NGC 2023 in the Horsehead's Shadow
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:58 am
dave boling
dave boling
Page 99 of 247
dave boling
Doing your own viewing - Spot the Station
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:06 pm
The NASA website, Spot the Station, allows you to input your location, by city, and get a list of times the International Space Station will be visible (weather permitting). It even tells you where to look. Here's an example from where I am:
----Date---------------Duration---Max Elevation-----Appears-----------Disappears
Mon Apr 9, 8:28 PM----3 min-----------29°------10° above NNW-----28° above NE
The "-" don't appear in the display, but the forum editor kept suppressing the spaces I added to make it more legible.
For a rough guide, yer fist held at arm's length with yer palm perpendicular to the ground is about 15°, so the max elevation listed above would be about two fists above the horizon.
This site has been up for quite a while, but I don't recall ever mentioning it. So, get off yer duffs (unless you're in the middle of a session), go outside, and see the brightest object (save the sun, moon, and odd supernova) in the night sky. With a reasonable telescope, or even a healthy set of binoculars, you can make out a bit of the shape of it.
Slan,
dave boling
----Date---------------Duration---Max Elevation-----Appears-----------Disappears
Mon Apr 9, 8:28 PM----3 min-----------29°------10° above NNW-----28° above NE
The "-" don't appear in the display, but the forum editor kept suppressing the spaces I added to make it more legible.
For a rough guide, yer fist held at arm's length with yer palm perpendicular to the ground is about 15°, so the max elevation listed above would be about two fists above the horizon.
This site has been up for quite a while, but I don't recall ever mentioning it. So, get off yer duffs (unless you're in the middle of a session), go outside, and see the brightest object (save the sun, moon, and odd supernova) in the night sky. With a reasonable telescope, or even a healthy set of binoculars, you can make out a bit of the shape of it.
Slan,
dave boling
NGC 247 and Friends
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:17 am
dave boling
Twilight in a Western Sky
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:36 am
dave boling
I Brought You the Moon
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:37 am
dave boling
Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:38 am
dave boling
The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:27 am
dave boling
Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 6:46 am
dave boling
NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:35 am
dave boling
NGC 3324 in Carina
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:28 am
dave boling
Painting with Jupiter
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:25 am
dave bolng
NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:30 am
dave boling
The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 6:38 am
video
dave boling
dave boling
Dragon Aurora over Norway
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:23 am
dave boling
Re: "He's your son!!" of APOD
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:27 am
dave boling