Comments | cowgrrl: Tonight's night sky

cowgrrl

Tonight's night sky

Dec 01, 2008 19:01

Did any of you(those of you in the Northern Hemisphere) happen to see the moon this evening? The moon with two rather bright objects (obviously planets) near it? I knew this had to be something unusual so I grabbed my camera when I got home and went outdoors to photograph it. Then I googled it. Sure enough it's a rare alignment of Jupiter and ( Read more... )

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quezz December 2 2008, 00:14:30 UTC

That's what I saw!

cowgrrl December 2 2008, 02:21:34 UTC

Wasn't it pretty? :-) I'm glad I managed to photograph it.

smirnoffmule December 2 2008, 01:10:25 UTC

Oh wow! That's pretty cool.

cowgrrl December 2 2008, 02:23:56 UTC

Yes, it was lovely. Hopefully this configuration will last a few more days. You're supposed to get some sort of lunar eclipse with venus in Europe (I don't know if that already happened...)

gothtique December 2 2008, 01:16:32 UTC

good pic for a little camera...
... next one scheduled in 44 years!

cowgrrl December 2 2008, 02:25:36 UTC

I'm amazed my inexpensive digital camera did so well! Best night pic I've ever taken.

If I'm still around in 44 years I'll ask the nursing home staff to wheel me outdoors to have a look at the sky!

gothtique December 2 2008, 02:34:50 UTC

I don't expect to make 83...
these days, I am shooting for 50.
But if I am still around, I will look!

cluelessinchi December 2 2008, 02:08:04 UTC

That is so kewl! We could not have seen anything with the snow and overcast skies. Even if it would be visible with all the Chicago light pollution. Our skies do not get nearly as dark... Thanks for the picture!

cowgrrl December 2 2008, 02:27:08 UTC

I'm lucky to live across the street from a softball field (it's adjacent to an elementary school). It's a little darker here than most streets in the city. Sometimes I can even see a few stars!

cluelessinchi December 2 2008, 02:35:20 UTC

I can see some as well but it sure is dark in more rural areas. I was up at 4AM last night and between the snow and the light pollution it was just an over cast sky. It really was not much darker then at 4AM than it was at 4PM.

The whole sky is light up for miles, miles and miles around Chicago.

lilbjorn December 2 2008, 04:01:40 UTC

Usually I'm kinda cynical about these celestial alignments, but that was strangely beautiful tonight.

cowgrrl December 2 2008, 20:51:27 UTC

I wonder if we'll get a repeat performance this evening? I'll be looking at the sky...