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There's a moon in the sky called the moon

Postby Мастер » Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:40 pm

And a planet (I think) below it, as it sinks towards the horizon in the western sky, reflecting off the river.

What did I see?

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Re: There's a moon in the sky called the moon

Postby Arneb » Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:53 pm

Jupiter

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Re: There's a moon in the sky called the moon

Postby Enzo » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:37 pm

The moon will have moved by tomorrow, it moves roughly 15 degrees a day. My helpers were the pointer stars of the big dipper are about 5 degrees apart. and if I hold my hand out arm's length, and spread my index and pinkie fingers as far apart a I can - a sign language Y - they are roughly 15 degrees apart.
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Re: There's a moon in the sky called the moon

Postby MM_Dandy » Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:25 pm

Nearly full again. Just one and a half cycles until the eclipse!
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Re: There's a moon in the sky called the moon

Postby Мастер » Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:11 pm

Arneb wrote:Jupiter

How do I know this? That's how. Great resource. Doesn'T take too much diskspace, is available for any number of operating systems. I punched in Singapore as the location, went back to the time of your post, and had a look around.


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Re: There's a moon in the sky called the moon

Postby Arneb » Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:31 pm

Have fun! :D
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