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http://www.omaha.com/article/20130120/NEWS/701209927/1685#jupiter-will-meet-moon-in-monday-night-sky
By Jay Withrow
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
What's a homebody to do, besides hunker down inside a humble abode, on a bitterly cold January night in the Midlands?
Try bundling up Monday night and taking a brief, brisk respite in your backyard while gazing at the heavens. The brave will be rewarded by the rare sight of a conjunction of the moon and Jupiter.
Our solar system's largest planet and the moon will be at their closest Monday night, said David Kriegler of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's physics department.
It will be 13 years before this union happens again.
FULL story at link.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Makes for a crazy vibe night, astrologically speaking.
I shall remain indoors.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I hear.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)...with some details on the interactions, eg. 8:00 pm PST. Also, some of the other moon-planet encounters that already occurred this month.
http://www.space.com/19061-jupiter-and-the-moon-dominate-january-night-sky.html
Thanks for the post, OS.
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)And what is this "moon" thing you speak of? Is that one of the mythical lights above the cloud layer we've heard stories about?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Always hanging around here. That and the vampires and zombies. So I am not going out tomorrow night.
Nope, gonna hang out at DU and watch the Obamas dancing on CSPAN.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)When I was climbing Mt. Rainier we had one develop right in front of us while we were making camp.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)of Jupiter too in one frame.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)I took this shot with a point and shoot camera on Nov 28 when the Moon and Jupiter were rising close together.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)That's the really cool shot, our moon and the moons of Jupiter in the same frame. It requires magnification.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)It's really more a matter of exposure, the Moon will be greatly overexposed if you get the Galilean moons properly exposed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_moons
The Moon on the other hand is around magnitude -12 or so, seventeen magnitudes brighter than Jupiter's moons, that's a brightness ratio of more than a million to one.
You would need to do HDR processing with multiple exposures at different shutter speeds to capture that dynamic range.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)No longer, I'm afraid. One of the things that a guy misses as he grows older.
freshwest
(53,661 posts).
For real, is it really happening?
DearHeart
(692 posts)Tim Robbins as "Gary Cooper, but not the dead one" singing show tunes!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MzShellG
(1,047 posts)NASA had downplayed this possibility/prophecy.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Wednesdays
(17,380 posts)When you look up at it, the moon is only about an inch wide, and Jupiter is just a speck.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)It had that classic Islamic symbol look around 6:30 am.
DearHeart
(692 posts)Usually, any time there is something cool to be seen, we are clouded over and unable to view!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)As everyone totally agrees. Right?
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)The sun was almost down over the western hills when I took the dogs for a walk about 4:45. We have had cold foggy days recently, but this afternoon was bright and only a little ground fog developed, along with some light scattered clouds. The 17/32nds moon has been visible since about 3 or so. As the light faded to orange, a faint speck appeared to left and very slightly above the moon, separated by about the width of a little-finger tip. I told my wife that the moon may need to use the turn signal and get into the passing lane to get by later this evening. Jupiter didn't seem the very bold spectacle he has been this month, but there's still time.
I am heading back out with a camera to see if I can get anything. There's not enough light now to get a photo of the Blue Heron or the Snowy Egret that were in the field earlier.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)you got good taste
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)The light of the moon gets through the cloud cover. Jupiter must not be bright enough to get through. It was 13 degrees.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Jupiter and Moon Have Close Encounter Tonight: See It Live Online
http://news.yahoo.com/jupiter-moon-close-encounter-tonight-see-live-online-132047172.html
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)And by my math 29 days is a lot less than 13 years.
Sad, sad symptom of a dying empire I've been seeing more and more of. If it didn't happen in America (or her sight) it didn't happen at all, and certainly isn't worth reporting.