Tywais Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Don’t miss jaw-dropping Venus/Jupiter encounter Venus and Jupiter are converging for a must-see close encounter at the end of June. It could be the best backyard sky show of 2015. Throughout the month of June 2015, the two brightest planets in the night sky, Venus and Jupiter, are converging for a jaw-dropping close encounter. When the sun goes down, step outside and look west. You don’t have to wait until the sky fades to black. Venus and Jupiter are so bright, you can see then shining through the twilight. During the first two weeks of June, Venus and Jupiter converged until they’re now are only about 10 degrees apart. For reference, this means they would just fit together inside the bowl of the Big Dipper. You could hide them both, simultaneously, behind the palm of your outstretched hand. This is pretty close, but by the end of the month this distance will shrink by a factor of 30. In fact, every night in June, the separation between Venus and Jupiter will visibly shrink. On June 18, Venus and Jupiter will be only 6 degrees apart. Now you can hide the two behind just two or three of your fingers with your arm outstretched. More here - earthsky.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lujanit Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 This should be cool providing the clouds don't get in the way. We were fortunate here in BKK that the sky cleared enough to watch the entire eclipse (blood moon) a couple of months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Will Jupiter, being the larger, flash to demand right of way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The monks are going to love this. It will give them another "golden" opportunity to prey on the superstition of the locals. But as they say, everybody needs to make a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNXBKKMAN Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I have noticed these every evening above Doi Suthip. Nice to see a video explaing it all. Looks like june 19, 20 are the days to pick your three numbers for the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 I have noticed these every evening above Doi Suthip. Nice to see a video explaing it all. Looks like june 19, 20 are the days to pick your three numbers for the lottery. I'll be out with my tripod in CM hoping the clouds behave. Bet Doi Inthanon would be a great place to be. Also, there are some observatories open to the public for viewing specifically Nakhon Ratchasima and Chachoengsao on the 20th. Suspect CM also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 When the moon is in the Seventh HouseAnd Jupiter aligns with MarsThen peace will guide the planetsAnd love will steer the stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviss Geez Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Jaw-dropping encounter?...hardly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Dude, are they gonna like, COLLIDE??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockingJay Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars A written Poem on Nana Plaza? I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always18 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars ..........and a lucky few of us got to see the delicious Marsha Hunt............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Is this a good thing or a bad thing. Oh Dear. That really puts an age to the poster. This is the dawning of the age of aquarius Age of Aquarius Aquariuuuuuuuuuus, Aquariuuuuus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spermwhale Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Are there any astronomy clubs that have outings to see this celestial event? I'm without a telescope and live in BKK, but would be willing to make a trek somewhere else to view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius I remember the music the first time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeincnx Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Only 6 degrees apart tonight - June 18th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I was a small kid, but my parents (closet nudists I suspect) bought the "Hair, The Musical" album ....I always thought the words were, "And love will steal the stars" Glad to be finally corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Nice the way the writer has given real-life comparisons like "they could disappear behind a few fingers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Nice the way the writer has given real-life comparisons like "they could disappear behind a few fingers". They could disappear behind one, if you hold it close to your eye. Edited June 18, 2015 by halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Is this a good thing or a bad thing. Oh Dear. That really puts an age to the poster. This is the dawning of the age of aquarius Age of Aquarius Aquariuuuuuuuuuus, Aquariuuuuus! Yep a gr8 time that was HAIR , I had some then too , my dad thought I was a long hair hippy. I was as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Dude, are they gonna like, COLLIDE??? Treating your question with much more seriousness than was probably intended, no. At their closest they are 670,000,000 km apart. At the moment, viewed from Earth towards an inner orbit and then back out to Jupiter, likely more than twice that. There's a lot of SFA out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 A lineup of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter will be seen as of Friday nightBANGKOK: -- Stargazers will have a chance to see the Moon, Venus and Jupiter come close together that will brighten up the western sky for three consecutive nights start from Friday night.The National Astronomical Research Institute said that the realignment of the planets and the Moon was a normal natural phenomenon and, this time around, the realignment of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter would be different each night.On Friday night, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter will line up in the western sky but on Saturday night, the lineup will be the Moon, Jupiter and Venus and on Sunday night, the Moon will move higher above Jupiter.The phenomenon can be seen with naked eyes from sunset and all through the night.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/a-lineup-of-the-moon-venus-and-jupiter-will-be-seen-as-of-friday-night -- Thai PBS 2015-06-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The monks are going to love this. It will give them another "golden" opportunity to prey on the superstition of the locals. But as they say, everybody needs to make a living. I can clearly see the lottery numbers here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Has something changed radically? AFAIK Venus is only EVER visible early evening or just before sunrise, its orbit being very close to the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars ..........and a lucky few of us got to see the delicious Marsha Hunt............. Yeah, as I recall she had quite a bush back then....now 69 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Dude, are they gonna like, COLLIDE??? Treating your question with much more seriousness than was probably intended, no. At their closest they are 670,000,000 km apart. TOTAL COLLISION!! I hope it's a cool explosion like when the terrorists blew up Alderaan! Edited June 18, 2015 by timmyp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResandePohm Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars A written Poem on Nana Plaza? I like that! From the song The dawning of the age of Aquarius From the musical Hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolsti Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 And if you face East, take all your clothes off and bend over with your head between your legs you can see Uranus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I try not to drop my jaw. Last time I did some dude scooped it up and I had to fork over 500 baht. This is so jaw dropping that if you didn't know exactly where to look, you'd miss it. Maybe song here should be "white boys are so pretty..." etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviss Geez Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) I did see this a couple of nights ago, 2 tiny pinpricks of light in the sky giving the illusion that they were near to each other. A draw-dropping, tedious waste of 30 seconds vision as I screamed out "oh my god!" in awe. Edited June 20, 2015 by Sviss Geez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I had a jaw dropping encounter with my own little Venus this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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