Posted on 10/31/2001, 4:44:50 PM by areafiftyone
Miami-AP) -- For the first time in 46 years, this year's Halloween ghosts and goblins can trick or treat by the light of a full moon. Astronomers say they won't get another chance until 2020. Wednesday night's full moon will look like an orange jack-o-lantern rising from the east at dusk. Jack Horkheimer, executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium said adding to the effect, the moon's tilt at this time of the year makes the ``man in the moon'' visible. Some astronomers believe jack-o-lantern carving was inspired by the rising, orange October moon, said Horkheimer, writer and host of PBS's nationally syndicated Star Gazer series for 25 years. To make the superstitious even more jittery, a constellation associated with the some end-of-the-world beliefs will also be at the top of tomorrow night's sky. The Seven Sisters constellation, which looks like a small cluster of grapes, has long been a signal for the time of year to honor the dead such as All Saints Day, November 1st. = On the Net: Star Gazer: Jackstargazer.com
BWAHAHAHAHA!
And everyone should look for Mars in the southwest. It will appear as a red star. And the planet Saturn rises approximately 7 pm in the east and the planet Jupiter will follow approximately two hours later. Both are very bright planets and can't be missed.
So, tonight is the Full, Blue, Hunter's Moon.
Huh? Did someone get their hands on Chairface Chippendale's superlaser?
What a deer sees when a hunter of large carriage is, um, relieving himself out in the cold cold woods?
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