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by Aries
Sun Sep 22, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City (2024 Sep 22)
Replies: 19
Views: 2789

Re: APOD: Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City (2024 Sep 22)

Thanks Chris, I didn't think of that and using your ray lines on my print came to more like 4.5 solar diameters high in photo. And I just used a solar dia. of 1/2 degree when it really was 31.83' or .53 deg. Yes I am using a program for local ALT/AZ for Chicago and changing the time by seconds to ge...
by Aries
Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City (2024 Sep 22)
Replies: 19
Views: 2789

Re: APOD: Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City (2024 Sep 22)

Just some guessing here. Something is definitely wrong. The description just says mid Sept. so?? I'm sure that the street is laid out east west and the picture is taken from some floors up in the building built over the street below and the sun at infinity is pretty much west. Therefore what fits ti...
by Aries
Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Saturn: 1993 - 2022 (2022 Aug 19)
Replies: 15
Views: 5344

Re: APOD: Saturn: 1993 - 2022 (2022 Aug 19)

Wouldn't Jupiter have crossed paths during the conjunction?
by Aries
Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Mars-Saturn Conjunction (2022 Apr 09)
Replies: 7
Views: 3666

Re: APOD: Mars-Saturn Conjunction (2022 Apr 09)

Interesting that I was looking at Jupiter / Saturn two nights later at 50X and the rings of Saturn were quite visible and over twice the diameter of the globe. Your shot appears to show almost straight on edge / no rings? I've not seen it like that before. Thanks for sharing Titan!