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  • Jupiter in direct motion

    From kelleher.gerald@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 23 13:30:33 2022
    The great planet is now coming within range of the satellite's camera where the Earth and Jupiter at are opposite ends to each other in our Sun-centred system-

    https://www.theplanetstoday.com/

    https://sol24.net/data/html/SOHO/C3/96H/VIDEO/

    There are so many, many features to comment on and anyone is free to mark the differences with the other planets, depending on whether they move faster or slower than the planet itself, how Mercury and Venus appear as they move behind the Sun,
    differences in brightness depending on the closeness to Earth and many other topics within reach of any genuine researcher.

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  • From kelleher.gerald@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 25 10:38:39 2022
    https://sol24.net/data/html/SOHO/C3/96H/VIDEO/

    Because Jupiter moves much faster than Saturn, its journey from left to right is much slower than Saturn as it moves in direct motion against the background stars. It is also much brighter in appearance for the same reason that it is closer to the Earth.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?fred__k._engels=C2=AE?=@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 27 08:35:58 2022
    WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!
    The Chicom have just launched another massive 22 spy satellites into orbit!!!!!!!

    So, How's that pretty picture astro photography horseshit® working out for
    ya?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EoAHdwGBvU

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  • From kelleher.gerald@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 28 00:56:07 2022
    The Webb telescope site provides a wonderful complimentary graphical facility to put the Earth/Terran system in context of the central Sun including the inclusion of the light/dark hemispheres of the Earth normally omitted from other websites-

    https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

    With Jupiter firmly within range of the C3 camera on the opposite side to the Earth from the Webb telescope, this new feature of solar system research should be really satisfying for those will to make the effort-

    https://sol24.net/data/html/SOHO/C3/96H/VIDEO/

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  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 2 10:20:17 2023
    Jupiter is presently transitioning from a twilight to dawn appearance as it changes position from left to right of the Sun-

    https://sol24.net/data/html/SOHO/C3/96H/VIDEO/

    Jupiter's actual motion is from right to left gauged against the background stars but unlike Mercury which recently transitioned to an evening appearance in its motion from right to left, Jupiter moves slower than the Earth it will be seen changing
    position with the stars as a reflection of the Earth's own motion.

    The framework which permits today's observers to put the motions of the planets in the context of a central Sun is the same one by which the 365/366-day calendar system is constructed which in turn provides the basis for the Ptolemaic system on which
    Copernicus based his hypothesis for a moving Earth in a Sun-centred system. The framework was unknown to Copernicus and Galileo and resolves an issue that nobody could at the time of the Galileo affair.

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  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 3 12:27:30 2023
    Familiarity with the planets as they come and go behind the Sun becomes a labour of love as the satellite keeps an eye on the central Sun while the planets display their own characteristics depending on their size, luminosity, distance from the Earth,
    the unique diffraction spikes and lots of other identifiable traits.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV4Hj3PsBnI

    It is easy to spot Mars as it is the slowest moving from left to right while Venus, as it passes between the Earth and the central Sun is brightest around the end of October and into November. Mercury dims as it approaches the Sun while Venus remains
    fairly steady as do the rest of the planets.

    A pure privilege to have the satellite with a limited time span while everyone else does nothing.

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