Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Peter Krieger looks for Jupiter in Jupiter, Florida

Jupiter, Florida (Jupiter Florida Newswire)
Renowned astronomer, Peter Krieger brings his 12 foot mobile telescope to Jupiter, Florida to take pictures of the gas giant, Jupiter.  With clear Florida skies, Peter Krieger aimed his telescope to the south-southwestern sky to hone in on the planet Jupiter.

"Since I have always been fond of the planet Jupiter, I thought why not take pictures of the planet Jupiter from my favorite Florida town, Jupiter", said Peter Krieger, "We were lucky enough to catch a spectacular clear sky and from the south point, we were able to take some wonderful pictures from my 12 foot mobile telescope".

Peter Krieger, who built his first telescope at the age of 8, has been an avid astronomer for over 45 years. Krieger hopes to return to Jupiter, Florida soon with the new telescope he is building, a mobile 18 foot telescope.



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6/27/2006 1:56:44 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [5] 
 Monday, June 26, 2006

Jupiter in the July Sky

July will be a great month to view Jupiter in the night sky.

To see Jupiter, scan the sky about 10 p.m. early in the month of July to find Jupiter high in the south-southwest. By mid-month, this giant gas planet will have moved deeper into the southwest, where it can be found between the constellations Virgo and Libra.

Despite the light-polluted skies over Florida, Jupiter is a negative second magnitude object, making it very visible. At July's end, it is easily seen in the southwestern sky after dark.

You still have a chance to see Saturn. It will be gone in a few weeks, as it is in the west-northwest and moving lower on the horizon each night and providing a zero magnitude (very bright) view. Mars is in the same west-northwest area as Saturn, but higher. Later in July, Mars (first magnitude, bright) can be found in the arms of Leo.

- Peter Krieger


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 Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Jupiter Florida resident gets stoned
Bob Walshon, a Jupiter Florida resident claims he was hit in the back by a meteorite.

"I came for the fishing," quipped the 51-year-old Jupiter health care consultant Monday, recalling why he had moved to the area. "I thought I'd be getting hit by a bunch of dolphin."

Walshon, who was knocked by the rock six years ago as he was pulling weeds in front of its house, in northern Jupiter, said "Who did that?"...But no one was around that he could point a finger at.

The green and the stone coal of wood-coloured stained by gold were too hot to handle, it said. Thus it let it cool, then stored him in a drawer.

But Walshon's neighbor, Mike Pollutro, is so certain the rock is a meteorite that he's e-mailed specialists to confirm it.

"So that no one assumes Walshon's local discovery rained from the planet of the same name, Pollutro pointedly refers to it as the "Jupiter, Fla." meteorite."

- Peter Krieger

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 Friday, June 16, 2006

Jupiter's Red Spots to Collide
Juptier's two red spots are about to collide...or at least close to it. According to NASA, around July 4th will be the closest approach of Red Spot Jr. and Red Spot Sr.



These spots, are in reality are the two biggest gas storms of the solar system. The largest storm has winds that blow over 350 miles per hour and has been around for hundreds of years. The smaller storm has been around for only 6 years, but has winds of the same speed. Check it out yourself...Jupiter is out early in the evening twilight, before any other star and quite bright. You can find it halfway up the southeastern sky at sunset.


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 Sunday, June 11, 2006

Astronomy Blog

My name is Peter Krieger and I live in Florida. I am an avid astronomer and look forward to posting many obsevations and information to this blog. Of particular interest to me is the Planet Jupiter. I have studies the big as giant for years and frequently view it in my observatory when it is visible in the sky. Stay tuned for more pictures and information...

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