Sunday, November 30, 2008

EVENING SKY- Moon-Venus-Jupiter

Science is soooo cool - we live it every day. As I prepared to take my dogs out for a walk around 5:15 this evening - Wow! What a beutiful evening sky! I had to get my camera and snap this picture (even using a small tripod - I do not have an electronic shutter release - it is a bit blurry :( but that is OK you get the idea:.



You have to watch it tomorrow! An event that happens once very 10 years.

"you’ll see them slowly converge, as Jupiter drops lower but Venus climbs higher. The two will meet on the evening of December 1, when, as chance has it, the Moon is back to sit right next to those two brilliant evening stars. Mark it on your calendar — Monday, December 1 — the best Moon-planet conjunction in a decade. You don’t want to miss it."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great view from here, 40 miles NE of Tucson, AZ
Russ

Telma said...

Here in Tampa, FL (2,465 miles East from San Marcos ;)) the moon was rotated 180 degrees of what is shown in your picture, so the "face" draw by the Moon, Jupiter and Venus looked "sad".
I also put a picture in my blog, check it clicking here.
It's great to see how it was appreciated in both coasts!

Keep working in your blog tio, I like it! :)

Telma