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Ooh, thanks to this thread I've just realized what I'm looking at right now to the south-west. A rare clear night in Blackpool!
They're so bright, I thought they were the ISS and something else, but now I realize I'm probably looking at Venus and Jupiter? Is the crescent moon there too? |
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Nice landing.
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Not too many shuttle landing left.
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Interesting series of videos including landing of Endeavour. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...85589#27985589
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Occultation of Venus by the moon takes place after 3.35pm depending on where you are. See http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10777
More interesting is its re-emergence at after 5pm. Then the moon, Venus and Jupiter should be pretty trio in the sky. The ISS will pass over at 5.16pm. |
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It's something I havn't seen before, so I saw for the first time as the planet emerged from behind the moon at around quarter past five. A really good view with binoculars. Venus appeared from behind the bright part of the moons face like a small light on the surface that got brighter, pity it wasn't from the darker area. I'm glad I saw it and I caught the whole spectacle as it happened.
Didn't see the iss but an airbus flew over the top of the moon about the same time.
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It's something I havn't seen before, so I saw for the first time as the planet emerged from behind the moon at around quarter past five. A really good view with binoculars. Venus appeared from behind the bright part of the moons face like a small light on the surface that got brighter, pity it wasn't from the darker area. I'm glad I saw it and I caught the whole spectacle as it happened.
Didn't see the iss but an airbus flew over the top of the moon about the same time. ![]() |
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Looks awesome from South Wales.
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Looks awesome from South Wales.
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It's something I havn't seen before, so I saw for the first time as the planet emerged from behind the moon at around quarter past five. A really good view with binoculars. Venus appeared from behind the bright part of the moons face like a small light on the surface that got brighter, pity it wasn't from the darker area. I'm glad I saw it and I caught the whole spectacle as it happened.
Didn't see the iss but an airbus flew over the top of the moon about the same time. ![]()
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Here is a picture of Venus emerging from behind the moon See http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...g?t=1228156804
This is of the moon Jupiter and Venus. See http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...g?t=1228158381 Oh these were taken by a friend of mine up in Cheshire. |
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I saw it! Dashed home for my camera and then tried to get to some high ground to avoid trees due to only having a 'normal' digital camera and it was all gone behind clouds
![]() It looked like the front cover of a children's nursery rhyme book - totally black sky, brilliant crescent moon and two large 'stars' just to the right of the moon. Lovely.
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Anyone see Venus/Jupiter tonight?
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moon, venus, jupiter
Yes Henry. I was not sure if it would be visible tonight - yesterday was very cloudy - but the crescent moon was lovely, with two glowing lights to the right of it. Buckinghamshire.I could not see it in London though.How long will this phenomenon be visible for?Regards
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Yes Henry. I was not sure if it would be visible tonight - yesterday was very cloudy - but the crescent moon was lovely, with two glowing lights to the right of it. Buckinghamshire.I could not see it in London though.How long will this phenomenon be visible for?Regards
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Both planets look gorgeous tonight.
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Wow Wow Wow. What a picture! See http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081203.html
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Wow Wow Wow. What a picture! See http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081203.html
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The next mission to Mars has been delayed.
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Another wow picture of the occultation of Venus. See http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081204.html
This one is pretty amazing too. See http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081205.html |
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And if you have some spare time over Christmas...
...and you want to contribute to the science of astronomy here's how you can do that:
The Galaxy Zoo website at http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ has been looking for helpers to categorise galaxies into their different types. The background science aspects are covered here http://www.galaxyzoo.org/Project.aspx. If anyone is interested in taking part, there's more information available from here http://www.galaxyzoo.org/Tutorial.aspx. |
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On this day in 1972 the crew of Apollo 17 took this beautiful photo.
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Two very bright stars out towards the south/south western area of the sky again. Are these still Jupiter and Venus only them drifting further and further apart?.
The one more to the west has a slightly red tinge off it, unless my eyes are playing tricks on me |
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