Let it load. Once you see the planets click anywhere on the page to start the model.
On the left click on the telescope. It will open facing south. put your mouse on the screen, left click and move the sky to the left until it says West in the center.
Go to the bottom where you see the time and date, click on that and it will bring up a calendar and a clock. Move the clock forward till you see the sunset (around 6 pm). Now click on the days of the calendar and you will see how the sunset sky will look on that date. You will notice the sun moving to the right a little bit each day etc.
Next
Go to the bottom where you see the arrow on the left side of the time. click on that, it will bring up another arrow, click on that and the sky will start going forward in time. Wait a bit and you will see the sunset tonight, wait a bit more and you will see the sunset for Friday night, on and on. Click on the arrow at the top right corner for full screen.
More fun
Here is a video where the camera stays focused on the milky way, you can see how the earth moves
Posted by David Dagoli on January 22, 2015, 5:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 201.138.179.202
Mind blown! Gracias!
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Re: Venus and the Moon
Posted by Bret B on January 23, 2015, 8:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 187.148.135.214
All these great pictures on the board lately (especially from David Dagoli) have motivated me to get out and try some new things while the weather reporting is slow. Night sky photography is a good hobby for this time of year, when you can actually see the sky at night. In the summer, it seems like we can go for weeks without seeing a clear night sky.
Thanks to Clare who called me two nights ago about this great scene with Venus and the Moon. I had just enough time to trot down to the arroyo mouth to get this shot (after editing):
You can see Venus and the Moon, with Mercury down in the afterglow between the bird rock and the illuminated fishing boat. Because I used a fairly long exposure time (10 seconds), the "Earthglow" that illuminates the dark part of the moon is so strong that it combines with the overexposed sun-illuminated crescent to make the Moon look almost full.
I have to confess that part of my enjoyment of photography is the editing to bring out the best image hidden in the original shot. I spent a while working on this one. Here is the unedited original that I started with (only resized for the message board):
And here is a more close-up shot of Venus and the Moon:
Thanks to David for the motivation to get started, and to Clare for being the lookout, and to Daniel for finding those cool websites for the skygazers and photo nerds among us!
I'll try to get a few other nighttime shots posted if anyone is interested (Comet Lovejoy, Jupiter and its moons, maybe more...).
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Re: Venus and the Moon
Posted by Daniel H on January 23, 2015, 9:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 201.133.153.245
Really incredible Bret, you are truly a Jewel, I bask in your ripples.
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Re: Venus and the Moon
Posted by Judy B on January 23, 2015, 9:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 201.138.178.181
More please Bret. This is fabulous.
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Re: Venus and the Moon
Posted by stephanie on January 23, 2015, 9:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 187.148.142.172
Fabulous Bret...please keep them coming and thanks!
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Here's my contribution
Posted by Rob Boyes on January 23, 2015, 10:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 201.138.181.111
Thanks ,Brett, for your shots.
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Re: Venus and the Moon
Posted by Lew L on January 23, 2015, 10:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Venus and the Moon" 201.138.180.121
Congratulations to Bret, David, and Rob for great photos. Daniel; thanks for the encouragement. Lew
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Re: Venus and the Moon
Posted by Randy on January 25, 2015, 10:00 am, in reply to "Venus and the Moon" 187.148.141.22
on January 22, 2015, 8:00 am
