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Looking to my west, the lowest star in the sky, happens to be the brightest. It's there every night. Seeing 13' 6" high tractor/trailers driving beneath the star, heading north, I estimate the star to be 110' in the sky. Along comes a air liner northward to land. I measure the distance from the star to the bottom of the jet with my thumb and index finger, to be exactly 3/8". Phew, that was a close one. Can you imagine if he had his gear down ? Big Grin. Aren't you glad I'm not protecting you with artillary ?
 
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I'm sure the pilot knew his clearance was sufficient. Nothing to worry about.



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Another f-ing hotdog pilot Roll Eyes
 
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That would have been bad if he had hit that star.

It's Venus, and she ain't got no arms to wave him off!





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I was going to say that "star" is the planet Venus. It's been very noticeable in the evening sky here, too.

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I’m glad it wasn’t Uranus.


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I’m glad it wasn’t Uranus.
You do know the proper pronunciation is "YOU ruh nus", not "your AY nus" don't you? (Just asking, and I DO get the joke.)

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I was going to say that "star" is the planet Venus. It's been very noticeable in the evening sky here, too.

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Is is really Venus ? I'll have to see what I can find on line. Pretty cool you guys.
 
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Cute story!

David, Venus is commonly called the "Evening Star" when it's on the right side of the sun (as we view it from Earth) and the "Morning Star" when it's on the left side of the sun (again, as viewed from Earth). Its period of revolution is 224.7 days (versus Earth's 365 and change) so with both moving, we generally get to see it on both sides a couple of times a year. Of course, when it's within a few degrees of the sun or completely behind it (from our perspective), we don't see it at all.

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It's Venus, and she ain't got no arms to wave him off!



Now that's comedy gold!

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Shouldn't this be in the "what's in your glass" thread?



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proper pronunciation is "YOU ruh nus", not "your AY nus" don't you?


...that's what the yourAYnians want us to think


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Originally posted by TBH:
I’m glad it wasn’t Uranus.
You do know the proper pronunciation is "YOU ruh nus", not "your AY nus" don't you? (Just asking, and I DO get the joke.)

It's been "your AY nus" ever since the Klingons got there.
 
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As George Carlin said, a near miss is a collission. 'look, they nearly missed. . '

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM
 
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I think Saturn or Jupiter is very visible now as well...IIRC in opposition right now.
 
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As George Carlin said, a near miss is a collission. 'look, they nearly missed. . '

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM


First thing that came to mind when reading the thread title.


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Originally posted by TBH:
I’m glad it wasn’t Uranus.
You do know the proper pronunciation is "YOU ruh nus", not "your AY nus" don't you? (Just asking, and I DO get the joke.)

flashguy


Hell, I’m happy the spelling was right.


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Shouldn't this be in the "what's in your glass" thread?


I thought Bendable had hacked David Lee's account.




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Venus is in the western sky near sunset, Jupiter is in the eastern sky just coming up

its very bright right now, will make a great telescopic object tonight



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I run a nice free little Android app called Sky Map. There are others, of course. But you can just hold your phone up to the sky and it will overlay the map and identify what you're looking at.




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I run a nice free little Android app called Sky Map. There are others, of course. But you can just hold your phone up to the sky and it will overlay the map and identify what you're looking at.
I'll try to remember that as I have no phone service now.
 
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