The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.
Mercury
Getting Out When Its Clear
Submitted by ebfaulkner6a on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 6:29pm.If you haven't been out to see Venus and Mercury at their closest now is the time. The night is clear, looking west from a clear western horizon, stretch out your arm and about 1 1/2 - 2 fist high you will see Venus. Of course you can see it clearly since it is very bright. Now if you know the distance of the two outer stars of Orions Belt, they are just over 2 and nearly 3 degrees apart. Venus and Mercury are just over three degrees apart, with Mercury to the right of Venus at a 0.2 magnitude. Venus is at -3.9 magnitude considerably brighter. The next we
9 Astronomy MIlestones for 2009
Submitted by myamiphil on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 12:10pm.
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Unexpected sighting
Submitted by ebfaulkner6a on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 2:07pm.Setting up my sd Skysensor controlled Vixen mount in front of my yard when I noticed the day or 2 day old Moon in the west, just down the street (so it seemed). I also noticed a "bright star" southeast of the Moon and questioned myself could that be Mercury?
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