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afc tukrish:
--- Quote from: Ghost Town on September 21, 2023, 04:58:20 pm ---I was out and about and driving about 4am; Jupiter was about 50 degrees up in the southern sky. So if you think of the horizon as 0 degrees and directly above your head as 90 degress, Jupiter was more than half way up.
Venus was only about 10 -15 degrees or so up from the horizon in the east, being chased by the rising sun
It was a beautiful early dawn to be out and about in
EDIT: Just saw that you took a picture of the sunrise, so it depends on what time exactly. By 6.45 to 7.00am ish, when the sun rose Venus would have been much higher, arouund 30-35 degrees, so it looks like that's what you saw if it was in the lead up to the sunrise
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In case anyone was wondering, Ghost Town's planetary dork status has been thoroughly established... ;)
reddebs:
--- Quote from: Ghost Town on September 21, 2023, 04:58:20 pm ---I was out and about and driving about 4am; Jupiter was about 50 degrees up in the southern sky. So if you think of the horizon as 0 degrees and directly above your head as 90 degress, Jupiter was more than half way up.
Venus was only about 10 -15 degrees or so up from the horizon in the east, being chased by the rising sun
It was a beautiful early dawn to be out and about in
EDIT: Just saw that you took a picture of the sunrise, so it depends on what time exactly. By 6.45 to 7.00am ish, when the sun rose Venus would have been much higher, arouund 30-35 degrees, so it looks like that's what you saw if it was in the lead up to the sunrise
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It just after 6am so the sun wasn't up yet.
rob1966:
--- Quote from: reddebs on September 21, 2023, 07:39:05 pm ---It just after 6am so the sun wasn't up yet.
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Looking east at that time it may have been sirius, that's in the east at this time of the year in the mornings
reddebs:
--- Quote from: rob1966 on September 21, 2023, 09:04:19 pm ---Looking east at that time it may have been sirius, that's in the east at this time of the year in the mornings
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Interesting.
I've inadvertently got pics of Jupiter and Venus when the moon's rising but it's the first time I've noticed a bright star at dawn.
Terry de Niro:
--- Quote from: rob1966 on September 21, 2023, 09:04:19 pm ---Looking east at that time it may have been sirius, that's in the east at this time of the year in the mornings
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Are you sirius?
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