abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper ) (09/15/84)
Does anyone know of radio stations in Baltimore or Washington that carry the "Stardate " programs? Brint <abc@brl.arpa>
faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (09/18/84)
In fact, I suspect that a lot of people would like to know where and when this can be heard. Could the current list of stations broadcasting this, with times, if available, be posted? ....!hplabs!faunt
dipper@utastro.UUCP (Debbie Byrd) (09/22/84)
The view of the night-time sky would appear very familiar -- and very different -- if you stood on Mars. We'll tell you about the night sky from Mars -- -- in a moment. September 15 The Night Sky from Mars How would the night sky look from the surface of the planet Mars? Well, the Martian sky has all the same familiar stars we see on Earth. The stars are so far away that the short hop to Mars would make no perceptible difference in the visible stars. What's more, because Mars rotates on its axis in a way similar to Earth -- the Martian star background would appear to rise in the east and move toward the west -- just as we see from Earth. This movement would be a bit slower than we're used to, though -- since the Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than ours. Mars also takes longer to go around the sun -- about twice as long as Earth does. So the Martian seasons are twice as long -- and the same stars are visible for a longer period of time -- before each starry scene passes from view into the sun's glare. As for the other planets, they'd seem a little different from Mars. For example, Venus -- OUR brightest planet -- would appear fainter from Mars -- while Jupiter -- the planet next outward -- would appear much brighter. And there'd be a splendid celestial object never seen in Earth's sky -- a double pinpoint -- one dull white, and the other brighter and tinged with blue. That would be, of course, the planet Earth and its moon -- as seen from the planet Mars. Script by Diana Hadley and Deborah Byrd. (c) Copyright 1983, 1984 McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin