mount
Ctrl+Q Quit
Ctrl+S Save screenshot be save to desktop sample "stellarium-????.png"

Debug:
Ctrl+R Reload style

if you like to print it up here attachment

word document as will single webpage formate MHTML

hey thanks William for the key shortcuts, haven't used the program in a while so i basically forgot them all

:D :D :D

np
its helpfull to have

12/31/2008 before new years
6pm or 18hrs
Venus, moon, mercury, jupiter
in the southern skys

SS: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s_12312008.jpg
[edited corrected the url link]

Got the smily face thing happening here, shape of the clous makes it look like hes smoking...

i saw Mars and Venus the other night. gotta say that was pretty cool seeing them so close together like that.

yea
its really nice check them out in the same part of the night sky! without searching all over sky for them

i saw the triangle formation tonight :) pretty neat

Mars, Venus, and out Moon were all right next to each other

Saw it from some pics

i seen it to night the sky was clear and the two planets look like car head lights super bright below the moon to the right. sweet to see

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...larium-003.jpg

someone take an actual picture, its cloudy here lol

you mean you seen Jupiter and not mars

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...arium-004a.jpg

man i wish i had your eye's to see mars in the day time near the sun lol

kids don't look near the sun or at the sun without special filter glasses to safe guard your eye's on when looking at the sun, other wise you most likely go blind no joke!!

cheap trick but it works on a clear day
you can do a special trick to see mars use a small mirror reflect the sun onto a white paper or tan in color to see the solar flares of the sun and planets near the sun. you can pull the mirror farther away from the paper to till it can be seen good.

better to see use a star telescope of some type, remove the eye piece on it so it shot out on a sheet of large paper on the ground, you can ether zoom in using the telescope or move the paper close or away from the telescope to enlarge the image to be focus in on to it.

I can see the moon and two stars very close it ... Might take a pic and post it ... if I get a chance today or tomorrow.

try to take a pic of it but my camcorder sucks! battier 4hr pack is almost trash i have to buy another one for it, not taking a good charge

anyways this is the best i can do for now

Jupiter and Venus are way brighter then seen in this image of them

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...larium-005.png

same as attachment below camcorder snapshot of them
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...vm12022008.jpg

jupiter and venus look like super bright stars but they are planet the sun light is hitting them so they look like bright stars they are not stars but planets

OK Chief you own me some cold meds. These were taken from 70 - 300 mm Tele Macro lens - f/5.6 and Ff/4. The last one shows a plane under the moon. :D

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1421.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1422.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1423.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1424.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1425.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1426.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1427.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...d_IMG_1428.jpg