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31-05-2018, 06:46 AM
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kids+wife+scopes=happyman
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It's finally here! The End of The World will happen on October 18 2018 at 7:57pm...
An amazing apparition will happen on the 18th of October this year at 7:57pm.
All 8 planets, PLUS the Moon and Pluto, will all be visible simultaneously for just a few minutes!
I've seen this occur before but only across the course of a whole evening, and visible for a few weeks. But never everything all at the one time.
A planetary "alignment" of biblical proportions? I dunno about that. But very freaking rare and awesome!
Cripes, mention this alignment on Facebook and watch the place tear itself apart! Let's keep this in-house, shall we...
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31-05-2018, 06:53 AM
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Deprived of starlight
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Thanks for the heads up, Alex!
Guess there's no point putting anything on layby for Christmas.
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31-05-2018, 06:59 AM
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Mmm .... you’ll need an allsky camera for this, or at least an ultra wide and stitch a few shots. Uranus will be hard on the east horizon though. Also a site with phenomenal east west horizons.
While 17 October is good the configuration persists for a few evenings so there’s hope if the weather flaps up... Uranus rises higher in the east each evening, but Venus heading for the sun fast.
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31-05-2018, 07:06 AM
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Ultimate Noob
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I could photograph the whole lot pretty quickly but I need to get it with Uranus at its highest as my dark site has much better views of the West and east (tree line).
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31-05-2018, 07:13 AM
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Deprived of starlight
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If the world has ended who are you going to show your images to?
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31-05-2018, 07:54 AM
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kids+wife+scopes=happyman
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This is the Holy Grail of all planetary "alignments"!
WOOHOO!
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31-05-2018, 08:38 AM
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31-05-2018, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mental4astro
Cripes, mention this alignment on Facebook and watch the place tear itself apart! Let's keep this in-house, shall we...
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The gravitational, tidal forces will rip the Earth apart. We'll all be flung out of the galaxy. I'm booking my LSL today.
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31-05-2018, 09:22 AM
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Dazed and confused
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And knowing Melbourne's fickle weather it will be clouded over and raining cats and dogs
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31-05-2018, 09:31 AM
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1¼" ñì®våñá
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relax guys, the world will not end!
there will just be a big M8.0+ earthquake somewhere around that date
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31-05-2018, 10:55 AM
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If one wanted to string together a disaster scenario then there's no need to look very far, Hawaii, not that it isn't always active to some extent, has been bursting at the seams lately - for the last few weeks or so.....
If Kilauea et al blow (really blow) then Mt St Helens will look like a picnic
Best
JA
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31-05-2018, 11:10 AM
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You can dial up the date on Sky Safari. That's how I came across this event while looking up possible dates for outreach/sidewalk astronomy nights with the planets and Moon on view. Great tool Sky Safari. What I'm not sure about is if this event is visible everywhere around the world - of course take your own local sunset time into account. The time I've posted is for Sydney.
Might look into organizing a special outreach/sidewalk astronomy event for this occasion. There's a few parks in Sydney's east that could do that have gorgeous east-west views. Anyone like to join me?
Mind you, I've had the Spooks called on me at one of these parks once before... They'll totally flip with this one!
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31-05-2018, 11:11 AM
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Col...
Last edited by FlashDrive; 31-05-2018 at 07:52 PM.
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31-05-2018, 07:11 PM
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Love the moonless nights!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nikolas
And knowing Melbourne's fickle weather it will be clouded over and raining cats and dogs
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This begs the question, if you can't see it, does it really happen?
Melbourne could be saved from all the destruction because of their bad weather
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01-06-2018, 10:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tlgerdes
This begs the question, if you can't see it, does it really happen?
Melbourne could be saved from all the destruction because of their bad weather
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Schrödinger's Apocalypse?
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01-06-2018, 10:51 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Age of Aquarius baby... bring on the next....(((PEACE MAN...OK...COOOOOOL)))
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01-06-2018, 10:53 AM
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ze frogginator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tlgerdes
This begs the question, if you can't see it, does it really happen?
Melbourne could be saved from all the destruction because of their bad weather
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The combined planets gravity will suck up all the clouds and the skies will be clear.
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01-06-2018, 11:32 AM
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kids+wife+scopes=happyman
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Jeff,
I like your thinking. Here's a take on the Messier Marathon - the Planetary Sprint!
Or maybe a better name could be the Solar System Sprint.
Bagging all 8 planets along with the Moon, Pluto and a bunch of planet satellites, and why not the Sun too. Really every single major body in the Solar System, all captured within a couple of hours. Visual or photo, or why not sketched too.
Have Also Sprach Zarathustra and other space themed pieces running on a loop in the background too while undertaking the sprint...
Last edited by mental4astro; 01-06-2018 at 12:00 PM.
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01-06-2018, 12:06 PM
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Bugger, and just when I've got polar alignment worked out
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01-06-2018, 01:01 PM
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I better update my life insurance.
My daughter will be disappointed as it's the day before her birthday.
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