Morning Glory - Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter

Antaletriangle · 02-22-2009, 11:31 AM

Morning Glory - Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter

http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/200...-mars-and.html

Mercury, the Moon, Jupiter and Mars make a fantastic grouping in the early morning sky on Monday February 23. This image shows the appearance of the eastern horizon at around 6:00 am (click to enlarge).

You can start observing as early as 5:30 if you have a nice level horizon, and the sky will be pretty light by 6:30, so it will be hard to see Mars. So you have about an hours window in the morning to see this lineup at its best.

Looking on the 22nd will be pretty good too. The waning crescent Moon, Mercury Jupiter and Mars are all in a nice line.
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AN EXAMPLE FROM 2006, December 9:

Three Planets in Dawn Skies
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
Explanation: Three children of the Sun rise in the east in this peaceful dawn skyview recorded December 7th near Bolu, Turkey. Inner planet Mercury, fresh from its second transit of the 21st century, stands highest in the bright sky at the top right. Gas giant Jupiter lies below the cloud bank near picture center. A newsworthy Mars is also visible, right of Jupiter and just above the dark cloud bank. On Sunday, these planets will form a much tighter grouping before sunrise, while in the coming days the western sky after sunset will be ruled by brilliant planet Venus, also known as the evening star.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-v9bvVdlwE

Antaletriangle · 02-26-2009, 04:56 PM

Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars
Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway
Explanation: When the Moon rose in predawn skies on February 23rd, it sported a sunlit crescent. It also offered early morning risers a tantalizing view of earthshine, the dark portion of the lunar disk illuminated by sunlight reflected from the Earth. Of course, on that morning a remarkable conjunction with three wandering planets added an impressive touch to the celestial scene. Recorded just before sunrise, this serene skyview looks east toward a glowing horizon across Tuggerah Lake on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Along with the waning crescent Moon, the picture captures (top to bottom) bright Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars.

Dantheman62 · 02-26-2009, 06:45 PM

Great pictures! very cool!
Time for you to find some more UFO pics and videos, c'mon man, search high and search low, I'm counting on you! LOL!

02-22-2009, 11:31 AM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Morning Glory - Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter Morning Glory - Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/200...-mars-and.html Mercury, the Moon, Jupiter and Mars make a fantastic grouping in the early morning sky on Monday February 23. This image shows the appearance of the eastern horizon at around 6:00 am (click to enlarge). You can start observing as early as 5:30 if you have a nice level horizon, and the sky will be pretty light by 6:30, so it will be hard to see Mars. So you have about an hours window in the morning to see this lineup at its best. Looking on the 22nd will be pretty good too. The waning crescent Moon, Mercury Jupiter and Mars are all in a nice line. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AN EXAMPLE FROM 2006, December 9: Three Planets in Dawn Skies Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel Explanation: Three children of the Sun rise in the east in this peaceful dawn skyview recorded December 7th near Bolu, Turkey. Inner planet Mercury, fresh from its second transit of the 21st century, stands highest in the bright sky at the top right. Gas giant Jupiter lies below the cloud bank near picture center. A newsworthy Mars is also visible, right of Jupiter and just above the dark cloud bank. On Sunday, these planets will form a much tighter grouping before sunrise, while in the coming days the western sky after sunset will be ruled by brilliant planet Venus, also known as the evening star. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-v9bvVdlwE

02-26-2009, 04:56 PM	#2
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: Morning Glory - Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway Explanation: When the Moon rose in predawn skies on February 23rd, it sported a sunlit crescent. It also offered early morning risers a tantalizing view of earthshine, the dark portion of the lunar disk illuminated by sunlight reflected from the Earth. Of course, on that morning a remarkable conjunction with three wandering planets added an impressive touch to the celestial scene. Recorded just before sunrise, this serene skyview looks east toward a glowing horizon across Tuggerah Lake on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Along with the waning crescent Moon, the picture captures (top to bottom) bright Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars.

02-26-2009, 06:45 PM	#3
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Morning Glory - Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter Great pictures! very cool! Time for you to find some more UFO pics and videos, c'mon man, search high and search low, I'm counting on you! LOL!