How I Missed the Conjunction of Tarva and Alambil

[dianeduane]

"At the dead of night, two noble planets, Tarva and Alambil, will pass within one degree of each other.  Such a conjunction has not occurred for two hundred years." (Dr. Cornelius in Prince Caspian)

Irish weather strikes again.

We had a tight conjunction of Mercury, Mars and Jupiter this morning. When I went to bed the weather was crisp, cold and perfectly clear. When I woke up pre-dawn, it was totally socked in and dumping down rain.

Oh well. If I watch my cholesterol, I might just make it to the next one in 2050. (Also, this morning was just the tightest conjunction: the three planets will still be fairly close tomorrow morning.)

 

 

Comments

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

My world and welcome to it... there's a reason not much observational astronomy is done in Ohio. We used to rock in the radio bands--but they took down the Big Ear (http://www.bigear.org/) to put in a golf course. As both a golfer and an astronomer, I was deeply conflicted... :P

[anamin.livejournal.com]

Time to pull out those heavy Irish wool sweaters (I'm assuming you have one or two) It's going to be cooold here on the east coast, but hopefully we'll get into the 50's.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Heavy winds and rain here in Cambridgeshire, and looks like the same for several days. I hope you have better...