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For all those in the scrubbed-sky region behind the remains of Hurricane/Tropical Storm/Tropical Depression Frances:
I'm in the NYC metro area, And it rained the part two days, but today the sky is clear as a bell. Not a cloud in sight. The crescent moon is visible, and so is... Venus.
Yes, Venus, plain as, well, day. About 6 Deg from the Moon, say the width of your palm at the base of your fingers; at 7:00 if the Moon were on the face of a clock dial, from our lat. and long. It is in gibbous phase right now, and magnitude -4.
To spot it, stand in the shadow of an awning or a building, find the moon, and search the sky. Be patient. Once you see it, it will be impossible to miss.
Just a little tidbit for afternoon visitors to your museum, or for your co-workers.
Marc Taylor
Coordinator, Andrus Planetarium
Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 963-4550 x223
Fax: 963-8558
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Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [astro-l] OBJECTS IN THE SKY TONIGHT
In a message dated 9/10/2004 12:05:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Jim Caffey" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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>GANG, Im doing a massive star party (1000) people tonight, and was needing coods and epochs for anything interesting not on Messiers card, like double stars, clusters, etcs, viewable through a 16-inch. Computer controled. Please include the epoch. 2000.0 or 2004.0 or whatever... thanks and sorry for the short notice!
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Hi:
Do you have a copy of the _Night Sky Observer's Guide_? How about _Burnham's Celestial Handbook_? Burnham's is at E1950.0, but any planetarium program will show you the current RAs and declinations.
Either of those books will supply plenty of objects arranged constellation by constellation.
Even better, perhaps, is a copy of the program Skytools.
Failing any of the above, I doubt you'll exhaust what can be seen in the Messier over the course of one evening! If you do want to highlight a few other objects, try <http://www.skyhound.com> for some good ones.
Oh...and the difference between 2000 and 2004 is really not enough to worry about. ;-)
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Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:_Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
<http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html>
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