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Our messy unity will be our strength.

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Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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  1. 1.

    Leto

    So it’s still overcast here in eastern PA, like it’s been since last Wednesday, so no Gelflings will make it to safety here. Maybe next great conjunction!

  3. 3.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    The Great Conjunction Is Complete!

    Not here it isn’t, I’m headed out in about an hour to shoot it, with downtown LA as a foreground.

    (I hope my calculations are correct.)

    ETA: Just checked the local TV station’s webcams, it’s super clear air quality here too.  Their LAX cam is pointed towards DTLA and you can see the buildings clearly and the San Gabriels.

  4. 4.

    Spanky

    Southern Maryland report: Just came in a few minutes ago. Cumulus burned off at sunset, leaving just a trace of clouds. Nice view in binos, but I decided at the last minute to use a scope, so I grabbed an 80 mm short focus and a couple of eyepieces.

    67 power still left a lot of sky around the planets, which I found more pleasing than cramming them into a high power field of view. Watched them until they got tangled up in some neighbor’s trees, then came in for dinner.

  6. 6.

    Alison Rose

    Not dark here yet, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to see it from my windows, which would mean going outside, which………………………….nah.

  7. 7.

    Spanky

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:  Ganymede starts a transit across Jupiter’s face in about 20 minutes. I had the pleasure of seeing all 4 Galilean moons lined up, plus a field star not too far to the west aligned with Jupiter’s equator. HIP99314 to be precise.

  10. 10.

    Splitting Image

    It’s been cloudy here all evening, so I switched on a couple of livestreams.

    Lowell observatory in Arizona will be starting their stream in a few minutes. If you’re on the east coast, the planets will have already set.

  11. 11.

    dmsilev

    I’ll give it a shot once it gets dark, but unless I want to go out on the roof (which, to be fair, is flat), there might be too many trees blocking the south facing views.

  12. 12.

    TaMara (HFG)

    Those who have cloudy skies, viewing should be good for 2 more days – they’ll be further apart, but not really noticeable to the naked eye (so says my favorite weather guy)

  13. 13.

    Rob

    Enough clouds here in the DC suburbs that we didn’t look for it. Tomorrow! We’d have to go to a local park, or worse, find the top of a parking garage with a good view to the southwest.

  14. 14.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @dmsilev: My neighbors cut down a big tree last fall so they could put a fence in their backyard. I was lamenting it until I realized it gave my tomato garden just the right amount of sun. And lo and behold, the three trees around the new opening are the perfect frame for this conjunction.  ❤

  20. 20.

    jeffreyw

    We stepped out and gave it a gander.  I looked at it with a small monocular, no moons but as nice a pair of planets as we’ve seen for a while.

  22. 22.

    Ohio Mom

    Completely cloudy here tonight. Tomorrow night is supposed to be a bit better, the prediction is partly cloudy. We live in hope.

  26. 26.

    Van Buren

    @Spanky: I have fam just across the river in Va. and they said it was crystal clear. Here on Long Island it was cloudy to the west.

    I guess I will just have to wait till 2080.

  27. 27.

    randy khan

    Cloudy here in Northern Virginia (rain coming tonight, apparently). Before I realized how cloudy it was, I briefly thought I saw something; then it moved and I realized it was an airplane. Oh, well.

  28. 28.

    sab

    Cloudy here, so I DO NOT CARE that I missed a twice in a millenium event. And my west coast siblings with clear skies simply did not care period.

  30. 30.

    SFBayAreaGal

    I saw the almost conjunction last night. Beautiful clear skies.

    Damn, right now the fog is starting to gather on the coastal hills. Hopefully the fog stays away so I can see the final conjunction.

    Okay now I have the conjunction, conjunction what’s your function song playing in my head.

  31. 31.

    Kelly

    Clouds here in the Cascade foothills so no astronomy tonight. Good clouds which are forecast to drop 3 to 5 inches of 22 degree snow tonight on the Santiam Pass. Yesterday’s Pineapple Express rained the base down from 40 to 30 inches but this will fix it. Tuesday’s forecast is a high of 27, clear sky, light wind. Sweet day for Nordic skiing. Just finished hot waxing the skis.

  34. 34.

    MazeDancer

    Just like for the Geminids, all clouds.

    Looking forward to once in a millennium photo coverage.

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @rikyrah:

    A sign of the times: VPE @KamalaHarris throws up AKA after her remarks in Columbus, GA campaigning for Senate runoff elections.

    I’m sure I should know what this means, but I keep thinking that Kamala vomited (which I’m sure she didn’t, or it would be headline breaking news everywhere). Figured out that AKA refers to her sorority, but have no idea what “throw[ing] up AKA” signifies. Forgive my ignorance.

  37. 37.

    cain

    it is raining cats and dogs out here – so no conjunction for me. I’ll play the conjunction function song though in honor.

  41. 41.

    Benw

    Cloudy here, but I saw them unusually close together and close to the crescent moon the other night while I was walking the doggo, it was striking!

  44. 44.

    trollhattan

    Had my hopes up (and gear at the ready) because it was scattered high clouds before sunset, but stepping out now at 5:14 the fog as arrived on it’s little cat feet. Goddamn cat.

    Smoke blocked the comet last summer so everything 2020 continues to be 2020-like.

  46. 46.

    Ken

    @Brachiator: Thank you!  The live view doesn’t look impressive at first, until you realize that the planets are close enough to be in the same field of view and show discs.

    Plus, the Galilean moons and Saturn’s rings.

  49. 49.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @zhena gogolia:

    “When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

    I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter;

    Away to the window I flew like a flash,

    Tore open the shutter, and threw up.”

  50. 50.

    dmsilev

    Managed to get a few shots with the 300 mm lens. Finding gaps to shoot through the trees was a bit irritating though.

  51. 51.

    Miss Bianca

    I saw the Great Conjunction with my own eyes, yes I did! DARK SKIES FOR THE WIN!!

    ETA: Clear here in the mountains, and unusually warm this evening. A little pair of binoculars and the conditions were perfect for star-gawking. Gelflings are saved!

  53. 53.

    MCA1

    Those clips were from M. Night Shymalan’s “The Village,” right?

    Never realized why the “monsters” from that film seemed so vaguely familiar from my childhood.

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