twinkle little star ven jup parade rev 2

The camp fire

The same show

Through centuries

Twinkle little star

I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE?

too brilliant to ignore, by far

Photo Linda (Oregon)

The Venus and Jupiter Parade

• Venus and Jupiter very eye-catching when both are “near” the Moon (20th June)

• Many photos, many locations, many thanks! this trio looks the same from each, but latitude causes different orientations.

• Jupiter harder to see (and photograph); it is about 10X further than Venus. In most slides, it was visible, on the 22 inch LG monitor while editing.

• The Venus-Jupiter line is part of “The Ecliptic”

DubaiThe dots are Venus (lower) and Jupiter. Here, nothing else is bright enough to

push its light through the haze

Dubai24 May 2015

Unacknowledged photos from Dubai(Graham)

Internet for Latitude-Longitude

• Today we swap the bonfire for the internet

• for LATITUDE differences Watch the moon orientation

or . . . Melbourne Dubai

Same MoonSame nightDifferent Latitudes

Shaun (Melbourne, Australia)

Maylands, Western Australia

Same Night

Same Venus- Jupiter Line being seen, from Lake Tahoe; Rotated, from Maylands

Different LATITUDE

( . . . for LATITUDE differences)

Or Watch the Venus- Jupiter Line

K Csaba (Maylands)Deborah (Lake Tahoe)

24 May22 May

48 hours of moon progress26° of moon progress

Internet for Longitude

Internet for Longitude

• for LONGITUDE differences– (not so easy but not impossible!)

– The Moon speed• Moon is fast (1km per sec)

which means 13° in 24 hours

– Note hours between photos

– Get a simple telescope • Measure angle change

between the two locations

Shaun, Melbourne

VenusVenus

Jupiter

Jupiter

First photo (from Shaun, Melbourne)

During orbit, Moon passes Venus first. In Melbourne, moon is just past Jupiter

Second photo (from Dubai)Moon is further past Jupiter.

Earth spins TOWARD eastMelbourne photo made firstMelbourne is EAST of Dubai

Shaun (Melbourne)

Al Wahda Mall, UAE, Bea

http://www.gemswellingtonacademy-alkhail.com/contents.php?pageid=4623&submenuid=5422&parentid=1103

Biatorbagy, Hungary – Noemi

MOON NOT SEENNorway - midnight still too bright for even the moon

Boban

Wellington NZ: eight-eighths cloudBence

20 May

21 May

22 May

24 MayThe Moon; Dubai 20-24 May

Venus-Jupiter separation shrinks

20 May08 June

19 June

21 June19 June

48 hours of MOON progress, June

June 20Abu Dhabi

Above Abu Dhabi UAE Jane Above

Ajman UAE Badr

Bea Al WahdaAbu Dhabi

GusztiBudapest Hungary

MiklosHungary

21 June

Alma Diera, Dubai UAE

Leo, Doha, Qatar Najah, Dubai Sports City

Deborah, Lake Tahoe

Tibor, Hong Kong

Ryan, California

Zsuzsanna, Solnok, Hungary)

Violetta; Tata, Hungary

Dania, Singapore

Cery, Seychelles

Ed, Dubai, UAE

Shaun, Melbourne

Shaun, Melbourne

Su, Kent, UK)

Bevanda-Kun, Novi Sad ,Serbia

Portorose, Slovenia, Zsofia

Remraam, Dubai UAE Dodo

Sarasota, Florida, Agnes

Tim (San Francisco)

Wellington, NZKlari

Zaragoza, SpainAndris

RecallDubai24 May 2015

Post Script

Dubai30 June 2015Venus , Jupiter in Conjunction

MARCH 20At LEFT, What was SEEN by everyone on EARTHStart at the bottom

Earth Horizon (West) The SUN, 1-2 hours after sunset

Jupiter (near East )

Moon.

Venus

The line-up at left is an edge-on view of the circles below; THE SUN is below the EARTH horizon; move away from Horizon to VENUS then JUPITER

MARCH 20 to June 20Orbiting – Angle of sweep is 90° for EarthAbout 150° for Venus (the closest planet to Sun is fastest) About 10° for Jupiter; (distance shown to sun is about 1/5 actual)

• From Earth’s June position, Venus and Jupiter are now in line.

• Within 2 months, Venus and Jupiter (from Earth) will be in line with the sun

– Venus in front of sun– Jupiter behind

JUNE 20 (three months later)

Twinkle, way up there, afarEven if you’re not a star. . .

Stars don’t move, so maybe, can itBe that you’re a tiny planet?

GrahamDubaiVenus and Jupiter Parade

Linda (Oregon) Many thanks to all who took the trouble of sending this variety of scenes you have been able to enjoy

Next post will be what the Education business could be doing better , using the sky as a resource.