RE: New Astrophoto
February 13, 2012 at 5:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2012 at 5:51 pm by Jackalope.)
(February 13, 2012 at 5:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So there are two bright lights in the Western Sky, one about 30 degrees above the horizon and one a lot higher up. I figure one must be Venus or something. Any idea what the other is?
If you could be more vague, it would be helpful.
What time of night and what timezone?
The winter night sky has many of the brightest stars visible from the northern hemisphere. Depending on the time of night, you might be seeing Sirius and Procyon - though they won't be in the west until late in the night. Since you said they're in the west, could very well be Venus and Jupiter - if you're taking about earlier in the night.
Venus will be in the SW sky after sunset, and it will be the brightest starlike object in the evening sky, by far. Jupiter will also be in the SW sky after sunset, and will be the second brightest starlike object in the evening sky, not nearly as bright as Venus, but noticeably brighter than Sirius (the brightest star other than our sun).
It's been fucking cloudy as hell here so I couldn't say for sure without knowing the time and location and throwing up a star map.
One hour after sunset, looking SW:
![[Image: jupiter_map_mid.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.nightskyinfo.com%2Fmaps_images%2Fjupiter_map_mid.png)
