so what does this mean, they can be seen every night, right after sunset
until June?
Are they only visible to the naked eye for a period of time each night? Is
it possible to photograph them? I suppose this is a question best aimed at
our own photo geniuses in astrophotography ......... does anyone know the
answer?
Where I live, there is a lot of light pollution, so even if I had the
equipment, which I don't and the know-how, which I don't and the experience,
which I don't, I don't think I could even get a shot from around here.
I hope I am not just rambling on about something nobody is even interested
in - if so just say.
Kierstin
----- Original Message -----
From: "dreammoose" <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] STOP THE PRESS - HOLD THE PHONES
> No rush:
>
> "From now until early June the five planets that can be seen with the
> naked eye -- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn -- will move into
> a rough grouping on the same, visible, side of the sun, something that
> happens only once a century.
>
> "People will be able to see the planets with the naked eye lining up
> about 45 minutes after sunset," Robert Warren at the Royal Observatory
> in Greenwich, London told Reuters Friday.
>
> He said stargazers should watch the planets rising from the western
> horizon where the five should be grouped within a span of 10 degrees of
> sky, or about the width of a fist held at arm's length.
>
> Moose
>
> Kierstin wrote:
>
> > is it really true that there will be a 5 (yes I said 5) planet
> > alignment tonight, in England?
> >
> >
> >
> > If it is true, which I plan to be checking all night, is there
> > someone, anyone who would agree to take a good, no what the heck, a
> > GREAT picture for me to add to my children's scrapbooks?
> >
>
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