Friday, May 25, 2007

Jestha sky: excerpts from article

Well, I have sent my second article to the magazine Science and Future. Here's an excerpt

...Saturn, Venus and Mercury are getting closer........These three planets will stay close for the rest of the month. On 22nd Jestha, Mercury (0.9) is a bit higher and is still lining up with the other two (...there's a map in the article)... Jupiter is also climbing higher everyday, and is very bright (mag -2.6) for the month....On 23rd, it will be at opposition...
14 JESTHA: Waxing Gibbous Moon close to Spica (0.98, Virgo)
17 JESTHA: Moon near Antares (0.96, Scorpius)
18 JESTHA: Full Moon (rises at 7:28pm)
Morning (before twilight): Antares-Moon within 3 degrees
Evening: Jupiter-Full Moon-Antares triangle
25 JESTHA: Last Quarter
28 JESTHA: Crescent Moon and Mars rise together before 2 am, both in Pisces constellation
1 ASHAD: New Moon

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