December 1, 2008
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A Note About This Years
Best Astronomical Conjunction!
For Friends in Europe…..“The great conjunction offers something extra to Europeans. For more
than an hour on Monday evening, the crescent Moon will actually eclipse
Venus. Astronomers call such an event a “lunar occultation.” Venus
emerging from the dark edge of the Moon is a remarkably beautiful
sight. Sky watchers across Europe will be able to see this happen.When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look south. Beaming
through the twilight is one of the prettiest things you’ll ever see–a
tight three-way conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon.
The event is visible from all parts of the world, even from
light-polluted cities. People in New York and Hong Kong will see it
just as clearly as astronomers watching from remote mountaintops. Only
cloudy weather or a midnight sun (sorry Antarctica!) can spoil the show.”
Comments (6)
Very Cool!!!
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks. I knew what I was looking at when I got off work.
I saw this in Fukuoka last night! Yes, very cool!!
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I bet it looked a little different in Japan than here in the states. They say in Australia it looked like a giant smiley face, but over here it looked more like a sad face. lol
Hey Bee…
Thanks for the comments. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did. I meant to comment on your Wal-Mart post.. but got busy with other stuff. BTW.. did you hear about the shooting in the Toy’s-R-Us store over a toy???? How stupid can people get!!! We didn’t really go anywhere shopping on Friday, but elected to stay home and stay safe! To many crazy people out and about in the DC area.
Be blessed!
Phil