Hello,
Lin, Joe wrote:
> Has anyone ever tried to view the stars/planets during the day? Naked
> eye I was able to follow the magnitude -2.5 Jupiter for about 30 minutes
> past sunrise, after that it was lost in sky glow.
>
> Using an 8" Dob, the summer triangle star Vega was still brilliant a
> full hour after sunrise (and likely would continue to be hours after
> that).
>
> What is the faintest star one can see in the day with a 8" reflector?
>
> Joe
The most recent planet that we observed during the day was Venus on Mar 5
(http://observers.org/tac.mailing.list/2008/Mar/0144.html) when it was close to
the crescent Moon. Once you find it it was easily visible with binoculars. My
wife could see it with naked eyes, but I could not (I have around 2 diopters
myopia and my glasses are a bit below that).
We've seen at broad daylight Venus, Jupiter (or was it Saturn?), and also comet
McNaught (http://observers.org/tac.mailing.list/2007/Jan/0353.html) - all with
binoculars.
Regards,
- Alex
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