 | |  | | ![]() Some nice graphical information on the lunar eclipse to be seen from the "western world" on September 27-28:
http://shadowandsubstance.com/
I unsterdand it will be happening during the supermoon also. [within a few hours of it actually occurring, but that's just the "fine print". Close enough for the media's work, anyway.] 
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I found a pair that would make a good album cover if I ever get around to making music for it. Thanks for the link. | |  | |  |
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| | | | ![]() You're welcome. Well, at least something came of it.
maybe somewhere there may be a good link for shots for the next Venus Martian album... 
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| written by Neuzd on Sep 25, 2015 16:34 |
 | |  | | ![]()  | Skinnymon said: | | maybe somewhere there may be a good link for shots for the next Venus Martian album... |
I always prefer using original artwork, which is not an easy task for my substandard graphic abilities. Fractal/noise based generators are the real life savers here, with artmatic being my weapon of choice since forever : )
I've started looking into animation as well (always with a musical scope ). If I get to something I'll post that for sure.
Anyway, my favorite place for space images is always HIRISE. It's not technically space, because it's Mars, but still... | |  | |  |
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| | | | ![]() | Skinnymon said: | | maybe somewhere there may be a good link for shots for the next Venus Martian album... |
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 | |  | | ![]() | Neuzd said: | | It's not technically space, because it's Mars, but still... |
Mars is in space, so it counts. So do pictures of the Earth, and of cats.
Really though, pure "space" pictures might be kind of boring, seeing as they tend to be solid black. | |  | |  |
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Something slightly unusual occurred during the conjunction of Mars and Jupiter on October 19. (Which I should have mentioned, but it required being up at about 4:00-5:00 a.m. to see...and the weather here was sucky- the same system caused some bad mudslides that blocked off the main highway nearby that got some U.S. TV reporting)
It seems that while Mars and Jupiter were "conjunctuating," Mars was also heading toward an occultation of the star chi Leonis, which is a naked eye star. It was visible from the Western Pacific rim (i.e., Japan). And an enterprising astrophotographer caught the action and made a time lapse movie of it, including Jupiter and the Galilean satellites in the same field.
It's worth a look:
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=119082&PHPSESSID=voom6t5n080v8lco69r52niek2
[Here's a strip photo of the timing of the action: cd/jpgs/Skinnymon/mars_star (40 Kb)
Oh, and Jupiter is now heading for a conjunction with Venus on October 26, which will be a bit brighter and may be visible a bit closer to sunrise). Also, as Venus and Jupiter show off their third and final conjunction of 2015 – on October 26 – Venus will reach its greatest western (morning) elongation from the sun. Coincidentally, as Venus and Jupiter "conjunctivate" for the third and final conjunction of 2015, on October 26 Venus will reach its greatest western (morning) elongation from the sun.
And as a "special added bonus" feature, during the period October 24-29, the three planets will be in a close enough field (5°) that they will all be visible in the same field of binoculars. The next planetary trio won't be seen until January 2021. 
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| | | | ![]() Hey there! It's time for another astronomical sight for some! 
(Well, actually something will be there for most....) 
First we have the moon occulting Venus on December 7 for the final planetary occultation of 2015 [duh!] Though it's only visible to us in North America... The problem is it will be in daylight- if you can find the moon- and you may need binoculars to see anything well, imuo.
But the moon and Venus should be close in most areas if you get up really early... like me.  
INFO:
http://www.universetoday.com/123611/astro-challenge-watch-the-moon-occult-venus-in-the-daytime/
And, as long as you are up, There's the comet Catalina (C/2013 US10, blah, blah) close by the moon and Venus, which should be visible in binoculars (see toward the bottom of the above link- has graphic to show position relative to moon and Venus). It has a "double tail" right now in pictures.
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=120428&PHPSESSID=s84g43l96amnd8u66jr0bl3nv3
Well, that's about all, except for that giant asteroid about to hit earth [J/K!!!]
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| written by Alex on Jan 22, 2016 05:56 |
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well... the wiki says one of the proposed names is Nox, roman goddess of the night. But also meaning "night", literally. If they go for the genitive form, "night's", they get... Noctis.  | |  | |  |
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| | | | ![]() No need to panic, right???
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4888
 | JPL/NASA said: | | The variation in possible closest approach distances is due to the wide range of possible trajectories for this object, since it was tracked for only a short time after discovery. |
mighty large margin of error... 
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| written by Alex on Feb 05, 2016 17:10 |
| | | | ![]() well no, even if it hit, it'd explode before getting to the ground, but I still wouldn't like it to do that anywhere near me because the blast would be pretty damageful, shattering windows and probably tearing down trees and weak walls... | | | | |
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