Astronomy
Are you among those who love to watch night sky ? Coming the first week of August and you will find Venus, Mars and Saturn in a triangle in the night sky.
You can easily locate Venus as it is bright and the other two planets will be close to it forming a triangle on August 5 .However, Mars and Saturn are not as bright as Venus. On July 31, you will find Mars just below Saturn.
People have always dreaded these planetary alignments as they found it bringing mis-fortune but there is no scientific evidence of this fear.
Graph to help you locate the planets on night sky on August 5.
- Perseids Annual Meteor Shower Being Sighted
There was an excellent show of Perseids meteor shower on Thursday night along with thin crescent Moon with Venus, Mars and Saturn in the west-southwestern sky just after sunset. Many observers have shared their sightings on Twitter. The Perseids meteor...
- Watch Perseids Meteor Shower Along With Thin Crescent Moon This Thursday
If you happen to be a star gazer then be prepared to see the yearly meteor shower of Perseids and you can also see a young Moon along with Venus, Mars and Saturn in the west-southwestern sky just after sunset. You can enjoy the best Perseids meteor shower...
- Ptolemy's Geocentric Theory
Ptolemy proposed his Geocentric theory in the 2nd century A.D. What he did was just an elaboration of already existing idea that earth was in the center of universe, proposed by Aristotle, in to a complete cosmological model. According to his theory,...
- Sky Watching Nov 27-29
Sky Watching 2012,November,27,28,29 November 27, before sunrise : ...
- Sky Watching Oct 27
Sky Watching Sat., October 27 : Mercury at greatest eastern elongation at sunset ...
Astronomy
On August 5, Mars, Venus and Saturn will form a triangle at Night Sky
Are you among those who love to watch night sky ? Coming the first week of August and you will find Venus, Mars and Saturn in a triangle in the night sky.
You can easily locate Venus as it is bright and the other two planets will be close to it forming a triangle on August 5 .However, Mars and Saturn are not as bright as Venus. On July 31, you will find Mars just below Saturn.
People have always dreaded these planetary alignments as they found it bringing mis-fortune but there is no scientific evidence of this fear.
Graph to help you locate the planets on night sky on August 5.
- Perseids Annual Meteor Shower Being Sighted
There was an excellent show of Perseids meteor shower on Thursday night along with thin crescent Moon with Venus, Mars and Saturn in the west-southwestern sky just after sunset. Many observers have shared their sightings on Twitter. The Perseids meteor...
- Watch Perseids Meteor Shower Along With Thin Crescent Moon This Thursday
If you happen to be a star gazer then be prepared to see the yearly meteor shower of Perseids and you can also see a young Moon along with Venus, Mars and Saturn in the west-southwestern sky just after sunset. You can enjoy the best Perseids meteor shower...
- Ptolemy's Geocentric Theory
Ptolemy proposed his Geocentric theory in the 2nd century A.D. What he did was just an elaboration of already existing idea that earth was in the center of universe, proposed by Aristotle, in to a complete cosmological model. According to his theory,...
- Sky Watching Nov 27-29
Sky Watching 2012,November,27,28,29 November 27, before sunrise : ...
- Sky Watching Oct 27
Sky Watching Sat., October 27 : Mercury at greatest eastern elongation at sunset ...