Look outside at the moon now, go . . . I'll wait

Rabidlamb

I believe that is Jupiter right beside is at present.
http://earthsky.org/tonight

Wife wants to know will we see Jupiter's disc transit the moon :rolleyes:

I haven't got the heart to tell her.

MagicMarker

Heh, that's awesome. Looks just like a star.

akura

I had a look but it's too cloudy

arybvtcw0eolkf

Rabidlamb wrote: »

I believe that is Jupiter right beside is at present.
http://earthsky.org/tonight

Wife wants to know will we see Jupiter's disc transit the moon :rolleyes:

I haven't got the heart to tell her.

Tell her to go and ask Uranus.

My name is URL

Outside?

Frynge

I see it. It is really bright

Almaviva

I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Aldebaran.

Pilotdude5

**** you OP, now I'm cold! I will send you an invoice for hot whiskies tomorrow.

Rabidlamb

While I'm on the subject is there not meant to be some once in a million years alignment of the planets next month.
Was there some historical thesis that this alignment was meant to be the Star of Bethlehem or am I smoking something.
Will any of this happen before the world ends on the 21st.

SCOOP 64

Yes,a bright star next to the moon.

staker

Moonception-a moon with a moon:p

seven_eleven

I see Jupiter every night. The moon was quite beautiful earlier, but it was even better earlier this month when it was half way through its phase and you could make out the dark shadow. People really dont appreciate the night sky, you can see jupiter every night it isnt cloudy, as well as other planets.

People need to view the moon and think more than just its a bright circle. Infact its a gigantic sphere, orbiting our planet hundreds of thousands miles away. Its like something straight out of star wars, its like another planet :eek: amazing

Senna

The curtains are closed in my room, could someone take a photograph, I really want to see it.

Lapin

Pics to prove the moon is there or I ain't going nowhere.

lukesmom

Beautiful

Shryke

Beautiful view where I am. Cheers OP!

Zillah

Rabidlamb wrote: »

While I'm on the subject is there not meant to be some once in a million years alignment of the planets next month.
Was there some historical thesis that this alignment was meant to be the Star of Bethlehem or am I smoking something.
Will any of this happen before the world ends on the 21st.

Uhm...a once in a million year event that will happen twice in two thousand years? This is exactly the kind of consistency I have become used to from people talking about astrological alignments.

the keen edge

The most bizarre part of that idea isn't Jupiter's lack of a disc.

galwayrush

Beautiful but if my balls were brass, i'd be looking for a welder now.

vicwatson

Lapin wrote: »

Pics to prove the moon is there or I ain't going nowhere.

Here it is ...

Lapin

vicwatson wrote: »

Here it is ...

Lookin well.

A fine moon it is indeed.

Celly Smunt

there's two stars beside the moon,which one should i look at

ArseLtd

It's cool alright. Its been every night the past few months you could see it in the east/south sky. If anyone has a pair of binoculars have a look i can see the moons around jupiter too! You can see venus in the early morning which is even brighter.

Anyone interested should download stellarium.

Azure_sky

2012 is here. Pathetic humans.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Senna wrote: »

The curtains are closed in my room, could someone take a photograph, I really want to see it.

Here you are sir... fresh from the sky.
http://omg.wthax.org/wow_1.jpg

Wasn't really worth going out in the cold with a tripod. All I can think about now is Bart Simpson saying "Wooow... the universe is soo boring".

Chuck Stone

seven_eleven wrote: »

People need to view the moon and think more than just its a bright circle. Infact its a gigantic sphere, orbiting our planet millions of miles away.

It's a lot closer than that - only ~240,000 miles away.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Nice to see that, thanks for informing.

seven_eleven

pmcmahon wrote: »

there's two stars beside the moon,which one should i look at

Both, one is the planet Jupiter, and the other is the star Aldebarran.

Both are immensly larger than earth. Especially Aldebaran, its just mindblowing.

Earth and our Sun http://ut-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sunearthcompared.jpg

Our Sun and Aldebaran http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Aldebaran-Sun_comparison-en.svg

Comparison chart showing just how mother fúcking big things get http://api.ning.com/files/U**Gm5XEdF7NTYFEzKAeUNUbomfR2l-sSY0YiSDsMRlxXexviDSmMNwc5yr4b0ZPcl7B1H6C0U5OGRqqDS6q8*Yj9NIjN7rZ/StarSizeChart.jpg


VY Canis major is terrifying, and its not even the largest :eek:

Sky King

seven_eleven wrote: »

People need to view the moon and think more than just its a bright circle. Infact its a gigantic sphere, orbiting our planet millions of miles away.

Its not millions of miles away.

I saw jupiter earlier. I saw a planet beside the moon and i thought 'oh hello. what planet is that beside the moon?' so I used google sky map (free android app) to tell me.

Satisfied, I got into my car and drove home from work.

It's really quite lovely. There were some beautiful sunsets this summer with Venus and Jupiter near each other in the west, with Mars keepin it real over on the other side a little later on.

seven_eleven

Chuck Stone wrote: »

It's a lot closer than that - only ~240,000 miles away.

Thanks for the correction. Even better I suppose. It may as well be endor :pac:

And before I go to bed, may I recommend the free program called Stellarium. Explore the sky without even leaving the comfort of your own chair

RikkFlair

Its very high in the sky, I had to lie on the ground to get a proper gawk at it.

joydivision

thanks for that op .

DonkeyStyle \o/

RikkFlair wrote: »

Its very high in the sky, I had to lie on the ground to get a proper gawk at it.

Are you a lego man?

RikkFlair

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »

Are you a lego man?

I've a bad neck from constantly watchin the skies.

Frank Black

RikkFlair wrote: »

Its very high in the sky, I had to lie on the ground to get a proper gawk at it.

Handy tip
Your head is able to pivot in the vertical plane, as well as the more common horizontal plane which we're obviously all familiar with.
Don't believe me?
Try saying 'yes' to something with real conviction.
Now, what is your head doing?

You're welcome.

LordSutch

I heard somewhere recently that the moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 1cm per year, which might be interesting )

Frank Black

LordSutch wrote: »

I heard somewhere recently that the moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 1cm per year, which might be interesting )

Closer to 4cm per year actually.

ArseLtd

RikkFlair wrote: »

I've a bad neck from constantly watchin the skies.

Put your back to the drivers door of a car and lean back

kneemos

black francis wrote: »

Closer to 4cm per year actually.

We'll miss it when it's gone.

Hippies!

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Look outside at the moon now, go . . . I'll wait

I'm back where are ya?

hal9000

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Look outside at the moon now, go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVekNsgUqn4

Pottler

I'm just back in from starting the machines out gritting roads. Moon is unreal looking, don't ever remember it being so bright, but I've a crappy memory. What was the question again?

Celly Smunt

Fuck off clouds

keith16

pmcmahon wrote: »

Fu[SIZE="2"]c[/SIZE]k off clouds

That would be an astronomical matter.

Irish Guitarist

Senna wrote: »

The curtains are closed in my room, could someone take a photograph, I really want to see it.

Not a very good picture but I took this earlier.

Celly Smunt

keith16 wrote: »

That would be an astronomical matter.

I'd say climatic :P

Archeron

Almaviva wrote: »

I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Aldebaran.

Almaviva does Aldebaran. Has a nice ring to it.

Montgomerie

seven_eleven wrote: »

Comparison chart showing just how mother fúcking big things get http://api.ning.com/files/U**Gm5XEdF7NTYFEzKAeUNUbomfR2l-sSY0YiSDsMRlxXexviDSmMNwc5yr4b0ZPcl7B1H6C0U5OGRqqDS6q8*Yj9NIjN7rZ/StarSizeChart.jpg

If you like that, check this site out.

Scale of the Universe

kneemos

pmcmahon wrote: »

Fuck off clouds

Your not missing much it's just like a star.

Pherekydes

Rabidlamb wrote: »

I believe that is Jupiter right beside is at present.
http://earthsky.org/tonight

Wife wants to know will we see Jupiter's disc transit the moon :rolleyes:

I haven't got the heart to tell her.

Ah do! Make a scale model of the earth, the moon and Jupiter. And then demonstrate Jupiter passing between the earth and the moon.

Also, calculate the effects this would have on us.

Report back.

Pottler

Pherekydes wrote: »

Ah do! Make a scale model of the earth, the moon and Jupiter. And then demonstrate Jupiter passing between the earth and the moon.

Also, calculate the effects this would have on us.

Report back.

So, just to be clear here, you're saying Jupiter is quite big?:D