Last weekend I did some night sky photography that, unfortunately, turned out to be mostly a dismal failure. But there was a silver lining: Photography failures often eat up a lot of time, so when I was finally finished it was getting on towards dawn. This meant that it was possible for me to see the five-planet alignment that everyone has been talking about.
Almost, anyway. The picture below shows Venus (bottom left), Mars, and Jupiter. Mercury wasn't yet visible and I didn't feel like waiting around for it, and Saturn is somewhere beyond the top right corner. But at least you get to see a three-planet alignment.
Nice one, Kevin. The hint of dying sun really makes it.
I wonder if homo sapiens will ever live on those worlds (I'm guessing Venus is a no-go, but Mars seems plausible at some point, as do one or two of Jupiter's moons).
Dawn, not dusk.
It's still dying...only a few billion or so years left.
😉
Ha.
Yep
And for accompaniment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrwK3JiyfgU
Have there been any predictions on this alignments anticipated influence on inflation? Surely someone has an informed position to present.
In April we were camping in rural New Mexico, I got up early to see the alignment then (Venus, Saturn, Mars, and possibly Mercury). The three were easily visible, and as I was watching Mercury flicked on as if on a switch on the ridgeline about 20 miles away, then rose in the sky.
Nice shot, Kevin! Is this on your Pixel?