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Geminid meteors will appear to radiate from a region of the sky near the bright star Castor. Look for orangey Mars, near the head of Leo the Lion. Up to 140 meteors per hour are predicted in the darkest rural areas. This map shows the sky at midnight on the morning of December 13-14, 2009. Map created by Gary A. Becker using Software Bisque's, The Sky software... |
Seeing this eclectic grouping of planets requires you to be at your observing location no later than 30 minutes after sundown. Find Mercury first, since it will be low to the horizon and setting by 5:50 p.m. Jupiter, the brightest object in the early evening sky will be a no-brainer, but you’ll have to wait until darkness before Neptune becomes visible. Read the article above. Map created by Gary A. Becker using Software Bisque's, The Sky software... |
To view Neptune wait at least an hour after sundown and simply find Jupiter. The orientation of Jupiter’s moon is for a normal terrestrial view. Up, down, right, and left have not been interchanged. The numbers associated with the stars indicates their brightness. The more positive the number becomes, the fainter the star. Map created by Gary A. Becker using Software Bisque's, The Sky software... |