Night Sky: the tightest planet gathering this century! (2photos)
Night Sky: the tightest planet gathering this century! (2photos)
Image by Tatters:)
Southern Hemisphere only, eastern sky :
this early morning it was a rare opportunity to watch four worlds—Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter—in the closest planetary grouping yet seen this century. (see notes on the photo)
This rare event is happening when these four planets align together in a row. This will happen again, but no sooner than 2040 September.(2056 according to other sources)
Read more: newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/09/night-sky-new…
technorati.com/technology/article/venus-mercury-jupiter-a…
About this shot:
13/05/2011, time 05-24
ISO 3200
Exposure: 1/1 sec, F 8
И звезда с звездою говорит…
спасибо за интересный снимок и новые знания)
Love it Tatiana, great work!
What a fabulous evening.
very interesting and thanks for the links Tatiana
Absolutely amazing, Tatters! You learned about that ahead of time, I assume?
Very interesting and informative, thanks for sharing.
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thats a good photograph of the alignment.
I photographed the Waning Moon approaching these planets, now in a linear formation, Saturday, over Sydney with a clear sky.
But I was hoping to get a tighter picture of the Moon in the centre, but today its pouring with rain. I think its still visible tomorrow.
I wondered if you were getting more pictures as it moved on?