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So, what's that planet that's close to the moon right now (9:30PM Mountain Daylight Savings Time)?

I'm thinking it's either Mars or Jupiter.

Venus is farther off to the West.

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[+4] - usery - 04/25/2015http://astronomynow.com/2015/04/25/the-first-quarter-moon-meets-jupiter-in-the-evening-sky/ [img]http://astronomynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Jupiter-Moon_24-27Apr2015_22h_BST_v3.gif[/img]
[+3] - izzythepush - 04/27/2015[quote="InfraBlue"] So, what's that planet that's close to the moon right now[/quote] Earth.
[+3] - panzade - 07/25/2015[size=150]The Fermi Paradox[/size] A fascinating question: Where is everybody? http://imgur.com/gallery/Wtog9 A really starry sky seems vastâ��but all weâ��re looking at is our very...
[+3] - Butrflynet - 07/31/2015Great shots. Kinda looks like a cantaloupe I have in the frig.

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@InfraBlue,

http://astronomynow.com/2015/04/25/the-first-quarter-moon-meets-jupiter-in-the-evening-sky/

http://astronomynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Jupiter-Moon_24-27Apr2015_22h_BST_v3.gif

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Ah, thanks a lot!

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Here's Venus from a couple of nights ago:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/815A042415.jpg

And a few nights before that, passing the Pleiades (bottom right):

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/DSC_4668a_1.jpg

And Jupiter from a while back (had to Photoshop to patch together the moons and a somewhat detailed planet):

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/7940794794aaa.jpg

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Wow, great pics, FBM

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@InfraBlue,

Danke. I'm still a noob at it, though. I'll get better, I hope.

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@InfraBlue,

InfraBlue wrote:

So, what's that planet that's close to the moon right now

Earth.

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:

So, what's that planet that's close to the moon right now

Earth.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/coffeescreen.gif

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:

So, what's that planet that's close to the moon right now

Earth.

boom boom

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@InfraBlue,

Thanks for the ribbon.

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5 images stacked:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/Untitled-1_1.jpg

I gotta get my gear professionally cleaned. Sad

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Were those taken recently?

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@InfraBlue,

The last one was taken 2 nights ago.

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In the sky this month...

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The Fermi Paradox
A fascinating question: Where is everybody?
http://imgur.com/gallery/Wtog9
A really starry sky seems vast—but all we’re looking at is our very local neighborhood. On the very best nights, we can see up to about 2,500 stars (roughly one hundred-millionth of the stars in our galaxy), and almost all of them are less than 1,000 light years away from us (or 1% of the diameter of the Milky Way). So what we’re really looking at is this:

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@panzade,

Love that! I can look at the night sky and swoon from the infinity of it all. That makes me even swoonier.

Makes your thinker explode

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@panzade,

Just because were not smart enough to figure out the universal communication wave (like neutrinos) doesnt mean they arent out there chattering away.

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@farmerman,

I also subscribe to the obvious point that all these advanced civilizations are avoiding us mostly because theyve been getting 70 years of "I Love Lucy" and "Benny Hill"

Theyve gotta believe we are total morons

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@dlowan,

Quote:

Makes your thinker explode

My sentiments exactly!

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@farmerman,

Hah!

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