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

  • 28-11-2012 11:06PM
    #1
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭


    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.


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  • #2
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


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


  • #3
    akura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 497 ✭✭akura


    I had a look but it's too cloudy


  • #4
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Outside? :confused:


  • #6
    Frynge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    I see it. It is really bright


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  • #7
    Almaviva
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    I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Aldebaran.


  • #8
    Pilotdude5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Pilotdude5


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


  • #9
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭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.


  • #10
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Yes,a bright star next to the moon.


  • #11
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    Moonception-a moon with a moon:p


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  • #12
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭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


  • #13
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


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


  • #14
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


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


  • #15
    lukesmom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,401 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Beautiful


  • #16
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Beautiful view where I am. Cheers OP!


  • #17
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,369 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #18
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


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


  • #19
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


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


  • #20
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,417 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Lapin wrote: »
    Pics to prove the moon is there or I ain't going nowhere.


    Here it is ...

    Blue-Moon_31-Aug-2012.jpg


  • #21
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Here it is ...

    Blue-Moon_31-Aug-2012.jpg


    Lookin well.

    A fine moon it is indeed.


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  • #22
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


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


  • #23
    ArseLtd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭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.


  • #24
    Azure_sky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭Azure_sky


    2012 is here. Pathetic humans.


  • #25
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭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".


  • #26
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #27
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Nice to see that, thanks for informing.


  • #28
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭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:


  • #29
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭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.


  • #30
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭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


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  • #31
    RikkFlair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭RikkFlair


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


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