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islamirama
11-27-2008, 11:48 PM
This will be visible throughout the weekend.



WASHINGTON – It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky — Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon — will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot.


Starting Thanksgiving evening, Jupiter and Venus will begin moving closer so that by Sunday and Monday, they will appear 2 degrees apart, which is about a finger width held out at arm's length, said Alan MacRobert, senior editor at Sky and Telescope magazine. Then on Monday night, they will be joined by a crescent moon right next to them, he said.


Look in the southwestern sky around twilight — no telescope or binoculars needed. The show will even be visible in cities if it's a clear night.
"It'll be a head-turner," MacRobert said. "This certainly is an unusual coincidence for the crescent moon to be right there in the days when they are going to be closest together."


The moon is the brightest, closest and smallest of the three and is 252,000 miles away. Venus, the second brightest, closest and smallest, is 94 million miles away. And big Jupiter is 540 million miles away.


The three celestial objects come together from time to time, but often they are too close to the sun or unite at a time when they aren't so visible. The next time the three will be as close and visible as this week will be Nov. 18, 2052, according to Jack Horkheimer, director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium.


But if you are willing to settle for two out of three — Venus and the crescent moon only — it will happen again on New Year's Eve, MacRobert said.



In a rare alignment, the crescent moon, and the planets Venus, center, and Jupiter shine above a farmhouse in the eastern pre-dawn sky, in this Nov. 10, 2004 file photo, in Brunswick

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/...c/sci_sky_trio
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Olive
11-28-2008, 07:57 AM
That's cool!

But your pic aint coming. :(
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Olive
11-28-2008, 04:39 PM
Now it is! :D

Wow... that makes it even cooler! That would be an amazing sight to see... :O
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Ali.
11-28-2008, 04:41 PM
Thanks for the info' - hopefully I'll remember!
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Güven
11-28-2008, 07:33 PM
coool ...so monday night it is ! :ooh:
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Olive
11-28-2008, 08:46 PM
I hope the air clears out... It's all foggy down here. :(
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islamirama
11-28-2008, 10:20 PM
I saw it last night, took some pics too...not sure how they came out.
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~Taalibah~
12-04-2008, 11:37 AM
I saw it. Beautiful Masha'Allah.
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crayon
12-04-2008, 12:48 PM
A couple night ago (Wednesday night?) the moon here was a crescent. The north star and venus were right above it.. They made a sort of happy face, it was cute! I took photos but I doubt they turned out well, I'll upload them once I've got time inshallah.
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Iva
12-04-2008, 01:57 PM
I saw them too..mashaAllah so beautiful!
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islamirama
12-04-2008, 04:43 PM
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The crescent moon is accompanied by planets Venus, bottom, and Jupiter, right, as evening sky clouds stream by the trio in this 15-second time exposure made from Stedman, N.C. Monday night, Dec. 1, 2008 using a telephoto lens. The striking grouping was widely observed from the eastern US. Earlier in the day observers in England saw the moon completely cover Venus.

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A rare positioning of planets Venus (top left) and Jupiter (top right) and the crescent moon of the Earth provides a 'smiley' effect that captivated Asia Monday night Dec. 2, 2008.

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A rare positioning of planets Venus (top left) and Jupiter (top right) and the crescent moon of the Earth provides a 'smiley' effect that captivated Asia Monday night Dec. 1, 2008 in Manila, Philppines.


http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Planets-surround-moon-unusual-night-sky/ss/events/sc/120108moonjupiterven;_ylt=AlOYZ3rsizwRo9M7XQ6mD0Pl WMcF#photoViewer=/081202/481/c65b94bbd8914f47aef5176e1a3c9fae
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crayon
12-04-2008, 04:54 PM



As seen from KSA. :)
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Khayal
12-04-2008, 05:16 PM
:sl:

MashaAllaah so beautiful! thanks.

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:w:


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islamirama
12-04-2008, 05:34 PM
Anyone knows why this song goes like this...

twinkle, twinkle, little start....
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Güven
12-04-2008, 05:46 PM
Its smiling! SubhanAllah :ooh:
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12-04-2008, 05:50 PM



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