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Stalking Uranus: A Complete Guide to the 2014 Opposition Season
universetoday.com ^
| September 15, 2014
| David Dickinson on
Posted on 09/15/2014 3:04:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
In 2014, opposition occurs at 21:00 Universal Time (UT)/5:00 PM EDT on October 7th. If this date sounds familiar, it’s because Full Moon and the second total lunar eclipse of 2014 and the ongoing lunar tetrad of eclipses occurs less than 24 hours afterwards. This puts Uranus extremely close to the eclipsed Moon, and a remote slice of the high Arctic will actually see the Moon occult (pass in front of) Uranus during totality. Such a coincidence is extremely rare: the last time the Moon occulted a naked eye planet during totality occurred back during Shakespearian times in 1591, when Saturn was covered by the eclipsed Moon. This close conjunction as seen from English soil possibly by the bard himself was mentioned in David Levy’s book and doctoral thesis The Sky in Early Modern English Literature, and a similar event involving Saturn occurs in 2344 AD.
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KEYWORDS: uranus
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Uranus rising to the east the evening of October 7th, just prior to the start of the October 8th lunar eclipse later the same evening. Created using Stellarium.
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09/15/2014 3:04:56 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/15/2014 3:06:35 PM PDT
by
golux
To: BenLurkin
Why does a serious subject have to have a title that so begs for a unseemly response?
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09/15/2014 3:07:10 PM PDT
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Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: golux
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posted on
09/15/2014 3:07:19 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s not often you see the moon passing in front of Uranus ...
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09/15/2014 3:08:57 PM PDT
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IronJack
To: BenLurkin
Not gonna go there, wouldn't be prudent.
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09/15/2014 3:09:11 PM PDT
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McGruff
(I'm thinkin.)
To: McGruff
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09/15/2014 3:11:27 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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09/15/2014 3:13:34 PM PDT
by
JPG
("So sue me". OK, we will.)
To: BenLurkin
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09/15/2014 3:14:14 PM PDT
by
Ray76
To: BenLurkin
I saw a Wide Mooch come through here, man Her hips were like...
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09/15/2014 3:15:33 PM PDT
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Gasshog
(DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
To: BenLurkin
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: Gasshog
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09/15/2014 3:17:40 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
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09/15/2014 3:19:31 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Snickering Hound
Huh huh, he said Uranus is close to the full Moon.
Yeah, stalking Uranus. sounds queer. heh heh, heh.
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09/15/2014 3:27:42 PM PDT
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Gasshog
(DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Saved, just because I know it’ll get nuked. :-)
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09/15/2014 3:30:49 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Mastador1
You mean like “I pidy da foo stalking uranus.”
But as you said, the title was begging. :)
To: BenLurkin
Are astrologers offering this as an explanation for the huge recent inroads of homosexuality into society?
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09/15/2014 3:46:03 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: Protect the Bill of Rights
More like " why do you fear obama walking behind you? Because he is probably Stalking Uranus!"
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09/15/2014 4:16:09 PM PDT
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Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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09/27/2014 12:32:22 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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