Originally posted by sgrrsh26


wow, thats amazing. Unbelievable that that was taken from a camera, looks almost as if it should have been a telescope.

Yeah, it's amazing what one can capture with great equipment. My personal stuff is nowhere near the quality of hardware I get to use at work. That stuff gets expensive!

I saw both the moon and Jupiter as the first lights at dusk tonight, I thought it was really pretty.

It's a little splash of 餅 that got away from the rabbit in the moon...

I noticed a few people saying that it could be Venus. Given the position of it I would like to point out for informational purposes that Venus' orbit is within the Earth's so it cannot appear in the sky opposite the Sun. Which explains exactly why it is normally seen brightly in the morning or evening (Morning/Evening 'Star')

Jupiter is the only planet that comes close to Venus' brightness - as it is now and only Jupiter can appear opposite the sun (behind the Earth). Stellarium is great for clarifying the positions of stars/planets.

That's a ripper of a photo contagion, I'll have to try that on my Canon 350D


[edit on 30-9-2009 by xaera]

It's Jupiter...

It'll be awhile until it passes behind the Sun again.

When it passes behind the sun again many will post rumors that it burst into flames and when it emerges we'll have two Suns... AGAIN!

And out of the Humble Pumpkin Patch will rise the Great Pumpkin gifting toys to all the good children.

I was walking with my girl tonight and we both commented on how bright Jupiter was, right next to the moon

I wish I had a telescope so I could get a better view.

Wow @ the nibiru comments, you can't be serious.

It's Jupiter people, a simple google search could have told you this.

JUPITER.... It's a nice view

The Michael Shieser web site was a nice bump. Very interesting indeed. It shed much light on questions I had in regard to my own ideas. Its weird how all this stuff adds up. My eyes are now glued to Jupiter, what next?