A Morning Line of Stars and Planets

**plasty** · 07-11-12 at 01:09 PM

Explanation: Early morning dog walkers got a visual treat last week as bright stars and planets appeared to line up. Pictured above, easily visible from left to right, were the Pleiades open star cluster, Jupiter, Venus, and the "Follower" star Aldebaran, all seen before a starry background. The image was taken from the Atacama desert in western South America. The glow of the rising Sun can be seen over the eastern horizon. Jupiter and Venus will continue to dazzle pre-dawn strollers all over planet Earth for the rest of the month, although even now the morning planets are seen projected away from the line connecting their distant stellar sky mates.
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution for Science)

**darklightv2** · 07-11-12 at 03:17 PM

Too bad it can't be seen from the big cities.
Still beautiful though, thanks.

**EvilToeKnee** · 07-11-12 at 03:43 PM

I think I will do some sky gazing tomorrow morning. Thanks for the post. Sunrise is about 5:45am in Michigan however...

**bsballz** · 07-11-12 at 03:55 PM

Sweet shot!

**Gandolph13** · 07-11-12 at 05:50 PM

Been seeing this for a month, got a couple of pics myself but they distorted through the windows fly screen. It was 5:00AM and too bloody cold too go outside. This iew was so bloody hypnotic the other weekend when I drove 600 k's to meet my sister, I left at 3:00AM and had trouble concentrating on the road while enjoying the magnificent view.

I really regret being in too much of a hurry to stop the car and set up my tripod and camera, which I had with me......

**philfree0** · 07-11-12 at 06:03 PM

beautiful! thanks for sharing!!

**robbo0000** · 07-11-12 at 09:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Gandolph13

Been seeing this for a month, got a couple of pics myself but they distorted through the windows fly screen. It was 5:00AM and too bloody cold too go outside. This iew was so bloody hypnotic the other weekend when I drove 600 k's to meet my sister, I left at 3:00AM and had trouble concentrating on the road while enjoying the magnificent view.

I really regret being in too much of a hurry to stop the car and set up my tripod and camera, which I had with me......

Yeah very clear shot for me also from the bedroom windows about 5 - 6am , very nice to see :)

**blaxroze** · 07-11-12 at 11:04 PM

Every morning in here I can always saw the morning star but I'm not sure about the other 3

07-11-12 at 03:17 PM	#2
darklightv2 Lost One Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Beyond your reach. Posts: 1,417	Too bad it can't be seen from the big cities. Still beautiful though, thanks.

07-11-12 at 03:43 PM	#3
EvilToeKnee 3rd Street Saint Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: USA Posts: 771	I think I will do some sky gazing tomorrow morning. Thanks for the post. Sunrise is about 5:45am in Michigan however...

07-11-12 at 03:55 PM	#4
bsballz Hello MadNess Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 797	Sweet shot!

07-11-12 at 05:50 PM	#5
Gandolph13 Legendary Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia (GMT+10) Posts: 12,336	Been seeing this for a month, got a couple of pics myself but they distorted through the windows fly screen. It was 5:00AM and too bloody cold too go outside. This iew was so bloody hypnotic the other weekend when I drove 600 k's to meet my sister, I left at 3:00AM and had trouble concentrating on the road while enjoying the magnificent view. I really regret being in too much of a hurry to stop the car and set up my tripod and camera, which I had with me......

07-11-12 at 06:03 PM	#6
philfree0 Conspiracy Realist Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 237	beautiful! thanks for sharing!!

07-11-12 at 09:45 PM	#7
robbo0000 ¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º> Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 3,410	Quote: Originally Posted by Gandolph13 Been seeing this for a month, got a couple of pics myself but they distorted through the windows fly screen. It was 5:00AM and too bloody cold too go outside. This iew was so bloody hypnotic the other weekend when I drove 600 k's to meet my sister, I left at 3:00AM and had trouble concentrating on the road while enjoying the magnificent view. I really regret being in too much of a hurry to stop the car and set up my tripod and camera, which I had with me...... Yeah very clear shot for me also from the bedroom windows about 5 - 6am , very nice to see :)

07-11-12 at 11:04 PM	#8
blaxroze Expert Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 950	Every morning in here I can always saw the morning star but I'm not sure about the other 3