rwong
05-12-2007, 07:24 AM
According to Wikipedia,
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A very remarkable planetary/galactic configuration occurs on December 23rd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23) and 24th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007). The configuration on December 23 — Mars, Earth, Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Galactic Centre — is shown in the graphic simulation linked below; it becomes even more remarkable in that it will be accompanied by the Full Moon (conjunct Mars) at about 2 a.m. on December 24 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24) when a simultaneous Venus square Neptune occurs. It is even more remarkable in that the Pluto/Sun conjunction appears exactly on the Winter Solstice, just past conjunction with the Galactic Centre.
Link below is the view from Mars toward the Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Mercury, Pluto alignment toward the Galactic Centre on 23 December (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) which occurs just after the Pluto/Jupiter (Heliocentric) conjunction on 23 November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_23) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007). NASA Solar System Simulator for 23rd Dec 2007 (http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=1000&vbody=1001&month=12&day=23&year=2007&hour=00&minute=00&fovmul=1&rfov=10&bfov=100&porbs=1)
Solar System on Dec 22, 2007. What is not shown is Pluto (which would be to Jupiter's right) Saturn, which follows down from Venus, and Uranus and Neptune. Saturn and Neptune form the cross's t-member. It is a 23/12 configuration. There will be a full moon on Dec. 23, 2007
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I wonder anyone knows observing time in Australia.
Clear skies
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A very remarkable planetary/galactic configuration occurs on December 23rd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23) and 24th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007). The configuration on December 23 — Mars, Earth, Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Galactic Centre — is shown in the graphic simulation linked below; it becomes even more remarkable in that it will be accompanied by the Full Moon (conjunct Mars) at about 2 a.m. on December 24 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24) when a simultaneous Venus square Neptune occurs. It is even more remarkable in that the Pluto/Sun conjunction appears exactly on the Winter Solstice, just past conjunction with the Galactic Centre.
Link below is the view from Mars toward the Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Mercury, Pluto alignment toward the Galactic Centre on 23 December (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) which occurs just after the Pluto/Jupiter (Heliocentric) conjunction on 23 November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_23) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007). NASA Solar System Simulator for 23rd Dec 2007 (http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=1000&vbody=1001&month=12&day=23&year=2007&hour=00&minute=00&fovmul=1&rfov=10&bfov=100&porbs=1)
Solar System on Dec 22, 2007. What is not shown is Pluto (which would be to Jupiter's right) Saturn, which follows down from Venus, and Uranus and Neptune. Saturn and Neptune form the cross's t-member. It is a 23/12 configuration. There will be a full moon on Dec. 23, 2007
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I wonder anyone knows observing time in Australia.
Clear skies
WWP