I wany to know where I can find the planets with my telescope at a given time of night (or day). Where can I find information about this on the internet? Not needing to be purchased please.
2006-12-25 10:04:01 · 6 answers · asked by Pip 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Hi. Your best bet is to download your own copy of the free "Stellarium" program. That way you can run on a laptop in real time as you observe. : http://www.stellarium.org/ The program has a night mode which darkens the screen to help your eyes stay dark adapted.
2006-12-25 10:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US NASA has some neat stuff in this area.
Searching for planetary ephemerides reveals this site.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?ephemerides#planets
It looks as if you can tailor your results fro your position on Earth.
Near Earth Objects other than planets are covered by this simulator. Check out Apophis. There will be two close calls in 2029 and 2036. This simulator also shows the position of planets, but not in the ordinary telescope system.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?sstr=Apophis&group=all
2006-12-25 11:52:41 · answer #2 · answered by SeryyVolk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Nasa.gov or space.com. They usually work. or just try msn or yahoo.
2006-12-25 12:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to google curious about astronomy...gl
2006-12-25 11:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by James O only logical answer D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
astronomy.com
skyandtelescope.com
2006-12-25 12:09:52 · answer #5 · answered by singbloger1953a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try these links
http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/cal/astro.htm
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Solar/action?sys=-Sf
2006-12-25 10:16:00 · answer #6 · answered by rocks_life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋