ScienceCasts: An Alignment of Planets

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The brightest planets in the night sky are aligning for a must-see show in late February and March 2012. Start looking tonight!

[@pangavon]

So much natural beauty in the universe, makes our everyday problems seem so trivial.

[@MelindaMoses]

Unreal. I saw it two nights ago and snapped a picture of it - totally blew me away. The explanation was cool.

[@annieoklie]

THANK YOU for doing all these FABULOUS youtubes for the great events, we really appreciate all the work you do!!!!

[@ExperienceCounts2]

I used the arrangement of these two to catch my first glimpse of Mercury - thanks! Only got to see it for a matter of seconds before it disappeared behind some clouds but it was cool to "officially" see it. Cool stuff, thanks!

[@indike001]

used to watch these when i was a kid but never knew which was which. these are amazing news

[@Jackewin]

You really need to mention the dates more completely as this will b on youtube for longer than one year. Thx for everything

[@uilani6941]

Can't wait to see the stars tonite !

[@MrChristian326]

This nightly event should make great pictures.

[@waswestkan]

@Saparonia No the video did not tell us the fovea, is the reason we pay close attention to the TV. Merely mentioned that TV is one of the things we use to fovea to see in more detail. Driving & reading where mentioned where we use the fovea to see better.

[@TheTripstraps]

its just fantastic, i have not seen planets so big before. and now its also mars visible. three at the same time and so big for the nakedeye also....

[@Devon1137]

Its called exposure. More light is captured because the shutter was "over-exposed", making images to appear MUCH brighter than they do to the naked eye. Look into it, you can do it yourself with a digital camera, or a DSLR(If you can afford one) ^_^

[@kinbigbird]

standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great."

[@leishacarr]

It is beautiful here in south Alabama.....just beautiful!!!

[@waswestkan]

@sunwarz I recall being told the moon exits stage left in late Feb. The crescent moon was on the bottom to show when it forms a triangle with the 2 planets. The same moon was sown to form a triangle the following night being at the upper right. U may want to reply the vid.

[@ashton101letsplays]

Well, we sent Spacecraft way out there and found they are more "celestial bodies" than anything else, mountains form out of Tectonic plates that ride on the Ocean. When two converging boundaries come together, it has an upward angle, forming mountains. Some planets and stars are rather far away, so on Earth we can't feel the affects regardless of that.

[@KikiZowieSauvie]

I'll be watching. Venus close to the Moon on the 25 February 2012 and the Moon close to Jupiter on the 26th. Thanks. I'll be looking up! I always spots these two planets here in Vancouver. I wish we would have more clear days.

[@kinbigbird]

Also The Moon will be By Venus and Jupiter on 2-24,25,26-2012 and then again on 3-24,25,26,27-2012 on 3-12,13-2012 Venus and Jupiter at 3 Degrees in Aries (The Ram).

[@J1nrai]

can't argue with that but just by looking at the stars, you cannot fix problems currently present.

[@Ray-VK3CEO]

Those of us who live in the Southern Hemisphere, also like stargazing No need for a coat or winter clothes here, it's summer in Australia. I'm looking forward to a clear dark sky, a banana lounge and a good pair of bino's.

[@rjshhooba6624]

the best and most beautiful expensive HD camera for free and eye have two of them!!!

[@RobinEdgar]

I look forward to taking some good photos of the crescent moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter next weekend if weather permits. . . I got a pretty good photo of Venus and Jupiter flanking the statue of Nicolas Copernicus in front of the Dow Planetarium of Montreal on January 18th. You can see it on the Eye Love Montreal blog.

[@MissTammylicious95]

I can see this right now! Lovely

[@neilus]

right im completely scoobied here...as a young man interested in Astronomy, i remember 2 things about naked eye Venus a) it is a blinding, distinctly whitish-blue and b) it is only visible very low down on the horizon in the evening...ive just been out and what is apparently Venus is a) very high and b) distinctly red...smb PLEASE help cos this is really freaking me out!!!

[@KikiZowieSauvie]

@NightSkyNetwork All you need is a good pair of binoculars. Hoping for clear skies.

[@Chamelionroses]

Why is there dislikes for this kind of thing? People are nuts some times.

[@TheTripstraps]

i just noticed them yesterday, but the lower to the right was bigger and brighter, not like in these images. but they must be them coz are more yellow and calmlighter and bigger than stars

[@Brainfreeze56]

@Saparonia, you said the last time they were this close(before May 20th 2000, was in 1859, which was when the last and most powerful Solar Storm hit. Coincidence? I think not.

[@Licmycat]

ThXs for the info. Since when did stars start moving around by themselves and coming in from different directions? I'd really love to know. Have a great weekend.

[@chica2030]

@annieokl Kudos to you! what a nice thing to say! it is refreshing to read such a comment.

[@cruxader27]

is this once in a lifetime event?

[@southtxgirl67]

Awesome!!!

[@CompleteGit]

@neilus I think you may be looking at Mars there mate - I believe he's kicking about somewhere in the night sky these days. Jupiter and Venus are to the right of Orion. Lovely.

[@moont99]

woooow it's very wonderful!!! ...

[@happymixer1]

i was just looking through my telescope very cool

[@32646286]

If I wear a coat this evening a may expire- 33 degrees C in Brisbane today.

[@ChrisAstro]

yay!

[@Diablodave363isawsum]

Not fair it's cloudy!

[@ashton101letsplays]

Ah, no. I mean they figured this out by looking at other star systems! We have seen planets forming by accretion, solid evidence when you see it with your own eyes! What I wouldn't understand is what they would gain from keeping things from us, NASA has their own website with the latest findings. Besides, when you have been studying Astronomy your whole life, Besides, I've studied Astronomy quite a bit, all of it matches up with what they say. We haven't been around since the beginning anyway.

[@YoWan21]

@rebelnightrider happy birthday man

[@MissGirlie420]

... very true. very true...

[@rabie4x4]

I believe Mars follows them a few hours later..

[@koonanthony]

what if in the future were able to condense the fobia in our eyes giving us super clear vision...

[@Melodyofthesea78]

Someone actually started saying the 21st is the beginning of the end.....did they pull a Harold Camping? My friend was so full of fear she ran away from home and tried to kill herself she Slit her wrists. She is in the hospital but she is insane. If that's what fear does to people....what an awful thing..

[@amandapaul9112]

that happend in 4 hours ago betwin the moon i thought the world was going to end but my couzin said its happends alot

[@rebelnightrider]

wow my brithday is march12 2012 this year i will be turning 51

[@Mackenziee147]

See? Planet alignment does nothing! The world isn't going to end.

[@elAfreet]

@cruxader27 no, if we live long enough :)

[@Devon1137]

... The earth is rotating. 24 hours in one day right? 360 degrees* circumference of a sphere* that is 15 degrees in one hour. to us we see about 11 degrees in any one direction, of that only 5 degrees is really defined. not only that, but the planets themselves revolve around the sun(though jupiter a bit slower, which is why they can vary so wildly in distance every 24 hours.) Believe it or not, science explains it all, though it IS a bit hard to conceptualize for humans. Enjoy ^_^

[@MissGirlie420]

lol i just ment that because you thought we were working with aliens... and in Stargate they kinda do that... lol ya i watch it constantly :P

[@ExperienceCounts2]

@bradalexander1 I think you're looking for "Superstition Channel". This is the NASA channel, they do science, not myths and nonsense.

[@MissGirlie420]

been watching a bit too much Stargate, have we?

[@orchiddd88]

Et's? the vatican ? Who shot JFK ? Not sure where everyone is going with this but as I look into the night sky , as I have done for years, it is just amazing.........

[@celebriocrity]

Licmycat - I can't figure out if you're joking or not...

[@Melodyofthesea78]

No Galactic alignment. Planets aligning is very normal thing.

[@ethanike]

Who said that?

[@KikiZowieSauvie]

@sxr951 I guess it would be too late to wake you up for a shooting star. No time to wake you up. You missed it! you've got to watch the sky whenever you can on a clear night and you will see shooting stars. I do! Good Luck.

[@celebriocrity]

Can you tell me if any geologists who"squirm"? Geologists DO know how mountains form - through tectonic activity of the Earths plates. still think you are joking...

[@Licmycat]

And you jabbered on about the eye??? Good Lord!

[@Licmycat]

No. It's never been that interesting to me until I started catching vids and photos of them as well as being touched by them. U?

[@kinbigbird]

Daniel 8:1-4~ "In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns,

[@Sickpulse]

21 end of the world

[@Elvargames]

thats when the planets line up nothing gonna happen...

[@Licmycat]

You can study history of geology by the old testament as well. I understand, many teachers do not know to tell u, but it's there. Look and see. King James Version is clearest.

[@OutRoll]

I dreamed that Earth had 2 suns one large as shit and other one normal size of sun and i looked through the telescope at larger star and i saw Jupiter. And smaller star was sun!

[@errm1913]

@Thyalwaysseek ...I am sorry you reached that conclusion. I did not say or imply that NASA was "the holy grail of all knowlege". You have made an assumption, and have prejudged and presumed upon me an opinion that is not based on fact or reality. That is the main problem with 'conspiracy theory' type of mentallity, it makes great blind leaps simply because one thinks its true, with no cold hard facts to support it. Then 'dissing' those that don't agree.

[@kinbigbird]

Elam is Iran

[@STARLIGHTTIME]

Dam it, Sky overcast here tonight. Lets hope for many clear skys from now no. Just wishful thinking.

[@mason2smart]

A little late...

[@J1nrai]

i notice that people are using these videos to 'prove' the world isnt going to end. dont get me wrong, i dont think the world is going to end personally.. but stop being so governed by fear that you use every argument you can find to disprove things for you own confort,

[@m4ngelus]

Venus and Jupiter didn't like the video.

[@Licmycat]

Fallen Angels taught our cavemen sort of man of the trees and roots but of other things as tools of war and astronomy was a major teaching as well. People who believe in GOD has a problem with it and don't believe, yet the bible speaks of science and Angels who were mostly called; stars. We should study this more shouldn't we?

[@ashton101letsplays]

More like just like a bunch of puzzle pieces, way too confusing and false for me.

[@msnelson0524]

Luke 21:25-28, are we watching these words of Yahushua/Jesus be fulfilled???!!! Just sayin'

[@johnsvideochannel]

N.A.S.A.....never a straight answer..

[@DarkSmith91]

First viewer. Yey :D

[@ashton101letsplays]

That's....probably the dumbest thing I have ever heard of in my life.

[@bushvid]

This is science fpr the 1600's and half of the USA (and exactly half of Earth) is temperate when this lady sees snowy winter. And for monkeys' sakes mention the year. Pure NASA poooy.

[@Thyalwaysseek]

@errm1913 What is sad is that you think that NASA is the holy grail of all the knowledge of the Universe. You laugh at us because we are different, we laugh at you because you are all the same.

[@SaraEspinel]

I hate this video, they are saying to what my profesor of fisc do more easy