en ee eaten 2 pee e Bo | ‘November’ S = astronomy. calendar ‘Morning Sky Looking South Overhead By Allen. Wootton This article marks .the be- ginning of the fourth year that I have been writing monthly ar- ticles on astronomy. In each of those years I have written something about the planet _ Jupiter. I have done so because Jupiter is such an interesting planet to observe and because you can see these things with just a pair of binoculars. | think Jupiter is.a fitting subject for the beginning of another year of articles, It’s easy to see Jupiter just now. If you look out in the morning sky you cannot miss seeing this very bright object high overhead. At the begin- ning of the month it rises in the east sometime after 9 p.m, but later on you will-see it earlier and earlier in the morning. Planets have been of special interest to people for a long time. From night to night the planets seem to change position amongst the stars and the word planet shows this; it comes from the Greek work planetes, which means wanderer. The movement, of the planets doesn’t occur just anywhere but only in the region of the ~ sky near where the Sun’s path, the zodiac, is located. The stars that occupy this area make pat- terns called constellations, these are the zodiac constellations, Without a telescope the easi- ly seen planets look just like -bright stars,and their move- ment amongst the zodiac con- stellations suggested to some people that the planets and the constellations through which ‘they wandered might have ‘some special powers to affect ‘human destiny, Nowadays we should know better... “In the past 20 years space- “eraft have changed our under- standing of the planets a great deal as well. It is easy to take for granted the amazing photos that have been relayed to earth and to de-emphasize what an individual person can see with ‘simple and easily available equipment. To keep track of the position of a planet ‘amongst the stars, for example, all one needs is a notebook in which to record where a planet is located compared to some nearby bright stars over a period of a few weeks or mon- ths. This is a good time to start such an observing program on Jupiter because it will be easily visible until next spring. Jupiter is presently in the constellation Gemini so you will see it fairly near the bright stars Castor and Pollux. Jupiter is really good to. look at with binoculars, too. When Gallileo looked at the planet _ with a telescope in late 1609 and early 1610 he was able to | see that it was a disc, not a point of light like the stars. As well, he saw four of Jupiter’s moons (now called the ‘‘Gal- lilean moons’’) revolving around the planet and this was © an exceedingly significant observation, At that time the accepted dogma was that the earth was the center around which everything revolved. But the moons of Jupiter didn’t. A pair of 7x35 binoculars is every bit as good as, and prob- ably better than, Gallileo’s original telescope, so you can see the disc and moons too, If you have never before looked at Jupiter with binoculars 1 think that when you do, you - will be excited in the same sort of way that Gallileo must have been almost four centuries ago. You will see a small, bright - disc and up to four-specks of light that indicate the moons.- ~~ If you sketch what you see and then take a second look an hour or two later, you will see that the moons have moved. Though I have observed this . many times I still get, a lot-of © i pleasure from seeing the moons ‘and their movements. You can keep track of which moon is which, as well. Some- times you will see the moons all ‘lined up on one side of Jupiter. At other times there will be some on one side and the rest on the other. Then there are - times when only two or three moons are visible and the . others are either in front of, or — behind Jupiter. Diagrams that show what you can expect to. see at any particular time can be found in astronomy magazines like Astronomy or _ Sky and Telescope. The Ter- race Public Library subscribes to Sky and Telescope, so you can find this information there. . The diagrams usually show the positions as they would appear - in a telescope, however, and _ these images are inverted. In binoculars the positions will be ‘the opposite of what is shown | in such a diagram. The Terrace Astronomical Society will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Caledonia Senior Secondary School, room 108. The meetings consist of a discussion of some aspect of astronomy followed by an- " observing session if the weather permits. New members are always welcome. As well, the Astronomical Society operates observing . nights on clear Tuesday eve-. nings. From 8 p.m. to about 10 p.m. telescopes will be set up in the park near the Terrace. - Public: Library for anyone, to. Jook through. | voces pice EA ue acm ema a ra a ‘The path of the just is as “J the shining fight, that shin-’ | eth more and more unto the vf perfect day. . Proverbs 4: f I 8 ‘| Mass Times: .. Sundays: 9:00am. OMA : "4830 Straume Avenue . |, 3602 Sparks Sacred Heart Catholic Chureh. _ ; Pastor: §.- Saturday: 7:30 p.m. Fr.Allan F. Noonan. 11:30 a.m. "635-2313 St. Matthew’s Anglican Episcopal Church of. ‘Sunday Services: 10:00 a.m. Priest in Charge: ~. | “Sunday School classes ara held during the 9.a.m. service. Child Ven. JA. 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