Garrett’s Blog: Venus & Jupiter Overlap June 30th; Star of Bethlehem

5 News WFSM ^ | June 29, 2015 | by Garrett Lewis

[ETL]

Impressive as the Hubbell photographs are, nothing for me is as good as just looking at the stars from an unspoiled vantage point.

Is it because you're seeing the genuine light from the stars? Don't forget, light from remote objects like stars takes a long time time to get here. And so we're actually seeing them as they were in the past. Not that they've likely changed very much since the light left them.

[MUDDOG]

It’s the beauty.

I guess you could say that a photon does not experience time, since it’s going at the speed of light.

[ETL]

a photon does not experience time, since it’s going at the speed of light.

That is a real worm can opener there! So many different ways of interpreting what goes on in the realm of quantum mechanics. But, yes, according to Einstein, there is no time (via time dilation), or distance to travel (via length contraction), for objects (with mass) traveling precisely at the speed of light. At least that is how the equations would work out if you substituted "c" for "v".

[doorgunner69]

I picked up an old Meade from a thrift and checked out Jupiter. Unfortunately, it is so bright there is no detail to be seen, just a blinding disc.

[SaveFerris]

Interesting - thanks

[doorgunner69]

When picking up missing eyepieces and stuff for the Meade, I read that to see the detail on Jupiter and Saturn, some sort of filter is needed. Both to bring out the color and to dim it down a bit.

[SaveFerris]

I doubt my cheap Vivitar has that but we’ll see what I get.

[doorgunner69]

Same problem viewing the fully lit moon, just too bright, have to look at the boundary of sunlit areas.

[dragnet2]

Folks in the west if they want to see it have about 1.5 or so hours left.

Look west at about 40 degrees up from horizon. You can’t miss it.

[dragnet2]

This probably should have been in news. It won’t happen again for a looong time.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 06/29/2015. Thanks Brad from Tennessee and gleeaikin.

• Keyword: michaelmolnar
• Keyword: starofbethlehem
• Keyword: staroftheeast

[SunkenCiv]

The Michael Molnar keyword, sorted:

• Early Christians Hid The Origins Of The Bethlehem Star [2001]
• Researcher has theory on the 'Star of Bethlehem' - [2003]
• What Was The Star? [2004]
• Seeing and believing in the Star of Bethlehem [2005]
• Professor Says History's Best Known and Most Debated Star Proven [2007]
• Comet Brightens Mysteriously By A Factor Of A Million [2007]
• Texas A & M Professor Claims Proof Of Star Of Bethlehem [2007]
• Star of Bethlehem [2007]
• Date Of The Birth Of Christ (The Star that Astonished the World) [2007]
• The Magi and the Star [2009]
• Revealing the Star of Bethlehem [2010]
• OU Professor Says Ancient Text Reveals Startling Information About Magi, Star of Bethlehem [2010]
• (January 14, 2011) 2,100 year-old Greek coin may have marked rare astronomical event [2011]
• Lost Syriac Text Gives Magi's View of the Christmas Story [2011]
• Have Astronomers Found the Star of Bethlehem? [2011]
• The Star of Bethlehem Scientifically Proven [2015]
• Herod's Death, Jesus' Birth and a Lunar Eclipse [2018]

[null and void]

2015?

[Redcitizen]

That really is interesting that some people have never seen stars before.

[Openurmind]

“Tuesday evening when both planets will appear on top of each other creating a very bright “star” in the western sky between 8-9pm (Central) >>>>>> June 30th.”