New link added:
http://www.heavens-above.com/ - Use this website to track the space station, other satellites, when you can see them pass over! The website also tracks comets, planets, and shows a picture of the orbits of the planets.
What's in the sky tonight?
March 12, 2012
-Jupiter and Venus are just 3.1 degrees apart today in the west. They are at their closest tomorrow where they appear exactly 3.0 degrees away from each other. Today however, they appear exactly level with each other.
-After locating Jupiter and Venus, at around 8:00pm EST turn 170 degrees at the same level to your left. You will see a red dot, this is Mars calmly rising in the East. Mars is at its highest around 1 in the morning. It appears 13.8 arcseconds wide in a telescope, the largest it will appear until 2014.
Astro Picture of the Day:
March 12, 2012
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Ever wonder what the night sky would look like if you took a 4 hour long exopsure with your camera? You'd notice the stars generate neat star trails of how they've progressed over the course of 4 hours. They revolve around the north and south poles in this 360 degree panorama taken in Mudgee, New South Wales, Austrailia.
Note* This picture has been adjusted to not stretch the forums. If you want to see the full picture go
here
Terry's photo of Jupiter-Venus pair last night (conveniently hovering over the Toronto cityscape):
