Three stars

[philw]

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 ??

[Jdietz]

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

[Jdietz]

There you go, star is Regulus:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-june-12-20/

[philw]

Thanks very much and appreciate the link.

Thanks again.

Phil.

[naboo]

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.

[nev]

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?.

[Frank James]

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.