0n (24 Jun 08) Mark Lewis wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 ML> Hi Cindy,
 ML> In a message to Roger Nelson you wrote:

 CH>  Isn't it Jupiter that we are seeing when we see a 'bright orb' near
 CH> the moon? It's not Venus.. this would be later after Venus sets.

 ML> that would depend on what you call "near"... at the time
i'm writing

 Okay. The only cosmic body big/bright (reflective) enough to be seen
'next to' as it were, a full mooon has to be Jupiter? That is when you
look up and see the full mooon, a finger held up in your visual feild
next to the moon- there it is.. In the same visual field.
..............

 ML> this, the moon is still below my horizon and Jupiter is about 20
 ML> degrees up to the South-East (that's 135 degrees on the compass)...

 That sounds right. :) I don't mean actual nearness, I mean as in
how/where we see them in the sky.
                                 
 ML> Pluto is about 34 degrees high at roughly 150 degrees on the
 ML> compass...

 ML> then, on the other side of the sky, mars is only 3 degrees up at 286
 ML> on the compass and saturn is right there near it 7 degrees high at 280
 ML> degrees on the compass...

 Remember whenwe were suppsed to be able to see Mars? It looked pink
 to me.

 ML> oh yeah, it is 11:34PM Eastern time... if you're in FLA, then you
 ML> should be pretty close in sightings to me ;)

 The trees are in the way for any horizon views. In Texas you had huge
skyscape but would need to get away from the city lights to see
anything but the full mooon and venus and of course, bu dau the sun 

It was in Texas I first say the moon at the same time the Sun was up
(past 7 am in the summer).. that was awesome. I can't say how many
degrees above the horizone it was oh let's see... facing south and the
moon to the west I'd say it was about half way betrween the horizon
and stright up.


Cindy

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