[vox] [fwd] [OT] Snuggling Up to Mars

[R. Douglas Barbieri]

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I am so blown away by:

1) How cool Kstars is! I used to have a Win32 application that I lost,
and this app is better (plus it's free, and it runs on Linux). :-) The
only feature I'd like to have is to be able to position the POV off of
the planet (so I can look at the solar system from the "top").

2) How bright Mars actually is! It almost looks like Jupiter, it's so
big and bright. It's amazing how it shined through last night even right
next to a gibous moon. I am planning to bust out my (small) telescope
for some night sky viewing tonight--maybe I'll see more than canals...
:-)

On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 10:58, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:54:54PM -0700, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> > Somewhat more on-topic:
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> > If you're not sure where to look for Mars in the night sky, you can fin=
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> > using KStars.  You can tell it your location, which celestial body to f=
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> > on, etc., and then you've got a much better idea of where it is.
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> That's exactly how I did it the other night.  In fact, since KStars isn't
> installed on my wife's laptop, I ran ssh -X to my box upstairs and
> launched it.  It ran _amazingly_ fast, for going over a network!  (100Mb)
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> Anyway, if you've never seen Kstars, to get it!  (Debian users can just
> apt-get install, I think...  I'm running KDE3, so you _might_ need to fin=
d
> a backport)
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> > In the case of Mars, right now in Santa Rosa, it is a bright object to =
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> > right of the moon.  And the moon is easy enough to spot.
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> Yeah, it's been fun to watch the little speck move more and more right-wa=
rds
> (relative to the moon) over the last few days.  I need to get ahold of
> a telescope soon...  my fuzzy eyes + binoculars doesn't really cut it. ;)
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> -bill!
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R. Douglas Barbieri
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