Comments on: The King and Queen of the Planets http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:43:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kiera piper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6482 kiera piper Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:10:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6482 im going to see the Queen at the new football stadem and see her car and her hellie copter and i will wright a message to you and i hope i get a poster back from you two mile ash middle school at Milton Keynes england the high school im going to see the Queen at the new football stadem and see her car and her hellie copter and i will wright a message to you and i hope i get a poster back from you two mile ash middle school at Milton Keynes england the high school

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6472 CR Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:20:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6472 I'm "old school" as well--using film instead of digital. Oh, well... hopefully the pics I took two nights ago of Jupiter & Venus over a lake turned out OK. (Have to get the film processed ASAP!) I’m “old school” as well–using film instead of digital. Oh, well… hopefully the pics I took two nights ago of Jupiter & Venus over a lake turned out OK. (Have to get the film processed ASAP!)

]]> By: michael http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6471 michael Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:26:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6471 I've been taking photo's too- the problem is that I don't have a digital camera, drives me nuts as by the time I get them developed it's all over. I’ve been taking photo’s too- the problem is that I don’t have a digital camera, drives me nuts as by the time I get them developed it’s all over.

]]> By: hale_bopp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6470 hale_bopp Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:20:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6470 I was up at Kitt Peak on Saturday night and got to see Venus and Jupiter from the top of the mountain. SPectacular view! Rob I was up at Kitt Peak on Saturday night and got to see Venus and Jupiter from the top of the mountain. SPectacular view!

Rob

]]> By: Pro Libertate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6469 Pro Libertate Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:44:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6469 Assuming that viewing in Tampa isn't disturbed by another passing hurricane, I'm gonna get out the 8" Dob for a look-see. I actually haven't seen Venus with the scope, yet, so all the more reason to check out the conjunction. Assuming that viewing in Tampa isn’t disturbed by another passing hurricane, I’m gonna get out the 8″ Dob for a look-see. I actually haven’t seen Venus with the scope, yet, so all the more reason to check out the conjunction.

]]> By: tjm220 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6468 tjm220 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:17:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6468 Nice. Last night my wife and I were driving home heading west just after sunset and saw this. Jupiter was a bit dimmer than in the above photo but still obvious. Nice. Last night my wife and I were driving home heading west just after sunset and saw this. Jupiter was a bit dimmer than in the above photo but still obvious.

]]> By: aiabx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-6467 aiabx Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:51:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/08/28/the-king-and-queen-of-the-planets/#comment-6467 Yes Sameep, the moon will occult Venus (from South Africa and Antarctica), and Spica (from Siberia and Kamchatka) on Sept 7. Everyone else gets to see near misses. -Andy B Yes Sameep, the moon will occult Venus (from South Africa and Antarctica), and Spica (from Siberia and Kamchatka) on Sept 7. Everyone else gets to see near misses.
-Andy B

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