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Planets?

  • 20-06-2007 2:56pm
    #1
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭


    What are the planets that are visible in the sky to the naked eye these days/nights?


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  • #2
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    Jupiter is the most prominent at the moment. It is the really bright one (brighter than any of the stars) appearing relatively low in the horizon. Recently, if you looked up at Ursa Major, you can see Venus in that area of the sky too. I'm not sure if it's still visible.

    Someone else will tell you more! :)


  • #3
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Thanks. It must be Jupiter that I am seeing then.


  • #4
    Dr Pepper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭Dr Pepper


    This is a picture of the sky tonight at 23:30:
    http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.asp?Y=2007&M=6&D=21&H=23&N=29&Lat=53.4&Lng=-6.467&Loc=Dunboyne&TZ=GMT&SL=on&SN=on&BW=0&SZ=500

    You can change the time and date down the bottom and press submit to update the image.

    As Kevster pointed out, Jupiter is prominent in the South while Saturn and Venus are just about still visible in the West these evenings (but not for long). An interesting thing to consider is that all of the planets pass over our sky every day/night, it's just that we can only see the bigger/closer ones when they appear in our sky at night. Try putting in a time of 11:30 (am) into that website and you will see that Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Mars (and Uranus which is not show on this website) all pass high in the sky above us during today.

    The planets are very low in the sky (at night) this time of year because we are approaching the Summer solstice (wait, it's actually today!!).

    Happy hunting!


  • #5
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    This is apparently the longest day of the year so; isn't it? The clocks don't go forward or back an hour do they? :confused:


  • #6
    Dr Pepper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭Dr Pepper


    It's just the day with the longest time between sunrise and sunset (I won't make the mistake of saying that it's the day with the most hours of sunshine for obvious reasons, this is Ireland after all ;) ).

    The longest day (in hours) is the last Sunday in October (28th Oct this year) when the clocks go back one hour.


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  • #7
    Flukey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    Jupiter is towards the South these nights and Venus is towards the northwest, just after sunset. It is always near to the Sun. Saturn has lost its prominence now, compared to a few months back, although it is still visible at certain times, so it is just those two that are the most prominent.


  • #8
    Able
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭Able


    There is a programme called "Hallo Northern Sky" which I find useful. Google it and have a trial run.


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