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TOMORROW MORNING IS your last chance to see what will look like a ‘double star’ in the sky.
It will actually be the two brightest objects in the sky, Venus and Jupiter. The planets will look like they are passing close to one another between 7am – 8am.
David Moore, editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine said, “The two planets are not really close to one another in space, it is merely a line of sight effect, but extremely spectacular never the less.
The spectacle, which has occurred every morning this weekend is easily visible to the naked eye. Moore added:
It is a rare spectacle of nature and everyone should take a look.
The planet Venus looks like a bright star to the naked eye but it is 100 times brighter than the brightest stars in the sky. Venus is around 100 million km from Earth.
The planet Jupiter also looks like a very bright star to the naked eye and it is 10 times brighter than the brightest stars in the sky. Jupiter is about 900 million km from Earth
Venus is the same size as the Earth, but Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth (and therefore Venus).
Planet Mars, while slightly dimmer, will also be visible to the naked eye. It will be to the lower left of the Venus-Jupiter pair.
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Looked outside? I can’t see the bottom of the garden let alone space.
You wha… Gardener or Garden lol.
My awful humour lol.
Nothing like Irish wit.
Thanks lads, I’m in hospital and could do with a smile!
Get well soon michael.
Speedy recovery Michael, and remember, tell them to shove their Panadol up their hole, you want that codeine sh!t
Hope they gave u bed and not a trolley in some hallway. Get well soon
Make sure you say THEIR hole…
Ask for the benzos
Thanks for all!
Take care.
it should really have read shove that Panadol up Uranus :) get well soon
@garwig…..rofl!!!
Chin up Michael – wishing you all the best and a speedy return home :)
Naked eye? Saucy.
sauce in the eye nasty
lads it said between 7 and 8 AM..yous are 12 hours early
Early? Naughty.
It is, if you keep your eyes peeled lol.
Not from Ireland, you won’t!
Could this be the apocalyptic “MVJ Perfect Triangle ” mentioned in the prophesies of Nostradamus that have thus far remained undeciphered?
Guess I’ll set my alarm an hour after the event so I will sleep through it….
Nostraamus seemed to have copied stuff out of the Mirabilis Liber especially the Joannes de Vatiguerro part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabilis_Liber
What direction?
Up
Or down if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere.
Over his head.
Where the sun rises?
Anyone thinking an Omen film here lol…
I love looking at venus
I think the clouds will ruin that?
Venus is so big
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