Posted on 01/07/2021 9:10:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
From Jan. 9-12, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn will be visible in the southwestern sky. The celestial event is known as a “triple conjunction,” which means two planets and a third planet meet each other in the sky for a short period of time.
Shortly after sunset on Jan. 9, look above the west-southwestern horizon and you will see Mercury to the left of Saturn and Jupiter positioned just above Saturn.
“From Friday evening to Monday evening, the planet Mercury will appear to pass first by Saturn and then by Jupiter as it shifts away from the horizon, visible each evening low in the west-southwest and setting before evening twilight ends,” NASA wrote on its website.
According to Space.com, all three planets will fit within the field of view of binoculars.
Skywatchers should find an unobstructed view of the horizon and begin stargazing no later than 45 minutes after sundown.
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Thankfully three planets we can have a serious thread about.
When we had the last conjunction I was over at a friend’s house. She lives just north of DFW airport. Made for some crazy night-time viewing.
SHOCK!!...Jupiter = 1300 Earths in size!
Mindboggling. We are to believe that a celestial body of that size is ‘without life’ as we know it.
Yes.
Hopefully we won’t have clouds.
Our sun is even larger! Do you claim that it is implausible that it, too, is "without life" as we know it?
Regards,
Here's a grab from the old astro program, "Stellarium" for tomorrow night, showing approximately what to expect with 7 X 50 binoculars,
The center azimuth line is +240 degrees, the bottom altitude line is 5 degrees, and the upper alt line is 10 degrees.
Good luck and good seeing!
TXnMA
Another conjunction so soon? Hmmm....
Harbinger? With now being in the new age of A?
Astrological explanation. Half way through had me thinking about this very conservative conjunction. Thinking about Trump and all that has happened. Just an interesting perspective. Video is several years old.
bttt
We’re a penal colonay for Jupiter.
I live in Pittsburgh.
Cloudy all the time.
Sigh!
You don’t get to see mercury except briefly at sunrise or sunset.
Someone (like you) will post pics.
The Neptune jokes get old after a while.
/s
From the look of the great outdoors right now, we may even have clear skies tonight. :^) Thanks TXnMA.
Series thread?
Sorry, where is the diversity and inclusion.
I want to hear about the planed Urectum.
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