by LouBelle 21 Replies latest jw friends
If you go out tonight and look to the west you will see a giant "Smiley Face" made up of the Moon (mouth), Jupiter and Venus (eyes).
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(It might be too late for those on the East coast (has gone below the horizon), but those on the West coast should still be able to see it
I'm not going outside.
It's 33.4 degrees and snowing here in the Tennessee mountains.
There is a 1/4 inch on the ground and more on the way.
Brrrrrrrrr
Well thank you Elsewhere!!!! I saw them, while I was driving in town, and didn't realize what a great thing I was seeing! I wish now, I could get another look. They were so bright, I wondered if they were stars, or something man-made.
I love watching the meteor showers. I have been known to set my alarm for 2 or 3 AM, just to see some, and go back to bed, having to work the next day.
I wish they would schedule the meteor showers for the weekends.
My favorite website is:
I use it especially to watch for satellites passing overhead. Earlier in the year I witnessed the neat spectacle of the space shuttle separating from the International Space Station -- real cool. Apparently, I will have to wait until December 10 and 11 to see the astronaut's tool bag that was accidentally sent into orbit -- and I will need binoculars to see it.
venus and jupiter make a triangle with the moon tonight!.
I saw that earlier! I thought it was rather striking. Those planets are so bright!
Is the triangular arrangement ......an omen?
My dad had a telescope, and I remember being able to see the rings of Saturn, the great red spot on Jupiter, and its four largest moons Europa, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, and all the craters and mountians on our moon. It even had a solar filter so you could see the sun. It was a 6" reflector on an equatorial mount.
Years ago I got to see the shuttle reentering over Texas, that was cool to see it streaking across the sky then a few minutes later watching it land on TV.
The wallpaper on my pc at work is from a Hubble deep field survey.
the astronaut's tool bag that was accidentally sent into orbit
If I had a space hammer, I'd hammer in the exosphere.
I'd hammer in the mesosphere.
All above this land!
I love your song Loon!
Years ago I got to see the shuttle reentering over Texas, that was cool to see it streaking across the sky then a few minutes later watching it land on TV.
If you are talking about the night landing,about 10 years ago, I was still excited about it at work the next morning, and told my first patient. She whispered for me not to tell anybody else my story. I told her I really saw it, and it was beautiful, an eerie purple, green long streak, I didn't know right away was the shuttle.
Again, she told me not to talk about it to others, that they may not believe me. It wasn't til after she left, that the puzzle pieces came together. She works as a secretary at the local mental health clinic. LOL
Apparently, I will have to wait until December 10 and 11 to see the astronaut's tool bag that was accidentally sent into orbit -- and I will need binoculars to see it.
Finders keepers!
LouBelle, those are beautiful pics.
I have to come out as an astronomer since way back. When I was 12 I got a small tabletop telescope for Christmas, which I still have. It was only 60 power, but that proved sufficient to see the rings of Saturn and Jupiter's 4 largest moons. A few years later I built a small reflector scope, which I still have. It provides sharper views of the planets. I have had a few telescopes since then, nothing really great, then 18 years ago I got a used Dynascope RV6 reflector. I used it to get a front row seat of comet Shoemaker Levy slam into Jupiter, comet Hyakatake and Hale-Bopp. I got to see the close Mars opposition in 2003, as I held some Martian meteorite from my collection. After that, I restored the scope, got the mirror recoated and painted it up fresh. I put it together and first light was a spectacular view of the Orion Nebula. I could see the fine details of the dark dust clouds in the nebula. It was so amazing. I keep it in the mountains and that is my main viewing scope.
Keep watching the skies!
The conjunction viewed from SA
You now, Lou, you are one of the free spirits of the world. I love you for it.
I took Julian to the Calvin College observatory for free last summer. The moon is so lovely through a telescope. It was powdery looking and soooo white. The craters were gorgeous, especially along the edges.
