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Originally Posted by Jowel
My word...
Last night at twilight me and my wife had a shocker of an evening trying to spot planets. Astronomy 2010 is decent but for an absolute beginner I really need some pinpoint locations of where to look for planets. Even if I found something that looked like a planet I wasn't sure which one it was!
I'm gonna download some free software, perhaps Stellarium, and see how I go...
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Yes, its tricky but Stellarium will help.
Many of us know where the planets are in the west cos we are watching them regularly. Venus is blazing away, so thats one you cant miss. Mercury is quite bright but very low on the horizon. Mars and Saturn are not so bright at the moment as they are a long way away.
Check out this pic taken by Stephen a few days ago (in solar system imaging section).
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...se.php?a=79231