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Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« on: March 12, 2012, 11:21:30 AM »


The pairing of Jupiter and Venus in the sky is set to reach its closest point in the coming days. Despite being vastly far from one another in space, the conjunction will make them appear just a few degrees apart in the sky - about the width of a pair of fingers held at arm's length. The pair can be seen to the west-southwest, shortly after sunset Venus is the brighter of the two, and Jupiter will appear to move in a line past it for the rest of the month.

 The Slooh network of telescopes will be broadcasting the conjunction live on the web from 02:30 GMT on Monday morning.  http://events.slooh.com/

This is an active period for planet-watchers. Last Monday, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in more than two years. But the spectacle is not over. February saw the Moon join the celestial dance with the planetary pair; it will return in late March, appearing to head up and past the descending Jupiter and then Venus. The most anticipated planetary event for 2012 will be the transit of Venus in early June, when it will appear from some locations on Earth to pass in front of the Sun.
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2012, 09:47:49 AM »
Must be what I saw night before last...

I thought those were some might bright stars 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2012, 10:57:43 AM »
Very bright and visible last night before the storm...Should be great viewing tonight.
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2012, 11:04:53 AM »
I saw it last night too. Very cool.
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 08:05:57 PM »
Looked awesome from my front porch.
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 11:07:50 PM »
They had a three way with the moon back awhile ago.
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2012, 08:49:28 PM »
The new moon is right up there with them if you go look right now 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2012, 09:08:08 PM »
Gorgeous sky tonight!
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2012, 09:47:54 PM »
Gorgeous sky means cold tonight, frosties for everyone tonight.
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2012, 12:06:10 AM »
I remember the Age of Aquarius was when Jupiter aligned with Mars - so what is this one?

The 5th Dimension Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2012, 08:16:24 AM »
That song makes me feel all nostalgic and totally groovy, man. ;0)
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2012, 03:13:44 PM »
Here's another one from The 5th Dimension...

this was kind a general theme song for a lot of people in the 60s~70s 8* 8* 8*

Fifth Dimension - Up Up And Away [HD video / Good(+) picture quality]
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2012, 01:09:57 PM »
Quote from: BigRedDog on March 25, 2012, 08:49:28 PM
The new moon is right up there with them if you go look right now 8) 8) 8)

I took the video camera outside and took a short video of this...

I wish I would have taken the tri-pod so it would have been a little steadier ;) ;) ;)

Venus, Jupiter and the New Moon 03.25.2012.wmv
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Re: Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2012, 01:15:07 PM »
Nice... :)
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