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Posted by itch on Jul-11-2004 08:24:

Astronomers help needed

Woke up this morn @ 6:30, my cat woke me, & as i was letting him out, i had a look @ the sky & saw this huge looking star. I didn't have my specs on, & eyes were still getting out of the waking up stage, so it got a bit blurry & seemed to be getting bigger! I was really worried, like "holy shit, it's armageddon", but of course this is just my imagination, fatigue & paranoia playing tricks on me.

Anyways, i started searching for this old telescope i have, it's really quite mediocre, but it worked OK. It's a bit messed up tho: it slides down slowly even tho the screw is tight. So after zooming, focusing, losing sight of the 'star' & starting over i managed to see that it was not a massive star, but actually a planet (there was a crescent shape). So i was just wondering what planet that could be. Is it mayB Venus or Mars? If u know how i can find out or even know, drop me a line.

Posted by Ondrayce on Jul-11-2004 09:55:

Its either Venus or Mercury.

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/astronomy/eve_morn.html

Posted by itch on Jul-11-2004 11:21:

thnx. i think i saw venus. it was pretty big. & quite amazing to see. i think i'm gonna go join up @ astronomyaddict.com