OT: Planets Aligned Tonight (28th)

[ashokan]

Tonight supposed to be best night for naked eye view of planets aligned.
I got a good view and some locals got pics

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/how-to-...hBj0vCcvOyRIYAVnsz49W0KCb6f2molziwGu20URRTtIo

 

[dconifer0]

Thanks, man. I was told of this at the last minute and also snapped some pics (with my garbage phone camera). They didn't really seem "aligned" to me. Maybe I was looking at a couple of non-planets. (Three of the ones I was aiming at were definitely planets)...

 

[ashokan]

Thanks, man. I was told of this at the last minute and also snapped some pics (with my garbage phone camera). They didn't really seem "aligned" to me. Maybe I was looking at a couple of non-planets. (Three of the ones I was aiming at were definitely planets)...

Some people posting visible alignments and some show a cluster alignment that expand on close-up.
Its so dark where I am that I have a lot of things up thar.

Expanded view

https://fb.watch/jzldtvusox/

 

[angmo]

Finally will get my superpowers.

 

[dconifer0]

Some people posting visible alignments and some show a cluster alignment that expand on close-up.
Its so dark where I am that I have a lot of things up thar.

Expanded view

https://fb.watch/jzldtvusox/

Wow! I don't think I was looking at the right thing at all!

 

[ashokan]

Here is expanded gif

 

[dconifer0]

Here is expanded gif

OMG

 

[SBP]

It’s actually not exact till Thursday I think

 

[ashokan]

It’s actually not exact till Thursday I think

That's what I thought but linked article said tonight and Facebook blowing-up with pics tonight.

5 planets will align across the sky on Tuesday night. Here's how to see them​

People can catch a five-planet alignment on Tuesday night as Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will appear across the night sky.

The planets will align on Tuesday, according to Bill Cooke, a lead at NASA's meteoroid environment office. He told CBS News the alignment will look "very pretty."

"If you go outside, right at sunset, right after the sun goes down and look west, you'll see these planets strung out in a line extending about 50 degrees or so," he said.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/planet...0can20see20thestar2220right20above20the20moon

 

[ashokan]

Finally will get my superpowers.

Long snap maybe - 15 yr career "the natural."

 

[motorb54]

And that is just our solar system, a tiny dot in our galaxy.
And our galaxy is a blip in the universe.
Studying the universe makes one feel so small.