The Great Conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon~ Sky Show Tonight!

[Orion11]

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.

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.

LUNAR OCCULTATION: The Great Conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon (described below) offers something extra for Europeans. For more than an hour on the evening of DEC . 1st, 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. [timetables] [live webcast]
STUNNING SKY SHOW: 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: sky map.

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http://spaceweather.com/

[BeaTnik-BandiT]

STUNNING SKY SHOW: 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: sky map.

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It'll be time to make a wish...:winksmiley02:

Peaceful salute

[Dantheman62]

They were close last night, I saw it for awhile until it got cloudy, very cool!

[bossyroofer]

Very beutiful here in utah, no polution and very stunning sky, I'll take a short video tonight!

[Orion11]

Very beutiful here in utah, no polution and very stunning sky, I'll take a short video tonight!

oohhhh.... please do!!! Ive always wanted to see the night sky from Utah!
aahhh, i see pics.. and your right.. they are just amazing!!! :wub2:

thank you.

[Orion11]

http://spaceweather.com/images2008/01dec08/skymap_01dec08.gif?PHPSESSID=a16od4c4dfoj4fa2j75vr af1v2

[Jebins]

Wahey....I saw it! (viewed from Scotland) Very impressive. Thanks for the 'heads-up'. :wink2:

[conaire]

stunning sky in dublin, ireland. i was wondering what the planets were, thanks for the info.

[rhythm]

so beautifull here in the uk
very clear . i was messmerised .

[islandman]

Lashing rain and clouds, you have to love the consistency of Irish weather.

[henners]

Hey guys. Here in Sydney we had great clear skies. Here is a picture of what we saw.Just follow the link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spencerhowell/3074265104/

Or look at this attached pic. You will have to enlarged it to see full detail.

[Lanzelot]

It came to me as a surprise,

people stoped on the streets here in Vienna, Austria
and started takeing photographs of the moon and
the two "stars" besides it, with their cellphones...

The moon was very large and threedimensional and
my first thought was:

How can humans ever have believed that it is flat, when
You can actually see how much it is a ball on certain
occations...

Greetings, Lanzelot

:mfr_omg:

[Mizar]

Been following this for the past two weeks, skies in my territory are cloudy, so I will miss the big show.
It will be interesting to see if the combined gravitational and mass pull of Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon will trigger Earthquakes on earth in the next week.
Mizar

[Orion11]

cool! very niice peoples!! thanks!

heres the only decent shot i could get, i had to freeze and wait for snow clouds to pass, lol :wub2:

the Moon looks like that due to a beautiful tree who demanded to be in the pic.. lol
http://projectavalon.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=594&stc=1&d=1228188404

(the forum made my pic smaller, so its harder to see now) why they do that? lol

[DoctorWho]

I took the liberty to brightening up the pciture to show the formation better.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/816/bho152pz4.jpg
Sadly in most of Illinois, we have clouds, having just gotten our first dose of snow for the season.
Bill "the Doctor"

[Dantheman62]

It's cool to see the different positions, like henners from Australia, to Orion11's in the states.

[vesta]

Hi folks, henners,

that's exactly what we here in the ACT saw last night too, well when the cloud cover moved aside, very beautiful!

Blessings,

Vesta.

[Anchor]

Hi folks, henners,

that's exactly what we here in the ACT saw last night too, well when the cloud cover moved aside, very beautiful!

Blessings,

Vesta.


Cloudy in the North Shore so I missed it. Its nice to see the smiley face that other Aussie's saw though where there weren't any clouds.

A..

[Orion11]

thanks Dr who,

yeah dan, i love seeing it from all different locations... here is a pic a friend got last night from another state in the US.. you can see a little bit of an aurora in the pic to!!

http://forums.mycotopia.net/attachments/lifestyles/109911d1228248654-dec-1st-conjuntion-picture-134small.jpg

[Orion Morris]

Top of the mountian out here in the middle of Wyoming.... very beautiful

[sleepingnomore]

thanks Dr who,

yeah dan, i love seeing it from all different locations... here is a pic a friend got last night from another state in the US.. you can see a little bit of an aurora in the pic to!!

http://forums.mycotopia.net/attachments/lifestyles/109911d1228248654-dec-1st-conjuntion-picture-134small.jpg

That's exactly the view I saw of it, stunning!

[SplatPantZ]

This is more or less what i saw after leaving work last night, Stuning sight!

http://www.nightskyhunter.com/Sky%20Events%20Now.html

[Dantheman62]

awesome picture O11,cool link Splat

[Dantheman62]

Looks awesome again tonight!, I've got clear skies here.

[raulduke]

Thanks for the heads up Orion11. I just read this thread last night and it was pretty overcast so I couldn't see much, but I was looking forward to clearer skies tonight.

It does indeed look pretty awesome tonight here in the midwest.

I just took old WonderMutt for a walk and snapped a few pics.
Here's the best one, but my camera doesn't really do justice for what I actually saw.

http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=468&pictureid=5076

Here's a pretty good one that a friend just sent me.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/9808/moonjup_polakis_big.jpg

[Dantheman62]

Where is that second picture rd?, looks like Phoenix or something, funny how the moon seems to be shining the wrong way, or am I looking at it the wrong way, hmmm lol!

[kimberlee]

Wow, I was wondering what that was. We were at the beach and it was bright and clear and I had no idea that these were planets. It was quite a site.

Thanks for sharing.

Love,
Kimberlee

[raulduke]

Hey Dan, good eye!

I meant to add (but forgot to) that, that photo is actually from this venus/jupiter/moon event in August of '98, and it is indeed near Phoenix AZ, from a ridge in Papago park.

[Dantheman62]

HaHa yeah I had Phoenix pegged but the moon still seems to be shining the wrong way, am I losing my mind? doh! lol!