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Click on 'continue reading' for placement charts to know where to look if you need.
1 posted on 12/20/2012 8:30:03 AM PST by virgil283
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There is no permalink. You will have to scroll down. Right now its the 6th headline down...


2 posted on 12/20/2012 8:33:25 AM PST by virgil283 ( "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh ...")
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Weather won’t permit it here. Last good night we had I had Jupiter and 4 of the moons visible. I could make out the bands even. Wish I could have snapped a pic.


3 posted on 12/20/2012 8:37:33 AM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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All the planets on one side of the Earth?
OMGosh, That may cause the Earth to tip over !!


4 posted on 12/20/2012 8:37:55 AM PST by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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The Mayans were right...we’re doomed! :)


5 posted on 12/20/2012 8:38:14 AM PST by EEGator
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Seven planets, one for each Seal. A sure sign of the apocalypse...


7 posted on 12/20/2012 8:39:37 AM PST by null and void (Going Galt: The won't of the people)
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Uranus is mostly featureless and dull.

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9 posted on 12/20/2012 8:40:12 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote
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Does this mean that Jupiter is with Mars? A dawning of a new Age of Aquarius?


10 posted on 12/20/2012 8:41:02 AM PST by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: virgil283

Look down and see an eighth one.


11 posted on 12/20/2012 8:41:27 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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bfl.

Thanks for the info!


12 posted on 12/20/2012 8:42:48 AM PST by txmissy
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To: virgil283

This happened last year:

http://www.space.com/14005-rare-sight-7-planets-visible-skywatching-tips.html


13 posted on 12/20/2012 8:44:08 AM PST by Cathy
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To: virgil283

saw the phrase “around 2:30 a.m.” and quit reading.


15 posted on 12/20/2012 8:46:12 AM PST by Mercat (Adventures make you late for dinner. Bilbo Baggins)
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All Seven Planets Visible in One Night ... Took the trash out one night a week ago and was startled by one of the brighter objects in the sky I'd seen in a long time.
Had to look it up and it turned out to be Jupiter. Great show.
16 posted on 12/20/2012 8:47:23 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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I thought there were eight planets, or did yet another one get demoted?


17 posted on 12/20/2012 8:47:51 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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Several Nights Only- All Seven Planets Visible in One Night

Au contraire. If you're out, just look around, and see the eighth, aka, "3rd rock from the Sun" ...

Even though my scope is less than the author's 8", weather makes it a moot endeavor, regardless.

20 posted on 12/20/2012 8:52:25 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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Live at 4800’ ASL west of the Rockies in Colorado. Very little light contamination so star gazing is optimum ... I’ll check it out.


21 posted on 12/20/2012 8:53:59 AM PST by BluH2o
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In case anyone is unaware, there is an awesome app out there called Star Walk. With it, you can move your iPhone or iPad around the sky and see what is out there, even on the other side of the Earth. Also will show you where the various satellites and space station are. Coolest app I’ve seen in quite a while. My 7 year old loves it too.


22 posted on 12/20/2012 8:57:49 AM PST by GnL
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Don’t know about you folks, but, I plan on seeing a bit of the Earth tonight also. That makes 8 for me.

Good luck seeing Mars. It’s on the other side of the Sun, so, it is VERY small and sets just after the Sun.

If you have access to a scope, take a look at Jupiter. I was looking at it Friday Night. Had the scope cranked up to 250x and it looked like a basketball! The air was very still so I could see lots of cloud details. Got to see the Red Spot even.

Mercury is gonna be a tough one too.


33 posted on 12/20/2012 9:16:40 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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Won’t be visible here, wild weather coming in, high winds, thunderstorms, temps dropping from the fifties to the twenties, snow west and north.


38 posted on 12/20/2012 9:52:11 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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bkmk


39 posted on 12/20/2012 9:58:58 AM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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Eight if you look down...


40 posted on 12/20/2012 9:59:59 AM PST by InMemoriam
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