Comments on: The Moon eats Venus on Wednesday http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/ 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. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:55:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cheyenne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-144531 cheyenne Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:35:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-144531 that is so not true!!!!!!! that is so not true!!!!!!!

]]> By: Spankermatic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-74431 Spankermatic Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:13:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-74431 Heres how we saw it in NZ - see the pictures and accompanying article at stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/4428261a11.html Heres how we saw it in NZ – see the pictures and accompanying article at stuff

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4428261a11.html

]]> By: lagomorph http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-74430 lagomorph Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:39:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-74430 I couldn't find it with binoculars here in Northern VA. I saw it a couple of hours ago with Venus a couple of moon diameters away. I should have gone home and got my scope. I couldn’t find it with binoculars here in Northern VA. I saw it a couple of hours ago with Venus a couple of moon diameters away. I should have gone home and got my scope.

]]> By: Steve Bell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-74429 Steve Bell Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:03:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-74429 Anyone know of a live webcast of this event? tick, tick, tick... Steve Anyone know of a live webcast of this event?

tick, tick, tick…

Steve

]]> By: lagomorph http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-74428 lagomorph Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:44:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-74428 6 degrees here :( 6 degrees here :(

]]> By: JanieBelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-74427 JanieBelle Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:55:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-74427 Hey! I call DoOver! Who's bright idea was it to put this only 8 degrees over my horizon???? Hey! I call DoOver!

Who’s bright idea was it to put this only 8 degrees over my horizon????

]]> By: Richard B. Drumm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-74426 Richard B. Drumm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:34:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/the-moon-eats-venus-on-wednesday/#comment-74426 Pioneer: I just posted a comment over there explaining the whole thing. For those of you who want to see a cool animation of libration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libration Enjoy! Rich Pioneer:
I just posted a comment over there explaining the whole thing.
For those of you who want to see a cool animation of libration:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libration
Enjoy!
Rich

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