Friday Five Time
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1. How many stars can you see in the sky at night where you live? (Not looking for an exact number here, just a general description.)
Increasingly less, as Sydney grows brighter... Parts of Orion & the Southern Cross are getting fainter & the sky is nowhere near as full as it was when I was growing up
2. What is your favorite constellation?
Well, as an Australian, it had better be the Southern Cross... though we do see Orion from a different perspective to the northern hemisphere - he's upside down!!
3. Are you able to see and identify any planets in the sky? Which ones?
Mars is easy to spot, as it has a distinct reddish tinge, Jupiter is another easy one. I usually only see Venus if I'm up very early, or it's setting very late
4. Have you ever seen a satellite orbiting above the earth?
Yes. Again, not as often as I used to see them growing up, but that may also be because I don't spend as much time sitting outside looking up as I used to... Every now & then I've seen the ISS going over
5. Have you ever seen a rocket blasted off into space?
No. We don't do much of that down here... & I haven't been to Florida, China, or Russia... yet
1. How many stars can you see in the sky at night where you live? (Not looking for an exact number here, just a general description.)
Increasingly less, as Sydney grows brighter... Parts of Orion & the Southern Cross are getting fainter & the sky is nowhere near as full as it was when I was growing up
2. What is your favorite constellation?
Well, as an Australian, it had better be the Southern Cross... though we do see Orion from a different perspective to the northern hemisphere - he's upside down!!
3. Are you able to see and identify any planets in the sky? Which ones?
Mars is easy to spot, as it has a distinct reddish tinge, Jupiter is another easy one. I usually only see Venus if I'm up very early, or it's setting very late
4. Have you ever seen a satellite orbiting above the earth?
Yes. Again, not as often as I used to see them growing up, but that may also be because I don't spend as much time sitting outside looking up as I used to... Every now & then I've seen the ISS going over
5. Have you ever seen a rocket blasted off into space?
No. We don't do much of that down here... & I haven't been to Florida, China, or Russia... yet
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Date: 2022-09-23 01:52 pm (UTC)2. Doesn’t have one.
3. Only moon and sometime Venus.
4. Yes I did…
5. Nope.
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Date: 2022-11-04 11:47 pm (UTC)When i first arrived in Australia it was weird to look at the night sky and not recognize the constellations. I had had no idea how familiar i was with the old set.