Stars, Planets, Constellations and such....

Great view tonight of Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter fanning out from the nearly full moon. Antares and Spica playing supporting roles.
If you have decent lenses, you can clearly see 3 or 4 moons of Jupiter.

Supermoon.

Probably not going to be able to see it at its peak this evening, but last night was pretty impressive.

PH

From the suburbs of NJ, it was okay. The moon was definitely brighter. I'm sure if I were on tropical island, the supermoon would have been more impressive.

Definitely bigger the closer it is to the horizon. Tonight is supposed to be the closest the moon will come to us, but we have clouds/rain forecast.

PH

The moon was really beautiful when I walked the dog this morning around 5 AM.
The moon is so big and so close (hasn't been this close since 1948 when Dewey beat Truman).

Here is a NASA article about the 'supermoon' http://www.space.com/34714-sup...osest-full-moon.html

that was definitely a big ass moon

To my surprise, the skies cleared in Seattle, so the moon was shining over our deck. I wish I could report this as a life changing event, but I guess the stars were not aligned.

East Coasters. Late notice, but a very visible flyby by the International Space Station begins at 5:34 tonight. Coming from the South West.

PH

Pretty cool to see something traveling 17,000 miles an hour that's 250+ miles above us flying by. With people in it. Pretty cool.

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Pretty cool to see something traveling 17,000 miles an hour that's 250+ miles above us flying by. With people in it. Pretty cool.

PH

your speed is wrong

dont you know the earth is flat?

17k miles per hour would have meant the space station would have went by too fast for you to see.

The ISS is often visible. Click here for a website that gives you the information.
In addition learn how to spot Iridium flares. You can point to a clear spot in the sky and say watch--a spot in the sky will quickly brighten to almost 100 times brighter than Venus and then will quickly fade and disappear.

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Originally posted by g-man

your speed is wrong

Negative. Five or so miles a second. Altitude, brother.

PH

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
The ISS is often visible.

Not so much here, at least for us Easterners. The combination of approach angle, lack of clouds and darkness was a fairly rare confluence here.

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
The ISS is often visible.

Not so much here, at least for us Easterners. The combination of approach angle, lack of clouds and darkness was a fairly rare confluence here.

PH

Great you made the effort. A lot of people don't realize there is a bunch you can see from city or other not ideal locations.

Less and less as light pollution scrubs the stars from our skies.

And, no effort at all. I grabbed my wineglass opened the garage door, looked to the SW and watched for 5 minutes. It was a little chilly...

PH

Tonight, the first and only supermoon of 2017.

PH