On 9/18/2010 8:16 AM, Leo Weigant wrote:

> On a walk with some Howard County folks along the
> Patapsco recently
> a knowledgeable fellow ("Richard" is all I caught)
> explained the this conjunction
> is even more remarkable because Uranus is very
> nearby in the sky, also.
> It is dimmer and "greenish" in color.

Here is a web site that shows the conjunction and 
gives more information about it:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100918.html

> According to
> the web site I Googled,
> it should be fairly visible to the upper left of
> Jupiter . . . which will be reversed
> to lower-right by your scope's lens, most likely.

No, birding scopes show everything as you normally 
see it. Some astronomical scopes show everything 
upside down and backwards.

Les

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Havre de Grace, MD

The eagle looked down on the river below
And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell 
like a stone
And the big salmon fought but the talons held true
And he shuddered as the world turned from silver 
to blue
                               Steve Earle