Planet Locator

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  1. OhWiseOne

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    Attached is a site that I found which allows you to input your local information to find planet positions. You can input a vast array of information and it will generate a map of the planets positions.

    Just found it interesting if anyone cares to use it.

    WWU Planetarium - Planet Locator
     
    #1 OhWiseOne, Jul 5, 2011
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    Very cool!
     
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    Oh.......
     
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    Thats very interesting. Thank you for the link.
     
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    I thought it was really cool.
     
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    It is.:smile:
     
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    Interesting! :p
     
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    That's a handy little applet, nice find!

    If you want something a bit more immersive, try Stellarium: Stellarium

    Free, as detailed as you make it, good user-interface and FREE! :)
     
    #8 bobbyboyle, Jul 6, 2011
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    Thanks for the info.
     
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    I've got the moon and pluto in my sky. ;)
     
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    Are they flirting in the night sky...lol
     
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    They are. ;)

    Pluto's saturn uranus, too ;)
     
    #12 Joll, Jul 6, 2011
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    Uranus is always getting in the middle of everything..
     
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