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From: Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
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Subject: Re: OT, but non-political.
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:52:41 -0000 (UTC)
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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.
>> >
>> >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)