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Several Nights Only- All Seven Planets Visible in One Night
Ace of Spades ^

Posted on 12/20/2012 8:30:00 AM PST by virgil283

"For those of you with even a small refractor telescope, the next few nights present a once in a blue moon opportunity to spot all seven planets in the same evening. Five of them are visible without even binoculars, while the other two will require you to reference the charts below. While Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will "move" faster in the sky, Uranus and Neptune will stay relatively fixed in their positions in Pisces and Aquarius for some time.

The closest five planets all yield some features through a small amateur telescope, the largest, Saturn and Jupiter, even reveal their moons through simple binoculars, all this regardless of light pollution so even city dwellers can get a good view. Don't expect anything more than a colored disk on the outer gas giants, even with my 8" reflector Uranus is mostly featureless and dull. Anyway, charts below, and the weather tonight is perfect in all but middle fifth of the country, so it makes a perfect time to look up!


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Education; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; planets; stars
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1 posted on 12/20/2012 8:30:03 AM PST by virgil283
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There is no permalink. You will have to scroll down. Right now its the 6th headline down...


2 posted on 12/20/2012 8:33:25 AM PST by virgil283 ( "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh ...")
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Weather won’t permit it here. Last good night we had I had Jupiter and 4 of the moons visible. I could make out the bands even. Wish I could have snapped a pic.


3 posted on 12/20/2012 8:37:33 AM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: virgil283

All the planets on one side of the Earth?
OMGosh, That may cause the Earth to tip over !!


4 posted on 12/20/2012 8:37:55 AM PST by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: virgil283

The Mayans were right...we’re doomed! :)


5 posted on 12/20/2012 8:38:14 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RadiationRomeo

Guam will be first of course.


6 posted on 12/20/2012 8:39:03 AM PST by EEGator
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To: virgil283

Seven planets, one for each Seal. A sure sign of the apocalypse...


7 posted on 12/20/2012 8:39:37 AM PST by null and void (Going Galt: The won't of the people)
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To: virgil283
try this. copied from address/location bar after hitting 'continue reading'. Maybe it will stick.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/335823.php#335823

8 posted on 12/20/2012 8:40:12 AM PST by BlueDragon (big hitter, the Lama)
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To: virgil283
Uranus is mostly featureless and dull.

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9 posted on 12/20/2012 8:40:12 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote
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Does this mean that Jupiter is with Mars? A dawning of a new Age of Aquarius?


10 posted on 12/20/2012 8:41:02 AM PST by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: virgil283

Look down and see an eighth one.


11 posted on 12/20/2012 8:41:27 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: virgil283

bfl.

Thanks for the info!


12 posted on 12/20/2012 8:42:48 AM PST by txmissy
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To: virgil283

This happened last year:

http://www.space.com/14005-rare-sight-7-planets-visible-skywatching-tips.html


13 posted on 12/20/2012 8:44:08 AM PST by Cathy
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To: EEGator

Which one is Planet X?


14 posted on 12/20/2012 8:44:57 AM PST by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: virgil283

saw the phrase “around 2:30 a.m.” and quit reading.


15 posted on 12/20/2012 8:46:12 AM PST by Mercat (Adventures make you late for dinner. Bilbo Baggins)
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To: virgil283
All Seven Planets Visible in One Night ... Took the trash out one night a week ago and was startled by one of the brighter objects in the sky I'd seen in a long time.
Had to look it up and it turned out to be Jupiter. Great show.
16 posted on 12/20/2012 8:47:23 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: virgil283

I thought there were eight planets, or did yet another one get demoted?


17 posted on 12/20/2012 8:47:51 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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Never mind, WE are a planet, duh!!!

Of course, we are visible to us as well ;p


18 posted on 12/20/2012 8:49:01 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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I thought there were eight planets, or did yet another one get demoted?

If you look up and see Earth you may have problems.

19 posted on 12/20/2012 8:51:54 AM PST by Starstruck (Washinton is presently building a diving board on the fiscal cliff)
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To: virgil283
Several Nights Only- All Seven Planets Visible in One Night

Au contraire. If you're out, just look around, and see the eighth, aka, "3rd rock from the Sun" ...

Even though my scope is less than the author's 8", weather makes it a moot endeavor, regardless.

20 posted on 12/20/2012 8:52:25 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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