the moon tonight !!!

[hennie321]

i know nothing about stars and things, but go outside now and check the moon with two stars adjacent to it !!!!

[PAUL NEL]

Hier van Springbok is die maan en sterre baie duidelik...Paul Nel

[Navigator]

From Centurion, Stunning

[hennie321]

is dit 'n unieke verskynsel, of gebeur dit dikwels?

[4ePajero]

My slim seun sê ons sal dit nie weer sien nie.

Dis volgens hom Venus en Jupiter wat ons langs die maan kan (kon) sien.

[Engel]

my tiener het my ook so ingelig

[4WD]

Info from earthsky.org. The photo is taken from my balcony.

November 30, 2008.
Here’s a gathering of sky objects you won’t want to miss tonight and tomorrow night shortly after sunset.
You’ll find the bright planets Venus and Jupiter near the place the sun went down, with a waxing crescent moon nearby. They’re low in the sky – but beautiful both November 30 and December 1. With the exception of the sun and moon, Venus is the brightest light in the heavens, and Jupiter is second-brightest.
The Venus/Jupiter conjunction happens when these objects have the same right ascension on the sky’s dome. It’s as if they cross the same line of longitude in the sky and – for a brief time – beam north and south of one another on the sky’s dome. A conjunction of the two brightest planets won’t happen again until March of 2012. During this particular Venus and Jupiter conjunction, these two brilliant worlds appear 2 degrees apart. That’s about the width of your finger at an arm length away.
It’s possible – but extremely rare – to see two planets appear to merge into a single point of light. The last time two planets met up at the same spot on the sky’s dome was in the year 1818, when Venus passed in front of Jupiter. Tonight and tomorrow night, look for Venus, Jupiter, and the crescent moon in the west after sunset.
Conjunctions of two planets are fairly common. The planets often meet and appear close together the sky’s dome. But an occultation – or covering over – of one planet by another is very rare. Two planets won’t meet again on the sky’s dome for another 247 years – or until Venus occults Jupiter in the year 2065.

[4x4offroad]

Yep, from our viewpoint, it was absolutely stunning. We had the moon between the 2! Only once in a lifetime once gets to see these unusual occurences...

Now what about the stuff heading for earth in 2012 as per Carte Blanche last night. Eish man, moet ons wegkruip or is it just hype! He He..

[4WD]

BTW.. Top is Venus and bottom is Jupiter. Pic show the other planets we cannot see with naked eye that is in line .....

[Ma-Jero]

Dit is wonderlik om te dink dit maak nou nie saak waar ons vanaand in SA sit, ons sien dit almal! Ja, en die kinders weet meer van die hele storie as ons!!

Het ook probeer afneem, maar nie so maklik

[Zandyl]

Download Stellarium, it is a free program.

You can increase or decrease speed in the way the planets move, or you can just pause it.

Zooming in a planet is easy, you won't get a better view trough a telescope

[Cois]

The moon from our backyard and from Lover's Lane (Thanx Lasagne...)

[4WD]

Starry Night Backyard is another cool application to use with similar functions.

[Stevh0]

it was awesome!