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MOON Tonight
And maybe tomorrow night !! Cool..this wont happen again till 2026...K&T
[Edited on 1-22-2013 by captkw]
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David K
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What won't happen again?
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David K,,LOL,,LOL
Have a good look,, right now at the moon.......You can see Jupiter !! really cool for the Big picture !! "All we are,, is dust in the
Wind"...........K&T
[Edited on 1-22-2013 by captkw]
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Jupiter and La Luna inches apart in the sky............
Neil deGrasse Tyson says:
The Moon enjoys a one-night-stand with Jupiter this night. A mere finger-width apart, their tryst is bold bodacious & bright.
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Which one is the moon? :-)
Hell of a sight. Txs Capt
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LOL,Mcfeez
I walked outside for a smoke..looked up and said to myself " self",,theres a light next to that there big peice of cheese..grabbed my spotting scope
and a tripod and took a nice look at it,,,SWEET !! I cheated and used the web to find out it was Jupiter and not a Alein invasion !!LOL
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I just took a gander with my 8x Steiner binoculares.
Kind of looks like One or 2 of Jupiter's moons are visible too, thought I might have been smoking something.
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Thanks for the heads up Cap. Looks nice and clear here in Carlsbad.
Fresh air is good.
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Steiners
Nice glasses..I used my BAUSCH & LOMB spotting 70M scope on a tripod..nope ,, grabbed my tasco or maybe fuji boat glasses and the I got a good
shot..around 8 (PST) I thought I could see two moons....not sure..but WHAT A SIGHT!!!..........I always have kept a Good pair of glasses in my trunk
and on my boats....One never Knows.... K&T
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Stellarium.
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David K
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Yah, I saw them paired up, but thought you were trying to post a PHOTO so those who don't have clear weather or live in a city could also see it.
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Saw it last night, didn't know which planet it was, thanks for the info.
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Yup it was a pretty cool close pairing for sure!! I took a pic of Jupiter last night too, nobody got a DSLR wide pic with the 2 of them?
The bright spot in the Jupiter pic is its moon Io transiting in front of it, the process does not take long only about an hour and its traveled across
the disc!
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Just looked up, impressive! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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Step away from the bong.......... I repeat: Step aw.....
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HOLA, well,,did you leave your bong alone ???? aptos is just down the road from me..La Selva beach.....Guess you didnt get to see Jupiter ??? was a
awesome sight !!! K&T
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As the moon orbits the earth, it was no longer next to Jupiter last... When Jupiter was straight up (12 o'clock high), the moon was about 11 o'clock
(the east horrizon is 9 o'clock).
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