Principled Man Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 They're out there, getting closer, closer, closer..... (from our point of view, that is).... :D Look to the southwest after sunset! You won't get another chance until 2060! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Oh great, now I have to figure out what direction southwest is lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Oh great, now I have to figure out what direction southwest is lol. This might come in handy: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Oh great, now I have to figure out what direction southwest is lol. This might come in handy: Do they still make those? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Oh great, now I have to figure out what direction southwest is lol. This might come in handy: Do they still make those?Compasses? Sure they do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Oh great, now I have to figure out what direction southwest is lol. This might come in handy: Do they still make those?Compasses? Sure they do. They probably have digital ones that we can download to our phones now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Ah but what about Uranus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Ah but what about Uranus? Mars and Uranus will have a very close encounter the third week of January. They will be much higher in the night sky than Jupiter & Saturn, but you're gonna need a telescope to see Uranus. Pronounced /yur - ah - nuss/ or /ur - ah - nuss/ :D 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Ah but what about Uranus? Mars and Uranus will have a very close encounter the third week of January. They will be much higher in the night sky than Jupiter & Saturn, but you're gonna need a telescope to see Uranus. Pronounced /yur - ah - nuss/ or /ur - ah - nuss/ :D :rfl: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 But is Uranus as big as Mars? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 No Great Conjunction-gazing for me. Stupid clouds have been here for a week now. :rage: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Great conjunction? What's its function? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 SOLAR SYSTEM—Astronomers at NASA have fined two planets in our solar system, Saturn and Jupiter, for callously disregarding social distancing rules as their paths cross in the night sky."The great conjunction of these two planets in the night sky will be a thing to behold," said NASA scientist Borg Nilsenlarg. "But we highly recommend not beholding it. The science on COVID is still being worked out and we can't predict what awful consequences may follow from these two renegade celestial travelers violating social distancing guidelines." It is currently not quite clear how a planet can actually be fined, or how a planet can spread COVID, or how a virus can survive on a hostile planetary atmosphere, or how that affects humans on Earth. These concerns were quickly put to rest, however, after Gavin Newsome looked up from his appetizer at French Laundry to yell "SCIENCE!" in a very authoritative-sounding voice.The U.S. Government has tasked Space Force with collecting the fine from these two planets. The mission is expected to cost 3.2 Trillion dollars, which is the equivalent of about twelve $600 stimulus checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 No Great Conjunction-gazing for me. Stupid clouds have been here for a week now. :rage: Shoot, that's disappointing. It was the same here in PA- very cloudy. A friend in Indiana got some good pictures, just with the naked eye, and sent them to me so at least I saw it a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 We got lucky and had the clouds break, but we couldn't really see it from our yard. Mountains slightly blocking it and our city put in new street lights which are way too bright. Had to drive up to the east side of the valley to see, barely saw it. I had a view of them a few nights ago when I was out and about. Really could see Saturn's rings without binoculars. So came home and looked on YouTube, several live streams from different observatories around the country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Great conjunction? What's its function?Karen was hard into astrology, she would have given a related explanation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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