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  attention skygazers bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) - 2016-01-29 07:44 +0000
    Re: attention skygazers bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) - 2016-01-29 07:51 +0000
      Re: attention skygazers Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-29 09:23 +0100
        Re: attention skygazers bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) - 2016-01-30 07:03 +0000
          Re: attention skygazers Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-30 09:25 -0600
            Re: attention skygazers Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-30 22:00 +0000
              Re: attention skygazers bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) - 2016-01-31 10:38 +0000
      Re: attention skygazers mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-29 10:33 +0000
        Re: attention skygazers Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-29 11:46 +0000
          Re: attention skygazers mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-29 14:59 +0000
            Re: attention skygazers Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-29 16:39 +0000
      Re: attention skygazers JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 16:33 -0600

#158104 — attention skygazers

For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.  This somewhat rare
happenstance has no astronomical or astrological significance.

As usual, Mercury is the sticky wicket.  This elongation is not particulary
favorable for viewers in the Northern Hemisphere, so success in spotting
it will require an unobstructed view of the Southeastern horizen.  (Note
that if I have my spacial geometry correct, it *is* a favorable elongation
for viewers in the Southern Hemisphere.)

For mid-temperate latitude viewers in the Northern Hemisphere, at approximately
an hour and fifteen minutes before sunrise, bright Jupiter will be high in the
sky toward the West-Southwest.  Almost due South, and not quite halfway
up the sky to the zenith, reddish Mars is alone in a dim star field.  Further
towards the Southeast, and lower in the sky, is yellowish Saturn.  Do not
mistake it for nearby Antares, a red star of comparable magnitude to the
lower right of Saturn.  Further to the east and lower still, brilliant Venus
will be unmistakable.  A bit more to the east and lower yet is Mercury.
Mercury is quite bright, outshone only by Venus and Jupiter, but its proximity
to the sun means it is often lost in the sun's glare.  By the time Mercury
rises high enough in the sky to clear the atmospheric haze near the horizon,
its contrast against the brightening dawn is starting to diminish.  Binoculars
can be helpful to spot it at first, then find it with your eyes relative to some
landmark.

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#158105

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
>may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.

Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.

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#158113

In article <56ab1985.9642765@nntp2.rawbw.com>,
Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
>>may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>
>Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.

Welcome to the home of topic drift and off-topic threads that
somehow manage to home back to the original topic after some 
2-3 digit number of postings.

-- mrr

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#158240

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:23:19 +0100, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid>
wrote:
>In article <56ab1985.9642765@nntp2.rawbw.com>,
>Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
>>On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
>>>may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>>
>>Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>>appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
>
>Welcome to the home of topic drift and off-topic threads that
>somehow manage to home back to the original topic after some 
>2-3 digit number of postings.

A moose once bit my sister...

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#158257

bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) writes:

> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:23:19 +0100, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid>
> wrote:
>>In article <56ab1985.9642765@nntp2.rawbw.com>,
>>Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
>>>On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>>>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
>>>>may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>>>
>>>Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>>>appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
>>
>>Welcome to the home of topic drift and off-topic threads that
>>somehow manage to home back to the original topic after some 
>>2-3 digit number of postings.
>
> A moose once bit my sister...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened
end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law;
an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies

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#158311

On 2016-01-30, Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> wrote:

> bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) writes:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:23:19 +0100, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <56ab1985.9642765@nntp2.rawbw.com>,
>>> Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the
>>>>> unaided eye may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>>>>
>>>> Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>>>> appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
>>>
>>> Welcome to the home of topic drift and off-topic threads that
>>> somehow manage to home back to the original topic after some 
>>> 2-3 digit number of postings.
>>
>> A moose once bit my sister...
>
> No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened
> end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law;
> an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies

We apologise for the fault in the subtitles.  Those responsible have been
sacked.

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#158345

On 30 Jan 2016 22:00:04 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

>On 2016-01-30, Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> wrote:
>
>> bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:23:19 +0100, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <56ab1985.9642765@nntp2.rawbw.com>,
>>>> Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the
>>>>>> unaided eye may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>>>>> appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the home of topic drift and off-topic threads that
>>>> somehow manage to home back to the original topic after some 
>>>> 2-3 digit number of postings.
>>>
>>> A moose once bit my sister...
>>
>> No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened
>> end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law;
>> an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies
>
>We apologise for the fault in the subtitles.  Those responsible have been
>sacked.

Mind you, moose bites kan be pretti nasti...

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#158124

On 2016-01-29, Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
>>may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>
> Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
> appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
>

Thanks for that info.
(Nothing to do with computers?. Don't let that stop you.) I would think that
most here are interested. Now, to round up some maidens to sacrifice:)


-- 
greymaus
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#158130

On 29 Jan 2016 10:33:04 GMT
mausg@mail.com wrote:

> On 2016-01-29, Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
> >>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the
> >>unaided eye may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
> >
> > Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
> > appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
> >
> 
> Thanks for that info.
> (Nothing to do with computers?. Don't let that stop you.) I would think
> that most here are interested. Now, to round up some maidens to
> sacrifice:)

	Don't look in Tallaght.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith                          |   Directable Mirror Arrays
C:>WIN                                      | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
You lose and Bill collects.                 |    http://www.sohara.org/

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#158140

On 2016-01-29, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On 29 Jan 2016 10:33:04 GMT
> mausg@mail.com wrote:
>
>> On 2016-01-29, Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>> >>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the
>> >>unaided eye may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>> >
>> > Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>> > appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
>> >
>> 
>> Thanks for that info.
>> (Nothing to do with computers?. Don't let that stop you.) I would think
>> that most here are interested. Now, to round up some maidens to
>> sacrifice:)
>
> 	Don't look in Tallaght.
>


Holles St.? :) 

-- 
greymaus
 .
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...

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#158146

On 29 Jan 2016 14:59:06 GMT
mausg@mail.com wrote:

> On 2016-01-29, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> > On 29 Jan 2016 10:33:04 GMT
> > mausg@mail.com wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-01-29, Colonel Bleep <bleep@compy.0-0> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep)
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the
> >> >>unaided eye may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
> >> >
> >> > Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
> >> > appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.
> >> >
> >> 
> >> Thanks for that info.
> >> (Nothing to do with computers?. Don't let that stop you.) I would think
> >> that most here are interested. Now, to round up some maidens to
> >> sacrifice:)
> >
> > 	Don't look in Tallaght.
> >
> 
> 
> Holles St.? :) 

<grin>

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith                          |   Directable Mirror Arrays
C:>WIN                                      | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
You lose and Bill collects.                 |    http://www.sohara.org/

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#158180

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:51:23 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep)
wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:44:14 GMT, bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) wrote:
>>For the next several days, all five of the planets visible to the unaided eye
>>may be viewed at the same time in the morning twilight.
>
>Whoops.  My apologies... wrong newsgroup.  Although some of you may
>appreciate that information, it contains no computer folklore.

I happen to find it interesting.

-- 
JimP.

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