From: Jel Coward <[log in to unmask]>
> Hi all
>
> I have a question - praps a little off topic so I will apologise in
> advance.
>
> I would like some info on a star - the twinkly variety.
>
Brilliant. Something interesting;-)
> About 3 weeks ago I was looking south-ish and fairly low in the sky (I
> guess an elevation of about 30 degrees) I noticed a bright star that was
> twinkling red, green, yellow and white. It was stationary (well seemed to
> move about the same as the rest of the stars through the evening/night) -
> and I have seen it since although less bright. I was not the only
> observer of this star.
>
> Has anyone got any ideas as to what star/planet it is?
>
What time was this? I have a planetarium prog(s) and should be able to
give you a short list. The brightest thing in the south at the moment is
Jupiter, but it doesn't really twinkle.
> Also - can anyone point me to any good astronomy sites so I can learn more
> about the stars - and/or software to do the same.
>
www.nasa.gov/ - huge site naturally with lots of planetary pictures as well
as Hubble Sapce Telescope, etc
www.skypub.com/ - Sky and Telescope magazine site. The magazine is
very good.
www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/ - find the link to the astrophysics/cosmology pages
- *brilliant*
PCW this month has a planetarium prog, but you need to download
QuickTime 3 which is 7MB:-( to run it. It's not bad.
Redshift 3 is good, and you can pick up Redshift 1 or 2 pretty cheaply.
Some PC magazines have given them away for nowt:-)
Dr David J Plews
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