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Jupiter RIGHT NOW

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StevenR
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If it is currently night time for you, i strongly recommend everybody go outside and look at Jupiter, at least if your into that kind of thing. Its a full moon tonight, so you wont be able to see a lot of other stars, and it will stick out like a sore thumb. Just look at the moon, then look diagonally down to the left a little bit, and it will be the second brightest thing in the sky. If you have a decent pair of binoculars or a telescope you will be able to see Jupiter's moons as well. It wont be this close again for another 70 years, so i everybody should definitely go take a look. Now get at it.
Sep 21 2010 9:14PM
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eheath
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I can see it every night around 2am(utah) when i go to bed, its so fucking bright.
Sep 21 2010 9:16PM
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Owl
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Definitely going to check it out
Sep 21 2010 9:18PM
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BrewskiJr
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mmk
Sep 21 2010 9:18PM
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StevenR
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Yep. Its crazy. After tonight it will slowly start fading (i mean really slowly). Its at opposition right now as well, meaning directly opposite the sun (from our perspective). Neat little factoid right there.
Sep 21 2010 9:19PM
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Steeze_Minister
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will it be around tomorrow night cause i am way to lazy to get up and go outside right now
Sep 21 2010 9:20PM
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Steeze_Minister
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nevermind answered my question
Sep 21 2010 9:20PM
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LoftyLawnChair
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'snot dark in the 208, but i will definitely check it out later

Sep 21 2010 9:22PM
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Rumi.
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holy shit thats really bright! thanks for the heads up.

Sep 21 2010 9:26PM
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little1337
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woah!
Sep 21 2010 9:30PM
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grilledsteezeyo
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wish i could see it on the ol' telescope, too many trees and im too lazy to go outside :P
Sep 21 2010 9:30PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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Hmm neat :D
Sep 21 2010 9:31PM
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applejuice.
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my roommate and i just went out to see it.

holy fuck! i mean it just looks like a bright dot but that's pretty damn cool.

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Sep 21 2010 9:37PM
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twin-tip-hero
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shits crazy. its still looks big for how far away it is from us.
Sep 21 2010 9:41PM
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Blurst
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I would look if there was not the most epic lightning storm outside right now.
Sep 21 2010 9:43PM
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amo
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pretty sweet stuff. couldnt see the moons with my binos, really wish i had a scope right now
Sep 21 2010 9:46PM
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L.U.P.E.
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quality thread man thanks. +k
Sep 21 2010 9:48PM
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Jonny7
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saw it yesterday I think, but now it's too cloudy
Sep 21 2010 9:51PM
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snowking249
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I just walked outside and i didnt know it was raining :(
Sep 21 2010 9:52PM
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Bumblesteeze
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Thunderstorms in the Ottawa region. I'm so disappointed, I was looking forward to that night.
Sep 21 2010 9:53PM
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Bittner
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i think i see it idk though its reallly bright so?
Sep 21 2010 10:03PM
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H8CH
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SICK! There's not a cloud in the sky down here and it's crystal clear....

I like how you can see mars a lot too..... but that's mad for jupiter!
Sep 21 2010 10:08PM
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Drew.C
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If you have a telescope you can see Jupiter's two moons.
Sep 21 2010 10:18PM
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corona
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it has a few more than that, over 60 moons I think. I can see 4 moons and make out the rings in the atmosphere with my telescope generally. so I really want to see what it's like now. too bad it's raining.
Sep 21 2010 10:22PM
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udr1v3m3cr4zy
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just checked, its true!
nice call on that one, its really sick, too many trees in the way though, gonna try and get out the scope in a few.
Sep 21 2010 10:24PM
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Cthulhu
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theres not a cloud in the sky where i live and the only two things you can see are the full moon and jupiter, it looks prety damn cool through burnocalurs too
Sep 21 2010 10:24PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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holy shit thats bright
Sep 21 2010 10:26PM
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H8CH
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same here - i have no Bino's though :-(

Sick though

Sep 21 2010 10:30PM
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Drew.C
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Astronomy is crazy as a whole. Everything is completely mind blowing.
Sep 21 2010 10:32PM
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Captain_Slow
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goin outside now, thx 4 heads up
Sep 21 2010 10:39PM
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J-Evs
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pretty sick
Sep 21 2010 10:41PM
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Captain_Slow
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Jupiter won’t come this close to Earth again until the year 2022, not 70 ...

http://earthsky.org/tonight/on-september-21-jupiters-closest-opposition-since-1963
Sep 21 2010 10:43PM
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COrider
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Posted outside with my spotting scope checking it out, I see three moons.
Sep 21 2010 11:01PM
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oreopancake.
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fuck yeah jupiter
Sep 21 2010 11:03PM
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H8CH
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it's a pretty bad ass planet..... check the link for more cool shit about Jupiter from NASA...

Sep 21 2010 11:30PM
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Ham.and.Cheese
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Thats real cool, i took a few pictures and im not to great with photography but one of the shots came out really weird and looked like there were rings around it. Ill upload it tomorrow, could have just been some lens flare or something but it looked pretty cool
Sep 21 2010 11:35PM
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DERS.
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i seent it
Sep 21 2010 11:36PM
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jblaski
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I could see 2 of the moons through my rifle scope and my GL1. Wish I had a telescope now.
Sep 21 2010 11:47PM
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whegrodamus.
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i cant see it. cali ppl help
Sep 21 2010 11:56PM
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HIT
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you sound smart, i wanted to be an astronomer once upon a time, ive watched all that BBC shit its so cool
Sep 21 2010 11:59PM
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Kevski
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Just went outside to see if it was a clear night and holy shit. Stared at it for like 10 minutes pondering the fact that I was staring at Jupiter, and how big and bright it is in the sky.

Thank you NS for enriching my life.
Sep 22 2010 12:00AM
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HIT
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yeah whatever dude, i kid you not when i tell you that BBC did the exact same story and everything. its the exact same, just with a british accent, and im not claiming but i might have seen more documentaries on space than you have
Sep 22 2010 12:04AM
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HIT
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you noticed!, thats my failsafe incase im wrong
Sep 22 2010 12:12AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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coolio
Sep 22 2010 12:14AM
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Jwalk
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checkout my sick dope nasty cell phone pic (Jupiter in the middle)

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Sep 22 2010 12:27AM
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BootySpunk.
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Just longboarded around for like 10minutes and couldn't see it...or maybe I wasn't looking for the right thing...I'm in Montana btw.
Sep 22 2010 12:34AM
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OrangeName
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brb

Sep 22 2010 12:35AM
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HIT
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i went outside to look at it, only to find myself staring at some other random star twinkling at me, thinking it was some sort of morse code. i tried to de-code it, and it just says jjwebbbareueqslwatchingawuwsfalyoujajs
Sep 22 2010 12:38AM
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Peter.
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Definitely gonna check this out tomorrow night
Sep 22 2010 12:41AM
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[tk]
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wow my phone alerted me of this, but i wasn't sure...
too bad its hella cloudy here in boise
Sep 22 2010 12:41AM
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jfp
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just went and looked, the only thing i could see was uranis!
Sep 22 2010 12:43AM
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