Thursday, December 29, 2011

The morning sky......


Mercury and Antares are just rising in the southeast, while in the southern sky Saturn and Mars are both visible. This is the program Stellarium, which is your own planetarium on your computer, with everything moving just as it does in a real planetarium. You can zoom in on the various objects, move to one of our other planets for a different view of space, and save the pictures by using CTRL + S. Want one of your own? Come with me to the website.

This is one of the nicest freebies you'll ever find, so enjoy it.

2 comments:

  1. Geez Ray, Either you need new glasses or mine need replacing from last year. I can't see a GD thing except black, just like your old brownie camaera used to produce back in the 50's.

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  2. @ Peter -

    Try cleaning the alligator poop off your spectacles - or click inside the image to enlarge it to mind-blowing normal size :)

    And "outer space" in this context doesn't mean "the rough" on your local golf course!

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