Which are  the brightest stars to my right flying Chicago-Zurich on 29 March 06 departure 18.25?
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the flight path would start off heading northeast, hours later it would be due east, then a bit to the southeast over europe (to follow the arc of the great circle between the two cities).  from an altitude of 35,000 to 40,000 feet, you would be able to see stars that are typically below the horizon at those latitudes.  sitting on the right side of the plane, you would be looking south.  for the beginning of the trip, you would be looking at the winter stars, including sirius (the brigthest star in the sky), rigel and betelgeuse (in orion), and procyon.  saturn will also be visible in this direction and will not be quite as bright as sirius.\n\nmars is not very bright at this time -- definitely no brighter than surrounding bright stars.  after a local time of 10pm, jupiter will rise in the east, so by a local time of 1am, it would be a very bright object in the southern sky and visible out your window.\n\nvenus is only visible in the morning sky now, so you would only see it as you were approaching europe.  it can be either an evening star or a morning star, but never both at the same time.  venus is never visible at or near local midnight.\n\nto get the local time, you would have to know what timezone you were in at each point in your flight and adjust from u.s. central time as you fly.
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The brightest star in the sky is Sirius (aka the Dog Star) and it is sort of bluish, and iridescent.  It flashes so many colors that I have many times had people convinced it was a plane and bet me money it wasn't a star, only to see it sitting quite still among the stars for hours.  THis star would have probably been on the western horizon pretty late, like around 2 or 3 am (it's usually rather high in the south when I go to work at 10pm).\n\nMars, being rather red, is also quite visible recently, and would be hovering near the horizon also quite late.  Mercury is always near the sun, and is likely to be seen in the west just after sunset (but I can't say for sure, since I haven't seen it recently--it's usually already set by the time I wake up for work).  And it seems like I recently saw Venus being quite right, and it should be setting a few hours after sunset.\n\nIf you give the color and the time, I could give you a better answer.
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Check http://www.wunderground.com/sky/index.asp
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Tomorrow, 4/13/06.  At least according to my calendar.  We cannot see the moon here as we have had rain for about six weeks straight.  I would love to see it!!
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am curious why you asked. but i hope this can help: it's first quarter on march 31,1974 at 1:43 and full moon on april 6, 1974 at 20:49. therefore, or, maybe it is a gibbous moon on the 3rd of april 1974.\nam a space buff. this is my email add: tongsoy@yahoo.com.
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i don't know about when the last lunar eclipse occurred but the last solar eclipse occurred on 29th march 2006
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On Wednesday, 2006 March 29, a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor which traverses half the Earth.
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Only Mars and Saturn are visible.  Towards the end of April, Jupiter will appear.  If you get up early in the morning, you might still be able to catch Venus and Mercury.
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I live in a small town in the midwest and make it a point to go out and do some stargazing.  The street lights do wash out some of the dimmer stars, but there are still a lot of stars to see.  Going out into the countryside will reveal a lot more stars.  Not only the stars though, in the last week I have also seen Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury..and the most fantastic cresent moon in the early morning.  If a person can get up into the mountains at night (no mountains where I am at), the sky is very full of stars...way too cool.
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Below is a complete site that the Exploratorium in San Francisco put together for the eclipse that happened on 29 March 2006.  You can see a map of the full path of it, as well as watch videos of what totality looked like.
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march 29, 2006\nhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2006/
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33, Chicago, Illinois
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look at the moon in mid feb
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It is the 14th of March 2006 and if you are in the US, you should be able to see it at moonrise- good image below of a map of the visibility ranges
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Greetings,\n\nIt was probably Sirius the Dog Star.  One of the closer stars to us and when it twinkles it appears red, blue, green, and is really big for a star.\n\nIt was NOT a planet, as planets don't twinkle.  Jupiter is bright, but it's not very high up in the sky at 8:00 pm.  Venus is currently only up in the morning.  Saturn is a dim yellowish star in Gemini.  Mars is a dim orange star between Taurus and the Pleides.\n\nSo to sum up, it was most likely Sirius.\n\nYou can use the link provided for a interactive star chart that is easy to read and use.  Simply plug in your city and state and the time of day/night you want to see and most of the visible stars will show up along with the planets, comets, and a few other deep space objects.\n\n-matt
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Well, this depends somewhat on where in the world you live...if I'm in the U.S and it's noon, I won't get to see a lunar eclipse in Asia where it's midnight.\n\nThat said, you should really check out the transit of Mercury.  Mercury passes directly between us and the Sun, and you can see it pass over the Sun's bright disc.  It will be visible for most of the western hemisphere this Wednesday, Nov. 8th.  This event won't happen again for another decade.\n\nYou'll need some kind of telescope with adequate solar protection (I can't stress this enough - you will go blind if you look through a telescope at the Sun without a proper solar filter).  If you don't have this, ask your local planetarium or science center...they may have some public viewing event.  Otherwise, check out the live webcast below.\n\nSome websites:\n===========\nNasa's soft science PR piece, but has local times for the transit:\nhttp://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm\n\nA more scientific NASA page on the transit:\nhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/transit06.html\n\nLive transit webcast from Kitt Peak:\nhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/
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Look for North Star !!