OT - Celestial Smiley Face

by **Arianddu** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:55 am

I have no idea if this will be able to be seen in places other than Australia, but it's pretty cool anyway! A friend sent me these details:

"On Monday night Venus, Jupiter and a three-day-old crescent Moon, will appear as a smiley face above the western horizon.
The unusual astronomical event will be close enough to see with the naked eye, any time from 9pm (AEDT) onwards.
But if you miss it, you will have to wait another five years before the formation appears again."

I found this website that gives a few more details (looks like the northern hemisphere will get a frowny face

) http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/blog/?p=1428

by **Andrew** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:56 pm

Bugger me....just walked outside to check and sure as shit...there's a big smiley face looking down on me.

Bizzare! But cool.

by **Arianddu** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:06 pm

It is so cool! Unfortunately there is too much light pollution where I am for my camera to take a decent picture, but it really is amazing!!

by **Andrew** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:08 pm

Always dark here....will see if I can get a shot.

by **T-Bone** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:09 pm

Andrew wrote:Always dark here....will see if I can get a shot.

The only info I got out of that is that "Andrew is always in the dark" :lol:

by **Arianddu** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:30 pm

T-Bone wrote:
Andrew wrote:Always dark here....will see if I can get a shot.

The only info I got out of that is that "Andrew is always in the dark"

Snicker not, ye T-Bone of little faith! I'm grinning like a lunatic - the solar system is smiling at me, and I'm just having to smile back.

This is about the best I can do with my digital and all the light pollution - hopefully the Wombat can get something a bit better...

by **aliaslen** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:56 pm

The smiley formation was seen here in PI. Its really amazing!

by **bluejeangirl76** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:24 pm

Cool!!

I read a story saying that we (the US) would see this occur tonight (Monday night), but it didn't say anything about it taking a certain 'shape' or appearance.

From Yahoo news:

A slender crescent moon, just 15-percent illuminated, will appear in very close proximity to the two brightest planets in our sky, Venus and Jupiter.

by **Arianddu** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:27 pm

I believe that you'll be getting a sad face, unfortunately.

by **TRAGChick** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:12 am

Arianddu wrote:I believe that you'll be getting a sad face, unfortunately.

Yup....you are correct on that.

I took this from my front door stairs - in CT, approx. 5PM: Kinda blurry:

by **Rhiannon** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:20 am

Totally overcast in Chicago. Freaking snow. Thanks for snapping a pic of that Nora, was hoping to see what it was supposed to look like.

by **Arianddu** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:33 am

Just hope you Northern Hemispherers don't have a night of unexplained misery - I spent most of the night grinning like... well, a lunatic. Talking to friends about it this morning, pretty much all of them had the same reaction; it's kind of hard not to smile back when the sky is smiling at you. But if there's a suddenly spike in depresive behaviour in the northern side of the world, I guess we'll know why

by **Rhiannon** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:35 am

Arianddu wrote:Just hope you Northern Hemispherers don't have a night of unexplained misery - I spent most of the night grinning like... well, a lunatic. Talking to friends about it this morning, pretty much all of them had the same reaction; it's kind of hard not to smile back when the sky is smiling at you. But if there's a suddenly spike in depresive behaviour in the northern side of the world, I guess we'll know why

I totally missed your smiley pic before, Ari. How cute! I admit, I did grin when I saw it, how could you not?

by **artist4perry** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:15 am

That is so cool! Arianddu! I love you folks down under..............tons of fun! Andrew is quite alright too! :wink:

by **tammy** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:00 pm

We have the frowny face.

It's very bright considering we never even get to see stars in los angeles (well, heavenly stars that is).

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008 ... anets.html

singing now..."when jupiter aligns with mars, then peace will guide the planets...this is the dawning of the age of aquarius" :lol:

by **Angel** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:25 pm

It's too cloudy up here in the Rockies right now to see it-I can only see the glow of the moon behind the clouds. I hope that means snow soon!!!!!!!!

by **larryfromnextdoor** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:30 pm

LLL wrote:Here's what it looked like from Texas:

from my house...

by **Michigan Girl** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:31 pm

larryfromnextdoor wrote:
LLL wrote:Here's what it looked like from Texas:

from my house...

LOL................. :wink:

by **tammy** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:32 pm

larryfromnextdoor wrote:
LLL wrote:Here's what it looked like from Texas:

from my house...

Kiss the sky!

by **stevew2** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:04 pm

Rhiannon wrote:Totally overcast in Chicago. Freaking snow. Thanks for snapping a pic of that Nora, was hoping to see what it was supposed to look like.

It was problablly that shit driftin out of Titos Malibu that blocked it