Those of you that are out and about at or around sunset may have noticed some bright objects in the southwestern sky. The brighter of the two is the planet Venus, often times referred to as the "evening star" while the other is the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter. From our point of view, they appear to be converging in the sky, though they are really millions of miles apart. To make matters more interesting, the Moon will be in a waxing crescent phase (bright side on the right side) and will join them in the same part of the sky. Here's a full write up from NASA: NASA linky Just thought I'd let you all know. It'll be a beautiful sight for sure. In fact, even tomorrow night you can get a good glimpse of these two beautiful worlds just sitting in the sky, shining without twinkling, glistening for all to see. /Trying to be the responsible astronomer I used to be ...
Thats cool I will have to show my son he got excited when he saw on the news about the meteor that was caught on a police cam coming into our atmosphere and ligthing up the sky so he should like this
Great article Mikey. Yea, I have been gazing at the two planets for the past few days. I really need to dust off the telescope and bring it downstairs and get an up close look.
Have to make sure my son knows this though he probably already does since he is in an astrology class this year....wish our sky looked like that picture...light & smog pollution only allows us to see maybe 20% of those stars.
Nothin' like losing $100,000 in tools. Even scarier when you can see it streak across the night sky from Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THSAGJpsoiI http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/11/astronauts-dropped-toolbag-vis.html Whoops!
Yeah, the tool bag thing is funny ... and sad. :blink: Why it wasn't tethered is the question. *Bump* for those that missed this thread.
The video of the meteor was taken from a police camera on a street in my home town of Devon, Alberta. The meteorite was found about 150 miles straight east of us just south of Lloydminster, which is right on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. They are still looking for more fragments of it.
*BUMP* This happens TOMORROW NIGHT. If you went out and saw the "preview" tonight, you know how awesome it's gonna look tomorrow.
