Tapok-tapok sa mga planeta (May 11, 2011)

[Eriz]

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rare ni siya ha... up for this!

[THE SKULLS]

excited here.
alarm us rods 2 nights ahead.

[rodsky]

excited here.
alarm us rods 2 nights ahead.

I'm not your personal astronomer or your personal alarm clock, Nasyo The point of the post was for YOU to be aware of the event and for you to watch out for it yourself. If you miss seeing the event, you can then only blame yourself, or the weather.

-RODION

[THE SKULLS]

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bitaw Rods, dili lang para ako ba. para sa tanan.
setting my alarm 5:00 AM on that day na.

Sa makakuha ug hulagway, papilit lang diri.

[fern-pewee]

naa kaha mahitabo ana :P or maybe kng mu abot na its a good advantage cguro how to observe the planets or try to send radio frequencies maybe naa si Paul ngadto :P hehehehehehe btw nice movie jud!

[rodsky]

naa kaha mahitabo ana :P or maybe kng mu abot na its a good advantage cguro how to observe the planets or try to send radio frequencies maybe naa si Paul ngadto :P hehehehehehe btw nice movie jud!

I used a planetarium simulations called "Stellarium" and "Celestia" to verify this event, so yes it will indeed happen. Abi siguro nimo gi cut and paste ra nako ang text from some science/astronomy site. Those are my words, and yes, I can compose.

I strongly suggest that when people try to make posts on matters such as this, to at least try and attempt to exercise even just a little hint of logic/intelligence on the subject matter. "Send radio frequencies"? "Nice movie"? *shakes head*

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I'm taking this opportunity to repost the entire first post, for the benefit of those too lazy to go back to page one, kay nanotice nako daghang lazy peeps dyud diri.

4 Planet Conjuction

On May 11, 2011, at around 5:00 am (or 05:11:11 AM if you prefer the "cuteness" of pairing it with the date 5/11/11 hehehe), four planets of the solar system will have a conjunction over the eastern horizon. The two bright planets involved are Venus and Jupiter, with Mercury and Mars providing faint companionship with the two other bright planets. Mag tapok-tapok sila in the sky, with angular separations of no more than 5 degrees from each other (with Venus and Jupiter only about 1-2 degrees apart!).

The event will take place about 10-15 degrees above the eastern horizon at around 5am. If you hold your fist in front of you, the angular separation between the bottom of your fist and the top of your fist is about 10 degrees, so two of your fists held on top of each other will represent 20 degrees...hold them in front of you with the bottom of your bottom fist on the eastern horizon, and that's the area you need to check.

Here's a snapshot off Stellarium that I took, to show how the event will look like...



Now, important notes about this event:

a) Will only be visible in GOOD, CLEAR WEATHER, especially considering how low the event will take place in the eastern horizon (area where the sun rises).

b) This "tapok" doesn't mean that the planets are really close to each other--they are only close to each other from the vantage point of earth...in reality, they are NOT close to each other. To illustrate this...

...let's go out of the earth and view the planets involved from a distance.


As you can see, if we draw a dashed green line from the earth, the line-of-sight we create passes through all the four planets, even though they are not really that close to each other...viewed again from a vantage point closer to the earth, this is how it looks...


So natiming lang nga line of sight sila, mao na ang hinungdan nganong murag "nag-tapok" sila in the sky. So, what does this mean? It means nga conjunctions do not spell the end of the world or such things--they are only nice things to look at in the sky, if you know where to look, and you know what you're looking at :

My best guess is, if you were not informed about this event in advanced, and you saw this event yourself on the morning of May 11, you would think "Unsa kaha nang mga bright stars nga nakit-an nako outside the window? Nindot lagi..." and you'd never know what it was...

...but now you know Just hope for good weather on that day

-RODION

[moy1moy1]

If the weather's fine, can this be seen by the naked eye? I mean, without the glare of the city lights below? Coz' im sure It can be seen clearly sa probinsya.

[rodsky]

If the weather's fine, can this be seen by the naked eye? I mean, without the glare of the city lights below? Coz' im sure It can be seen clearly sa probinsya.

Yes, this is a naked eye event. However, Mars and Mercury may be a little faint for the city. Moy is thus correct--the event will be better enjoyed in areas far away from urban light pollution (province etc).

-RODION

[jfox]

kinsay taga probinsya diri para mo schedule tag adto aning adlawa.

[moy1moy1]

Although bumping is not allowed here yet here I am "bumping" it again.

I like to witness this phenomena so much that I like everyone who goes into this thread will witness it also. hehe..