{"id":70,"date":"2013-08-12T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T14:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astronomyweek.org.uk\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:30:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:30:44","slug":"other-things-to-see-during-naw-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Other things to see during NAW 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_71\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 285px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/moon-on-5-march.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imageright size-full wp-image-71\" src=\"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/moon-on-5-march.jpg\" alt=\"The Moon as it will appear on 5 Mar 2013\" width=\"275\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/moon-on-5-march.jpg 275w, http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/moon-on-5-march-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_71\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moon as it will appear on 5 Mar 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During NAW 2014, the main attractions to look out for aside from Jupiter will be the <strong>Moon<\/strong> and, late in the evening, <strong>Mars<\/strong>. <strong>Saturn<\/strong>, with its spectacular ring system, rises early in the morning. The prominent constellation Orion will be on view, not to mention countless deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Orion Nebula<\/strong> will be easily visible even in small telescopes. It is the closest starbirth region, but don&#8217;t expect to see any new stars popping into view as you watch \u2013 they take tens of thousands of years to appear.<\/p>\n<p>For those willing to stay up until after 11 pm, there will be the unusual sight of the two brightest asteroids, <strong>Vesta<\/strong> and<strong> Ceres<\/strong>, quite close in the sky and near to Mars. But don&#8217;t expect a spectacular view \u2013 both are visible with binoculars only, and appear just as starlike points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/orion-nebula.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imageright size-full wp-image-72\" src=\"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/orion-nebula.jpg\" alt=\"The Orion Nebula\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/orion-nebula.jpg 480w, http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/orion-nebula-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Orion Nebula<\/strong>: Astronomers are often asked how far into the Universe they can see. This really depends on the transparency of our atmosphere at the time, the light-gathering power of the telescope and the size of the object observed. Amateur astronomical groups have telescopes capable of showing you objects that are hundreds or even thousands of times fainter than the eye alone can detect. This means seeing objects such as galaxies which are nearly halfway to the edge of the observable Universe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During NAW 2014, the main attractions to look out for aside from Jupiter will be the Moon and, late in the evening, Mars. Saturn, with its spectacular ring system, rises early in the morning. The prominent constellation Orion will be on view, not to mention countless deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. The Orion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1646,"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jupiter2014.astronomyweek.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}