1. The camp fire
The same show
Through centuries
Twinkle little star
I WONDER WHAT
YOU ARE?
too brilliant to ignore, by far
Photo Linda (Oregon)
2. The Venus and Jupiter Parade
• Venus and Jupiter very eye-catching when
both are “near” the Moon (20th June)
• Many photos, many locations, many thanks!
this trio looks the same from each, but
latitude causes different orientations.
• Jupiter harder to see (and photograph); it is
about 10X further than Venus. In most slides,
it was visible, on the 22 inch LG monitor while
editing.
• The Venus-Jupiter line is part of “The Ecliptic”
3. Dubai
The dots are Venus (lower) and Jupiter.
Here, nothing else is bright enough to
push its light through the haze
Dubai
24 May 2015
Unacknowledged photos from Dubai(Graham)
4. Internet for Latitude-Longitude
• Today we swap the
bonfire for the internet
• for LATITUDE differences
Watch
the moon orientation
or . . .
Melbourne Dubai
Same Moon
Same night
Different Latitudes
Shaun (Melbourne, Australia)
5. Maylands, Western Australia
Same Night
Same Venus- Jupiter Line being seen, from
Lake Tahoe; Rotated, from Maylands
Different LATITUDE
( . . . for LATITUDE differences)
Or Watch the
Venus- Jupiter Line
K Csaba (Maylands)
Deborah (Lake Tahoe)
6. 24 May22 May
48 hours of moon progress
26° of moon progress
Internet for Longitude
7. Internet for Longitude
• for LONGITUDE differences
– (not so easy but not impossible!)
– The Moon speed
• Moon is fast (1km per sec)
which means 13° in 24 hours
– Note hours between
photos
– Get a simple telescope
• Measure angle change
between the two locations
Shaun, Melbourne
8. Venus
Venus
Jupiter
Jupiter
First photo (from Shaun, Melbourne)
During orbit, Moon passes Venus first.
In Melbourne, moon is just past Jupiter
Second photo (from Dubai)
Moon is further past Jupiter.
Earth spins TOWARD east
Melbourne photo made first
Melbourne is EAST of Dubai
Shaun (Melbourne)
31. MARCH 20
At LEFT, What was SEEN by everyone on EARTH
Start at the bottom
Earth Horizon (West)
The SUN, 1-2 hours
after sunset
Jupiter
(near East )
Moon
.
Venus
The line-up at left is an edge-on view of
the circles below; THE SUN is below
the EARTH horizon; move away from
Horizon to VENUS then JUPITER
32. MARCH 20 to June 20
Orbiting – Angle of sweep is 90° for Earth
About 150° for Venus (the closest planet to Sun is fastest)
About 10° for Jupiter; (distance shown to sun is about 1/5 actual)
33. • From Earth’s June position, Venus and Jupiter
are now in line.
• Within 2 months, Venus and Jupiter (from
Earth) will be in line with the sun
– Venus in front of sun
– Jupiter behind
JUNE 20 (three months later)
34. Twinkle, way up there, afar
Even if you’re not a star. . .
Stars don’t move, so maybe, can it
Be that you’re a tiny planet?
Graham
Dubai
Venus and Jupiter Parade
Linda (Oregon) Many thanks to all who took the
trouble of sending this variety of
scenes you have been able to enjoy
Next post will be what the Education
business could be doing better ,
using the sky as a resource.
