New Years Eve Moon-Venus Planet Conjunction - Dec 31st 2008

[SarahElouisee]

this is lovely..

[102Bieberfever]

I saw Jupitar up close with a telascope and i could see the lines and it was sooooo cool answer back

[asteroid42531mckenna]

@102Bieberfever Yes Jupiter looks great through a scope, those lines were the huge cloud belts on the belt turned into strips by the planet's 10 hour rotation period :)

[102Bieberfever]

@asteroid42531mckenna wow you no a lot :P

[lewe18]

yeah it is real bright thats why i thought it was a star lol sirius or canis majoris lmao ... peace fellow Galactic worshipers

[lewe18]

i live in england and every night just before the sun goes down i always see a bright light and i always thought it was a star but i seen this and realised this light was venus thanks man for the video

[asteroid42531mckenna]

No problem lewe. Venus is still visible low in the W after sunset and will soon disappear behind the Sun and reappear again before dawn in the E. It does look very bright now. Cheers.

[Nibiru1975]

looks brighter now feb 14th.

[topbuzz72]

One day all of the planets will align,then what will happen? Nice vid,peace!

[asteroid42531mckenna]

Thanks for the comment. Not sure on that one but I know there are more good conjunctions in the future. Will find out then. Cheers

[paullarne]

Very nice work Martin, love the traffic trails on the still images!

[asteroid42531mckenna]

Thanks very much Paul. We might get another moon-venus conjunction later in the month if what I hear is correct. Hopefully we will get a better clear sky then. Cheers.

[kattis5000]

idiot -_-

[rainxxxx]

thats not venus, thats the north star!

[asteroid42531mckenna]

lol...no it's not.

[54spiritedwill54]

this is an amazing video! I've seen the same thing. Also, not only venus and the moon but i also saw Mercury and Jupiter together also nearer the horizon after sunset! It was awesome and great to end the year. I'll soon put my vid online :)

[asteroid42531mckenna]

Thanks very much Stormspinner! I will check your video out later after I get some sleep. Cheers.

[stormspinner1]

Just uploaded one of the Conjuction, it's in processing now.  Yours, much prettier! Five stars.