Stars over Mt. Whitney
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:32 pmby Florian
An amazing image of the night sky over Mt. Whitney .:.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090827.html [corrected url]
Just thought you all might enjoy.
-Florian
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:13 pmby zippetydude
Florian? Was that the link you intended to post?
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Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:05 pmby physicslord
Well that was interesting nonetheless.
I think I heard that story once too.
Huh.
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:17 pmby FIGHT ON
now that's my kinda post!
Stars over Mt. Whitney
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:50 pmby neverwashasbeen
Florian, I'm sure most everyone enjoys the story in Snopes, but I for one would like to see the stars.
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:57 pmby HikeUp
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:07 pmby FIGHT ON
regardless, that is one amazing shot!
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:13 pmby Florian
Oh fudge! Sorry everyone. I somehow pasted the wrong link. This is of course the link i meant to post .:.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090827.html
-Florian
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:15 pmby Florian
I'm always very careful to double-check links when i paste them into posts. Argh. Sorry. Thanks you guys for the corrections.
-Florian
Posted:
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:57 pmby phydeux
Looks like that was taken just after sunset about this time of year. If you want to actually see Jupiter, its that distinct white dot in the southeastern sky after the sun goes down (go out around 9PM). It'll be visible all night long as it travels across the southern sky, disappearing in the southwest just before sunrise.
Go outside at 5AM and you can also see Venus; its the brightest thing in teh eastern sky just before sunrise.
(YMMV depending on smoke and cloud cover).