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Half-Moon Makes Dramatic Pass at Uranus Tonight
universetoday.com ^
| December 28, 2014
| Bob King
Posted on 12/28/2014 1:43:52 PM PST by BenLurkin
Early in the evening, the two will be separated by a couple degrees, but around 11:30 p.m. (CST) when the moon reclines in the western sky, the planet will dangle like an solitary diamond less than a third of a lunar diameter away.
The farther north you live, the closer the twain will be. Skywatchers in Japan, the northeastern portion of Russia, northern Canada and Alaska will see the Moon completely hide Uranus for a time. The farther west you are, the higher the Moon will be when they conjoin. West Coast states see the pair highest when they’re closest, but everyone will get a good view
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: alaska; canada; japan; moon; russia; uranus
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Binocular view from the desert city of Tucson around 10:45 p.m. local time tonight. You can see that the Moon is a little farther north of the planet compared to the view from Seattle. The 1,500 miles between the two cities is enough to cause our satellite, which is relatively close to the Earth, to shift position against the background stars. Source: Stellarium
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:43:52 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
*response to headline*: “OUCH!”
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:45:10 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
To: BenLurkin
Killer headline. Hilarity to ensue.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:45:45 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: BenLurkin
A dramatic pass at my what? Oh./
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Uranus was asking for it.
Thanks BenLurkin. Extra to APoD.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:47:17 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Should reach 100 post within an hour
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:47:36 PM PST
by
Duckdog
(If it wasn't for NASCAR my TV would have gone out the window years ago!)
To: BenLurkin
Once I explained what a “pass” is, my kids laughed at the title.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:48:02 PM PST
by
scripter
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:49:07 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Duckdog
Should reach 100 post within an hourThese always do.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:49:43 PM PST
by
FreeReign
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if there will be any Klingons visible
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:49:58 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:50:51 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: BenLurkin
"Hi, it's me...Half Moon. Whatcha doin' tonight, dude?"
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:51:03 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: BenLurkin
How can “the moon completely hide Uranus”?
I though a Moon had the opposite effect.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:51:06 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BenLurkin; shibumi
Most perfect response to headline.
The internet is over.
We can all go home now.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:51:18 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm falling down a spiral, destination unknown. A double-crossed messenger, all alone.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:52:34 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: BenLurkin
No high school astronomy class is complete without a joke beginning “What are you looking at?”
To: BenLurkin
Japanese porn is so weird.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:52:48 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
Get ready for a Total Eclipse of the Half.
To: BenLurkin
Must be a full moon really - or I guess a half moon passing it must be quite dramatic.
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:56:01 PM PST
by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/28/2014 1:57:59 PM PST
by
justlurking
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