2007-06-08 15:07:54 · 6 answers · asked by b.Lo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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Skywatcher's Diary
June 8, 2007
If you are out observing soon after sunset, the Moon will be easy tonight. Begin looking 30 minutes after sundown. The Moon is then 7 degrees up and 9 degrees (a fist) to the south of due west. Venus is 20 degrees to the Moon's left and at the same height. Use binoculars to help locate the star Spica, between and slightly below Venus and the Moon, 8 degrees to the planet's right and 12 degrees from Luna. Mercury will be tough to spot, 7 degrees to the Moon's lower left and less than a degree off the horizon.
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2007-06-08 15:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by HearKat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Currently in the western sky we have a diagonal line left to right of the star Regulus in Leo (1.3), the planet Saturn in Leo (0.5), the planet Venus in Cancer (-4.3), and the planet Mercury in Gemini (1.2). I've given each object's brightness in stellar magnitudes, which is a reverse scale, brightest being smallest. So Venus at -4.3 is by far the brightest, Saturn at 0.5 next, then Regulus and Mercury almost the same at 1.2 to 1.3. Mercury is very close to the horizon, and can easily be missed in this grouping.
If you follow this line, which marks the ecliptic (path of the Sun through the sky), to the left, you'll see the star Spica in Virgo (1.0) and the planet Jupiter in Ophiuchus (-2.6), almost as bright as Venus. About 10° above Jupiter is the brightest asteroid Vesta (5.2), but you'll probably need binoculars to see that. Quite a spectacular lineup!
2007-06-08 16:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Venus is the brightest in west. Mercury is alot dimmer and below it. Saturn and Regulus above Venus (Saturn is slightly brighter than the star Regulus), and Jupiter all the way in the east opposite where the sun should be.
Venus and Saturn meet and almost touch each other in the end of the month.
2007-06-08 15:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well the bright planet in the west is venus. i think the ones to the N and SE are stars
2007-06-08 15:14:28 · answer #4 · answered by M&M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West - Venus (its been that bright and brighter since January). Southwest - Saturn. Southeast - Jupiter.
2007-06-08 16:03:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bright one low in the western sky just after sunset is definitely Venus.
2007-06-08 15:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by BP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋