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Rachel spotted what I'm pretty sure was a planet this evening, around 7:30. She even called it such. It was in the southern to southwestern sky. It seemed too bright to be a star, as there was still some residual light from the sun yet.
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http://ephemeris.bjmoler.org/unaided.htm
I believe that was Jupiter. I googled "Michigan visible planets October"
My husband the astronomy buff advises you to get a star chart. :)
It was Jupiter, magnitude -1.50.
I use Stellarium, a "free open source planetarium for your computer".
Not an astronomer. but you might like this site:
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=118
We are doing astronomy this quarter - but haven't seen any planets! BTW, the star on the SC state flag is Venus, because it is so easily seen from our state.
You might like this:http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
star chart for the computer.
I tagged you for a meme, BTW!
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