Posted on 04/16/2022 12:34:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
This Sunday, April 17th, Jupiter will move into position closest to the eastern horizon, and almost on top of Venus. A bit south and above will be Mars looking very red, and then Saturn further up and further south.
For most people in North America, the ideal time will be to go out and look southeast about 45 minutes before the sun begins to rise. On April 23rd, the Moon will appear in conjunction with the other spheres, appearing to the right and above Saturn, before moving off again by April 29th.
In mid-June, due to its rapid orbiting around the Sun, Mercury will fall into position. Seeing all five of these together will depend on where one lives. With a long unobstructed view of the eastern horizon, Mercury will be visible as early as June 10th, but for those in hilly, urban, or mountainous areas, it will be better to wait until the beginning of July.
A thin crescent moon, due on June 17th, will make Mercury easy to find by looking just below and to the right. Uranus and Neptune will also both be in the sky, but will require the use of binoculars or a telescope.
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This image is from the uber-creepy John Carpenter movie "Prince of Darkness." Some think planetary alignments translate into planetary moods, like the craziness we've been seeing over the past dozen years or so.
We were forced to sing it in elementary school in the 1960’s.
Nothing quite like southern 5th graders croaking out hippie show tunes, especially when the next song was “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”. This was nothing compared to real child abuse, but I remember being embarrassed for the school.
Pretty.
That’s been done already — soon as Kepler’s laws were ready, hundreds of years ago.
Problem with these astronomical events is their timing sucks. 45 minutes before dawn?! I’ll look at the pictures my dorky friends take.
The Skyview app makes it easy to find extraterrestrial bodies.
Perhaps,
The Three Wise Men
Followed a Star.
Just saying the Heavens
Stated Purpose is to be
For Signs and Seasons.
.
I share Your disdain and
Revulsion of the occult.
:)
SKYVIEW,
Thanks.
Is this the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius, or a different alignment?
Well, just dang! You beat me again. Again!!
Just so long as none of them bump into us and we don’t get too close or too far from the Sun we should be okay ...
For most people in North America, the ideal time will be to go out and look southeast about 45 minutes before the sun begins to rise.
Oh come on. Of all days.
Matthew 28
1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Thats when I learned the word “syzygy”
Do you happen to know how many years ago, then, that all the planets were aligned?
I remember the Harmonic Convergence happening.
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