How To See Jupiter and Saturn Align On Monday Night (axios.com) 34
Jupiter and Saturn will appear as a double planet in the night sky Monday evening thanks to a rare planetary alignment known as a "great conjunction." Axios explains how to see it: In order to see the two planets, step outside under clear skies not long after sundown and look to the southwest. Jupiter will look brighter than Saturn and will appear just above the ringed planet. If you hold out your hand to the sky, the tip of your pinky will be able to cover both planets at once, according to NASA. The two planets will be bright enough to see from most cities. For those interested, NASA has a dedicated article on how to photograph the conjunction.
Why bother? (Score:5, Insightful)
How To See Jupiter and Saturn Align On Monday Night (axios.com)
Posted by BeauHD on 02:00 AM -- Tuesday December 22 2020 from the look-up dept.
I know Slashdot tends to be late posting things, but why even bother at this point?
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Slashdot: late news for late nerds.
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Because BeauHD doesn't even read this site and is the worst editor (which is saying something). It would also explain the rampant duplicate articles.
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Jupiter and Saturn will appear as a double planet
In 'Terminator', I enjoyed past tense being used for events that happen in one possible future. Now I am enjoying future tense being used for events that happened in one possible past. :D
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Step one, get a TARDIS...
Re:Why bother? (Score:4, Informative)
Posting this late was silly. But it hardly matters. Jupiter moves slowly and Saturn even more so. They will still be in roughly the same spot tomorrow night. Or even a week from now.
My sky was cloudy tonight. I am hoping for clear weather tomorrow.
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Posting this late was silly. But it hardly matters.
Of course it matters. It shows how much they care about the readers (ie. zero).
Good point. Almost the same tonight! (Score:2)
You make a good point. If somebody is disappointed that they "missed it", it'll be almost the same tonight, just after sunset. The planets are somewhat in the same direction as the sun, so you have to catch it after the sun sets but before Jupiter and Saturn do.
I started checking it out a week ago, though I didn't pull out my telescope until last night.
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Tonight (Tuesday) will be about the same. A week from now will be surprisingly different.
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You're right, but that's the kind of thing you're only going to know if you read the article, or if you're already familiar with the subject. I imagine a lot of people who see an article titled "How to see X on Monday" on Tuesday won't bother to read it.
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How To See Jupiter and Saturn Align On Monday Night (axios.com)
Posted by BeauHD on 02:00 AM -- Tuesday December 22 2020
That is just your local clock. It says 04:00 PM for me.
Maybe BeauHD lives in Hawaii, you insensitive clod?
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Maybe he does. Alaska and Hawaii were pretty much the only places that could still see the planets on Monday by the time he posted it.
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Better late than never I guess.
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I know Slashdot tends to be late posting things, but why even bother at this point?
Hey, it's not like you can predict these things ahead of time!
Re:Why bother? Because we were clouded out. (Score:2)
See Jupiter on Monday evening (posted Tuesday 2AM) (Score:5, Funny)
1. First, build a time machine..
Re:See Jupiter on Monday evening (posted Tuesday 2 (Score:5, Funny)
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Well, you can see them aligned anytime (Score:3)
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We're not Elon Musk.
Clouds (Score:2, Insightful)
Just need to move those bloody clouds out of the way.
FWIW I saw them (Score:3)
I went out an hour after sunset in sub freezing temperatures, had clear skies, saw the planets in the expected location, and went "meh", and went back in after 5 minutes.
Telescope images was..Re:FWIW I saw them (Score:2)
I saw them too, but I also really enjoyed seeing the telescope photos that actually show the rings of Saturn and a few of the moons of Jupiter in the same frame.
I kind of get the "meh", but you can enhance the experience by looking at it multiple ways.
--PM
oblig... (Score:2)
"Clear Skies". Fuck you, sky. (Score:2)
Step 0 (Score:2)
Move the clouds out of the sky.
Step 1. Move the trees out of my way to view.
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Move the clouds out of the sky.
Step 1. Move the trees out of my way to view.
That would require us to get out of the basement!