Phil O'Keefe Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Of all the planets in our solar system, five (not counting the earth) can be viewed with the unaided eye. However, due to its proximity to the sun, Mercury can be very difficult to view, and many people go their entire life without ever seeing it. If you're willing to get up early (just before sunrise) this morning (Thursday) you can actually see it fairly easily due to its location in its orbit. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48683086#.UCyGPEJI2Yc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H.R. Shove and Stuff Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 My second favorite inferior planet It is/will be easy to see. Get up 1-1.5hr before sunrise(depending on your location), find Venus and Jupiter (the two brightest bodies in the sky at the time) and draw a line through them towards the horizon and there Mercury will be! It is visible throughout mid-August, but will be brightest tomorrow/this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hivedestruction Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 My second favorite inferior planet It is/will be easy to see. Get up 1-1.5hr (depending on your location), find Venus and Jupiter (the two brightest bodies in the sky at the time) and draw a line through them towards the horizon and there Mercury will be! It is visible throughout mid-August, but will be brightest tomorrow/this morning. Awesome! I see Venus and Jupiter perfectly when I'm leaving for work in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 My second favorite inferior planet Venusian. It is/will be easy to see. Get up 1-1.5hr before sunrise(depending on your location), find Venus and Jupiter (the two brightest bodies in the sky at the time) and draw a line through them towards the horizon and there Mercury will be! It is visible throughout mid-August, but will be brightest tomorrow/this morning. Great advice! :phil: Sunrise here is at 0616. I'll see what I can see at 0430-0500. Aka - oh-dark-thirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITROHOLIC Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 so thats what that was this morning. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 My dad used to point it out to me all the time when he drove me to school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members conky Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Did anyone catch the meteor shower the other night? Saw a ton of them streaking across the sky. Tried to get pics but they didn't turn out good at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cryptosonic Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Clouds sucked, and for some reason I never have a good western horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H.R. Shove and Stuff Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Venusian. Great advice! :phil: Sunrise here is at 0616. I'll see what I can see at 0430-0500. Aka - oh-dark-thirty. Hey! Venus is a cool planet. The brightest thing in the sky besides the sun and the moon! Brighter than any star. It's also the only planet that rotates clockwise in our solar system as well. If it wasn't for 95% carbon dioxide atmosphere and the crushing pressure, I'd go! Did you see anything? I'm going to look tomorrow as I'm driving down to Hanford :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H.R. Shove and Stuff Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Did anyone catch the meteor shower the other night? Saw a ton of them streaking across the sky. Tried to get pics but they didn't turn out good at all. We have a moon garden at our school... got together a bunch of friends and layout in it watching the meteor shower! It was pretty good, a lot of really slow movers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AluminumFalcon Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Is the red planet Mercury like the crimson eye of Cerberus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Astrophotography is something I'd like to get into!once took a pic of venus and jupiter in a single shot, then cropped them closer to each-otherit's a pretty crazy feeling when you see planets are actual spheres rather than sizeless points of light in the sky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members busdriver72 Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 "A good friend of mine follows the stars.......Veuns and Mars are alright tonight..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 caduceus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members H.R. Shove and Stuff Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Astrophotography is something I'd like to get into! once took a pic of venus and jupiter in a single shot, then cropped them closer to each-other it's a pretty crazy feeling when you see planets are actual spheres rather than sizeless points of light in the sky! Nice! My ex-gf was way into astrophotography. Have you ever seen Saturn through a telescope? We had a few observatories at my previous school, and being able to see saturn and the rings was the coolest thing I've seen through my eyeballs. Highly recommended if you want to feel small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members H.R. Shove and Stuff Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 ^Phil met that guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 Nice! My ex-gf was way into astrophotography. Have you ever seen Saturn through a telescope? We had a few observatories at my previous school, and being able to see saturn and the rings was the coolest thing I've seen through my eyeballs. Highly recommended if you want to feel small. Haven't looked through a telescope in a decade.... :/ I've seen saturn though, both as a dot and as a vaguely shaped thing though a good camera lens. Just a couple weeks ago, I was looking at smallish beginner mirror telescopes. I might be better off with a powerful mirror lens for my M4/3 camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 ^Phil met that guy *jealous* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 One day I'm gonna design a pedal/pedal art after Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Yup - one of my grandfathers worked at Mt Wilson & Mt Palomar. I got to meet some pretty heavy-duty astrophysicists and astronomers when I was in my pre-teens and early teens. I was pretty fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cisco Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 ^^^^ 6th-grade camp'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted August 17, 2012 Members Share Posted August 17, 2012 I've seen Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus through my telescope, but I've never had the fortune of catching Mercury. I've got nowhere nearby with a good flat western horizon. I live on the east coast though (like five minutes walk from the sea), so I could easily get up early to see it then but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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