June 13, 201510 yr To the west of Chiangmai, perfectly aligned, the lowest being the brightest. Situated at 10 O'clock looking west. About 9pm. Anybody know their names ??
June 13, 201510 yr Jupiter, Venus and some random star (I'll look it up in a minute) http://www.astroviewer.com/current-night-sky.php?lon=98.98&lat=18.8&city=Chiang+Mai&tz=UTC%2B7
June 13, 201510 yr There you go, star is Regulus: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-june-12-20/
June 14, 201510 yr Jupiter and Venus have been there for a couple of weeks, visible from sunset for a couple of hours. They will get closer together towards the end of the month and the moon will come close to them in about a week.
June 14, 201510 yr I thought when I opened this thread it was about the reason man city have 3 stars on their shirt, I heard maybe they are there just to make the shirt look pretty and make out they are a big club but I could be wrong?.
June 14, 201510 yr Thanks for asking about that. I was pretty sure the upper, brighter object was Jupiter, but wondered about the other one. I'll never forget the shock of wonder I experienced when I once looked at Jupiter through a friend's amateur telescope. Visible were the band of stripes with the "Great Spot" (reputed to be a storm that never dies out), and four moons. So hard to wrap one's head around the concept of a "gas giant", which is what Jupiter is, or so it is said.
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