Re: OT, but non-political.

On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:32:30 -0800, Robert Woodward wrote:

In article <vn6qac$h7g$1@reader2.panix.com>,
 jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
 

In article <vn6pvn$b64j$1@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
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Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

 
I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe you
don't need much of a telescope.

 
I believe that you need a very dark sky (not easily available in the
21st Century).

As it happens, later this week I'll be headed out to
one of the dark sky areas in western Maryland that I found last
summer. I'll take a sky map with me, my binocular, and try to
find Uranus.
https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yoursky
(default view)