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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
1 posted on 12/28/2014 1:43:52 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

*response to headline*: “OUCH!”


2 posted on 12/28/2014 1:45:10 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: BenLurkin

Killer headline. Hilarity to ensue.


3 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)
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To: BenLurkin

A dramatic pass at my what? Oh./


4 posted on 12/28/2014 1:46:06 PM PST by lee martell
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...

Uranus was asking for it.

Thanks BenLurkin. Extra to APoD.


5 posted on 12/28/2014 1:47:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Should reach 100 post within an hour


6 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!)
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To: BenLurkin

Once I explained what a “pass” is, my kids laughed at the title.


7 posted on 12/28/2014 1:48:02 PM PST by scripter
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

8 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.)
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To: Duckdog
Should reach 100 post within an hour

These always do.

9 posted on 12/28/2014 1:49:43 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if there will be any Klingons visible


10 posted on 12/28/2014 1:49:58 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: BenLurkin

11 posted on 12/28/2014 1:50:51 PM PST by Bratch
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To: BenLurkin
"Hi, it's me...Half Moon. Whatcha doin' tonight, dude?"


12 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...)
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To: BenLurkin

How can “the moon completely hide Uranus”?

I though a Moon had the opposite effect.


13 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.)
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To: BenLurkin; shibumi

Most perfect response to headline.

The internet is over.

We can all go home now.


14 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds gay


15 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

No high school astronomy class is complete without a joke beginning “What are you looking at?”


16 posted on 12/28/2014 1:52:38 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: BenLurkin

Japanese porn is so weird.


17 posted on 12/28/2014 1:52:48 PM PST by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

Get ready for a Total Eclipse of the Half.


18 posted on 12/28/2014 1:54:11 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

Must be a full moon really - or I guess a half moon passing it must be quite dramatic.


19 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)
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To: BenLurkin

....Clinching tightly...


20 posted on 12/28/2014 1:57:59 PM PST by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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