Look up tonight

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Look up tonight

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You can see this. Conjunction of Venus, the Moon, and Jupiter. We're covered in clouds over here. Good luck!

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Thanks for this, Jersey Girl. I will be looking.
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Hoping Rivendale catches this Moon-Jupiter-Venus alignment on camera and shares the pics!
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Some Schmo wrote:
Tue May 19, 2026 11:31 pm
Thanks for this, Jersey Girl. I will be looking.
Let me know if you got to check it out!
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Jersey Girl wrote:
Wed May 20, 2026 4:34 am
Some Schmo wrote:
Tue May 19, 2026 11:31 pm
Thanks for this, Jersey Girl. I will be looking.
Let me know if you got to check it out!
It is SPECTACULAR!!!!!! Thanks Jersey!
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Wed May 20, 2026 1:34 am
Hoping Rivendale catches this Moon-Jupiter-Venus alignment on camera and shares the pics!
My guess is that Rivendale holds membership in an astronomical society and follows more intently than I do. I'd kill for the set up Rivendale has and the ability to use it. I've been to star parties and it's so cool!

On a clear night, the Big Dipper is framed by the pines on our property out the back door. I used to be able to see the Milky Way but I think the lights from town are coming too close now. Saw the Northern Lights just once on a winter's night...all lime green. My favorite is the meteor showers and I watch the moon phases like it's my job.

When I see an event coming up I'll often post about it here in case anyone is interested. One night I saw a Starlink train so I had to go learn about that. I have a link for the Starlink locator, too.
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Philo Sofee wrote:
Wed May 20, 2026 4:49 am
Jersey Girl wrote:
Wed May 20, 2026 4:34 am
Let me know if you got to check it out!
It is SPECTACULAR!!!!!! Thanks Jersey!
Shut. Up. Did you see it? You really need to get into night photography. 8-)

Here's another for the month of May. I guess search up the event that you want and check it out for your location. The cloud cover is killing us here right now but it's nice to know that others may have seen it.

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Heads up! This is for tonight! We're not going to be able to see this either. It's a Sky smile! :D

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Jersey Girl wrote:
Wed May 20, 2026 11:42 pm
Heads up! This is for tonight! We're not going to be able to see this either. It's a Sky smile! :D

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I missed the smile, exactly in this form, but it was close enough. COOL!
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FYI: I'm not going to use the source of those images any longer. I have reason to believe it's unreliable. The other night there was a new image that mentioned the "thin crescent moon" when the moon was (I think) half at the time, now waxing gibbous.

This is what happens when someone with the smarts of a 3rd grader tries to do something nice around here. :roll:

Apologies. :oops:
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