# Anyone watching the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056 "2008-11-23T00:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/21 "2008-11-30T00:49:39Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > Dr Lomb urged people to attempt to photograph Monday’s heavenly show, which will not smile on the US or Europe. I am NOT pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/22 "2008-11-30T00:50:45Z")
Oh, I wondered if it would show up for North America. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/23 "2008-11-30T01:45:36Z")
Saw them tonight on the way to the airport to pick up Mr. Neville. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/24 "2008-11-30T02:49:04Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > From the article: > > > [@](#): > > > > Dr Lomb urged people to attempt to photograph Monday’s heavenly show, which will not smile on the US or Europe. > > I am NOT pleased. The US gets the sad face. That’s ominous. 😛 How high does it get once visible? My southwesterly sky has an awful lot of buildings and trees cluttering the horizon. If it’s already pretty low at sunset I might have trouble seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/25 "2008-11-30T02:54:14Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > And some details from the Sydney paper: [a smile that will light up the night sky](http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/a-smile-that-will-light-up-the-night-sky/2008/11/28/1227491827180.html) Oh man, you’ve just revalidated my happiness to open this thread. I’ll be taking a picture from my deck and posting it fer y’all. Tripler On the Choctawhatchee Bay in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/26 "2008-11-30T03:36:06Z")
I happened to see them coming back home from Missoula. I knew one of them had to be Venus but I guessed the other was Saturn. I’m obviously not an astronomer. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/27 "2008-11-30T03:41:24Z")
I am in SoCal, and have been seeing to very bright objects, close together, low in the sky in early evening, to the south/southwest. Are they Jupiter and Venus? If so, very damned cool! I ask because I can’t click on the link in the OP… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/28 "2008-11-30T03:59:21Z")
Yes, they are. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/29 "2008-11-30T04:11:51Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Oh man, you’ve just revalidated my happiness to open this thread. I’ll be taking a picture from my deck and posting it fer y’all. Sorry ta bust yer bubble dere, pal, but the article linked to specifically says the US will not be smiled upon by the night skies. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/30 "2008-11-30T04:25:51Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Sorry ta bust yer bubble dere, pal, but the article linked to specifically says the US will not be smiled upon by the night skies. Yeah, I noticed that after the five minute window for edit. ☹ Tripler Oh well. It’s still kinda cool to know. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/31 "2008-11-30T20:29:00Z")
Crap. Sloppy weather here today… I don’t think there’s going to be anything to see in the sky tonight except clouds. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/32 "2008-12-01T01:22:28Z")
It was beautifully clear last night, but it’s clouded over today. We may not get to see the smiley face tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/33 "2008-12-01T01:56:15Z")
Freezing rain here tonight. At least I got to drag out my old telescope last night and get a peek. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/34 "2008-12-01T02:49:17Z")
Actually, I got to see it tonight! It was an elongated smiley: ```auto . * ) ``` . . . but hey, I felt lucky! Tripler Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/35 "2008-12-01T02:54:00Z")
Yep- that’s what we saw! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/36 "2008-12-01T03:47:09Z")
One of the things I’m very thankful for in this life is having a brother that I can call and say, “Hey, there are two really bright stars aligned in an unusual way in the southwestern sky right now…do you know what planets they are?” and he will immediately grab the scope and go outside and check them out, and then look it up on the computer to be sure, and then call me back to let me know it’s Venus and Jupiter. It’s a very cool sight to see. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/37 "2008-12-01T13:48:03Z")
Very nice tonight! For a chance there wasn´t a cloud cover over Bangkok, and even the smog was clearer so I could see a big smiley up there. Not like this : ) But more like: - \_\_\_\_\_\_) \* ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/38 "2008-12-01T14:54:05Z")
Not only did I see the smiley face, but it had a Van dyke of clouds. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/39 "2008-12-01T15:19:32Z")
> [@hawthorne](#): > > Not only did I see the smiley face, but it had a Van dyke of clouds. That was more like a merkin. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/40 "2008-12-01T21:25:28Z")
It was briefly visible here for a few minutes towards the end of twilight, but then cloud rolled in and obliterated it completely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056.md?page=3)