If the skies are clear enough I might be able to see five planets tonight. #astronomynerd
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@joshuahedlund are you viewing far outside the city? Forest Park?
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@33MHz Just the school field next to my house. Can't see much in the city but I've been trying to learn about what the ones I can... and some of the brightest ones are planets!
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@joshuahedlund, @andrew is an astronomy buff in a far away country.
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@joshuahedlund wait five? Venus, Jupiter, Earth, Mars, and the moon?
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@igmp_join the Moon would be cheating. @joshuahedlund
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@33MHz @joshuahedlund and the Earth wouldn't?
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@igmp_join @joshuahedlund well he can probably see it.
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@33MHz @igmp_join haha, I did see the Earth last night!
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@joshuahedlund @33MHz I saw Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Earth and the Moon tonight. Meant to get out my telescope and see if I could see Saturn, but it's not a good telescope and the light pollution is pretty bad.
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@igmp_join it's not a competition. And if it is, I win by not playing, right?
/@joshuahedlund
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@33MHz @igmp_join Hubble wins every time. Dang telescope.
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@33MHz it's not a competition, it's simply awesome.
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@igmp_join sounds like I'm winning.
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@igmp_join Nice, so what magnitude can you see then? If you can see any stars you should be able to see Saturn right now. I think. I could be confused tho.
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@joshuahedlund wait what? Really? I think the dimmest thing I could see and id was deneb. Vega, Arcturus, the handle from the big Dipper, were what I could see from one place, but I could find darker. Hmm.
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@igmp_join I've been using https://in-the-sky.org/skymap.php to get my bearings. IIUC sounds like Saturn is near opposition right now, so maybe brighter than usual, mag 0, left of Scorpius from where I stand.
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@joshuahedlund ooooh. I'll be checking on my way home tonight.
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@joshuahedlund too late to see Venus, but Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars have I seen tonight. That's awesome.
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@igmp_join V,J,M + Saturn (to the south) + Mercury (barely, near Venus, too close to horizon usually but I caught it last two nights)

I missed Mars tho cuz it doesn't clear my trees til my bedtime... Should be better in a couple weeks tho..
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