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Jupiter To Be Visible

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-at-the-stars dept.

KillerBluj writes "CNN says "The largest planet in the solar system will be directly overhead at midnight on New Year's Eve, according to astronomer Jack Horkheimer. The ringed planet Saturn also will be visible, and both will be joined in the sky by the almost full moon. When the sun sets on Monday, Jupiter will rise in the northeast and will slowly climb in the sky until it reaches its highest point at midnight. The almost full moon will trail Jupiter to the east, "bathing the landscape in brilliant cosmic light," Horkheimer said. "--- This should be really interesting to see both planets and the full moon. Wonder what's going to happen tonight?!"

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  1. What's going to happen by Lars+T. · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... he asks. Time for a new Slashdot topic: Astrology and other nonsense.

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  2. Re:Ummmm, by FreeMath · · Score: 2

    The big deal is that somebody at CNN wrote about it. Nothing really special. If you wanted something special one of Jupiter's moons made a transit across the surface of the planet last thursday. That was cool.

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  3. Don't squander the view! by Zen+Mastuh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One thing I'm always grateful for is a clear sky on a dark night and the humbling power of the billions and billions of stars that are visible to my eye. A few months ago, there was an article on light pollution, along with links to nighttime shots of earth to illustrate the intensity of light pollution. Along with that article was the revelation that there are a growing number of people who have never seen a starry night. Sounds trivial to you, but such a simple thing is very important because it forces the alert human to put things into perspective and to see that there are greater things than man can create.

    Light pollution isn't the only threat to our ability to witness astronomically significant events: space billboards will probably debut as soon as the economy goes back into upswing. Laugh if you must, but don't be surprised if future articles warn you "you'll have to squint to see Jupiter tonight, because the Coca-Cola® billboard will be about 3 to the east..." or similar.

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  4. New material please! by fm6 · · Score: 2

    http://www.altpeter.de/pub/fortune/futurama