The moon is smiling

[MYT]

Has anyone checked out the moon tonight? Jupiter and Mars (I think) are perfectley placed above the cresent moon to make it look like it's smiling at you!! Not supposed to happen for another 5ish years

[husky510]

jupiter and Venus!

[Windsor220]

Nothin but sun over here still.

[gregaust]

Yes it looks pretty cool, very bright ..

[rodderz]

I noticed before that it was a bit different, and that the 2 bright ones were probably planets

As long as the moon don't have a vertical smile!

[MYT]

Tried to get a photo of it but the old camera phone doesn't do it justice

[tankclare]

I just went out and had a look.. Almost a pefect smile with the two planets as eyes. Well picked up i would have never known about it

[dave351cid]

hmmm..... i think that it must have stopped smiling . i cant even see the moon from here. plenty of stars but no moon.

[Peuty]

Best pic of it I could get -

[uranium_death]

My view is blocked by a bloody big tree.

May try later.

[Nolz]

I was outside earlier to have a look but all I got were bloody clouds :(

cool pic mate!

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

My view is blocked by a bloody big tree.

May try later.

Nah it's all gone now.

Thanks Nolz!

[paule11]

I saw that a few hours ago thought they were stars thought it looked good now looks better that i know they are planets

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by paule11

I saw that a few hours ago thought they were stars thought it looked good now looks better that i know they are planets

Planets are wee little stars ....



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[Steve D]

Still looking good in the Melbourne sky!

[TadKa]

Originally Posted by MYT

Tried to get a photo of it but the old camera phone doesn't do it justice

me too

[Windsor220]

Ok i see it now! Looks good.

I never new we could see Jupiter normally in the sky.

[Zed7fiddy]

Thats awesome, even better now i know they are planets

Its like its mocking me, was infront of me the whole way home from the Cinema hahah

[aussiblue]

Looking Good still in WA

[zigzagnt]

Unfortunately all i could see here in darwin was lightning and cloud.It would have to be in our wet season wouldn't it!!

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by auslandau

Planets are wee little stars ....

Except planets don't "twinkle" like little stars, nor is there a teatray in the sky.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by Torxteer

Ok i see it now! Looks good.

I never new we could see Jupiter normally in the sky.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all easy to spot with the naked eye. They're 4 of the brightest objects in the night sky. If they're above, you can usually spot all 4 of them at sunset before most stars are visible.

I think it's pretty cool to see other planets in our Solar System, occasionally I'll yank out the telescope for a closer look.

[TC200six]

As I was going into my house last night at around 8:30pm, I saw the face in the sky and to tell you the truth, it looked kinda scary. But that was a very rare phenomenon, just to have 2 planets so close to each other is rare enough as it is without the moon just underneath making a face out of it.

[Peuty]

It will happen again in five years time apparently.

[Fev]

haha i wonder how long before someone makes a meme of that

"GOD IS WATCHING YOU!" or something..

any other cool night time sky phenomenom coming up? still never seen a meteor shower :(

[BIGJB]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Best pic of it I could get -

Glad you took that mate cause I knew nothin about it. Cheers.

[Biggav]

this was taken by our club photog, good effot i say.

[XR6_661]

Woah. That looks awesome!!!

[WindsorXR]

That looks great biggav. I only took amature shots but i might post some up tonight.

[buggerlugs]

It's not smileing in New York. It's frowning !!