Jupiter is high in the early morning sky now, and the weather is starting to cool off a bit here. Here is the configuration of the Galilean moons that I saw on September 11. This is from the Sky&Telescope on-line Jovian moon display.
I've even been able to do some "sidewalk astronomy" in the style of guru John Dobson: I have the telescope set up on my driveway, and I offer the pre-dawn dog walkers a look at Jupiter and Galileo's moons. They are always very pleased. It is a nice way to start the day!
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An Unintended Post-Mortem
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Many of us wind up in a similar situation, I'm sure: we impulse buy at
hamfests—great plans for some big old currently non-working piece of
gear—and then...
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What a small world; I always offer the pre-dawn star-gazers a look at my dog!
ReplyDeleteWoof, woof and chomp.......
73.......Steve Smith WB6TNL
"Snort Rosin"
I bought an Android phone just to use Google Sky. It's a free app that displays
ReplyDeletethe 'universe' just by holding the phone
at arm's length.(using the gps, compass
and accelerometer.) 'Space Junk' also
shows what we sent up...
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