Stars

Skogsy


Joined: 15/05/2008
Posts: 339

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 13:17

Check out Venus and Jupiter early evening tonight. Just to the left of the crescent of the moon.

The two really bright lights reflecting from the planets that have been getting clearer as the moon shrinks will not be this bright for a while.



Skogsy

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 14:32

Thanks for that info Skogsy, my son was wondering what they were yesterday evening. Do you know which is which? Sorry for my ignorance, the stars fascinate me, but I know nothing about them!!!!



ltd

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 14:38

If ever you get the chance to visit Jodrell Bank in Cheshire do go, there is a special auditorium where it shows the night sky at different times of the year, it is amazing and you really do feel as though you can reach up and touch the stars, a fabulous experience and very informative too.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 15:10

Q: What is more useful: the sun or the moon?

A: The moon, because the moon shines at night when you want the light, whereas the sun shines during the day when you don't need it.



Sorry!

Skogsy


Joined: 15/05/2008
Posts: 339

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 16:42

LTD

Venus is the lower one.



Skogsy

Skogsy


Joined: 15/05/2008
Posts: 339

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 16:44

No1

And there are a few on here that think they can bend over and light up the world anytime!

Skogs

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 16:59

No1Doyen

Surely the moon reflects light from the sun or was I given another bum steer at school.

AJ

livethedream


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 17:21

Thanks Skogsy!



ltd

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 17:28

There's no need to wait for this month's celestial highlight; get outside tonight an hour after sunset, and look to the southwest. There, low on the horizon, the crescent moon forms a tight triangle with Venus and Jupiter.



Google........... moon, venus jupiter

Krin52


Joined: 25/08/2008
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 17:34

Smiley Face in the Sky!



Pretty darn cool - 5.30pm Karsiyaka

Krin52


Joined: 25/08/2008
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 17:38

December 1, 2008 - Sydney Morning Herald (Aust)



THE world may be facing its worst economic turmoil in decades, but the heavens are about to smile on Australia.



A rare cosmic alignment tonight will produce a smiling face - or an emoticon, depending on your generation - high over the country.



From soon after 8pm until just before 11pm the planets Venus and Jupiter will stare down from the western sky like two brilliant eyes. Directly below, the crescent moon will form a happy mouth.



"I think it will be very spectacular," Sydney Observatory's astronomer, Nick Lomb, said. "The three brightest objects in the night sky will all be in the same patch of the sky."



As the night draws on, Dr Lomb predicted, "the smiley face" - with Venus playing the left eye and giant Jupiter the right - "will improve and become a little more

compact".



That's Sydney time of course....

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 17:47

I went outside in Lapta 5ish.didn't know what stars.It was beautiful.very much like the Yurkish flag too.Thanks for members for accurate info on stars/planets.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 17:54

Just answered a question I was going to post.



Left Simena about half hour ago to walk home and got smacked right in face with this brilliant sight. Could not see it by time we got home as all behind the mountain.



The night sky is a mystery to me but when you see phenomena like this just adds to the great life we have here.

Val44


Joined: 14/11/2008
Posts: 210

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 18:02

Thank you. What a beautiful sight.

Skogsy


Joined: 15/05/2008
Posts: 339

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 18:51

There you go.

Happy people. Makes me feel good.

Beer time.



Skogs

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 19:15

Really fantastic Skogsy. Thanks for sharing that.

cattywatty


Joined: 09/02/2008
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 20:24

Yes thanks for that. Here in Pembrokeshire its cloudy again, but thanks to the great photo link it was almost as good as being there! ( Well almost) Back out in January cant wait.

BillyB


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 436

Message Posted:
01/12/2008 20:53

Can you see Uranus?