www.skyandtelescope.org copy pastes.

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The three brightest celestial objects after the Sun shine in the westward dusk during twilight.



TUESDAY, MAY 19

■ This evening the waxing Moon forms the latest of its monthly quadrilaterals with Jupiter, Pollux, and Castor, as shown above. Down to their lower right shines Venus.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

■ Tonight the Moon shines upper left of Jupiter and Venus in the darkening dusk, as shown above. The Moon makes a nearly isosceles triangle (two equal sides) with Jupiter and Pollux.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-n ... may-15-24/

"The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It's not that there's something new in our way of thinking, it's that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before."
— Carl Sagan, 1996, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
— John Adams, 1770, in the summation of his unpopular, but successful, defense of British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial

"Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
— Voltaire, 1765, Questions sur les miracles

[ConfederateSS]

-----------Dr. Livingston, I presume... ..........
-----------------ONCE IN A BLUE MOON..........Most months have one FULL MOON....When a month has 2...The 2nd is A BLUE MOON....May 1st was a Full MOON....ON MAY 31st, 2026 A.D....A 2nd will appear.....A BLUE MOON...... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

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[Apatheist]

-----------Dr. Livingston, I presume... ..........
-----------------ONCE IN A BLUE MOON..........Most months have one FULL MOON....When a month has 2...The 2nd is A BLUE MOON....May 1st was a Full MOON....ON MAY 31st, 2026 A.D....A 2nd will appear.....A BLUE MOON...... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

The Moon turns blue when tiny dust or smoke particles in Earth’s atmosphere scatter red light while allowing blue light to pass through. This requires highly specific atmospheric conditions—typically caused by major volcanic eruptions or massive forest fires—where airborne particles are exactly the right size to filter the spectrum.

The calendrical meaning of "blue moon" is unconnected to the other meanings. It is often referred to as "traditional", but since no occurrences are known prior to 1937 it is better described as an invented tradition or "modern American folklore". The practice of designating the second full moon in a month as "blue" originated with amateur astronomer James Hugh Pruett in 1946.

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The sky this week from May 15 to 22: The moon greets Jupiter and Venus

Monday, May 18

The Moon is now just over two days old, a sliver of its eastern limb lit by the Sun as sunrise slowly crawls across the nearside. Catch the delicate crescent this evening, when it stands just 2° from Venus in the darkening sky after sunset. The pair is visible for more than 2½ hours after sunset, slowly sinking to disappear below the horizon shortly before 11 P.M. local daylight time. That means you have plenty of time to get out and enjoy them.

Venus is a blazing magnitude –3.9, the brightest point of light in the sky. It's located in far northeastern Taurus - but it will move into western Gemini, near the Twins' feet, by tomorrow evening. It joins bright Jupiter, which is closer to the heads of the Twins, shining at magnitude –1.9.

Check out Venus through a telescope and you'll see a lovely 12"-wide disk that appears 83 percent lit. The best time to view it is before the sky gets too dark, as Venus is so bright that the bright sky around it actually aids in viewing it. After dark is the time to check out Jupiter, which stretches 34" wide and sports four bright moons visible around it: Europa (closer) and Callisto to the east, and Io (closer) and Ganymede to the west. At least, that's the moons' orientation early in the evening - Ganymede is moving east, while Io is moving west. Around 11:20 P.M. EDT, these two moons stand in a north-south line; after this, they swap places, with Ganymede closer to Jupiter's western limb than Io.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/astro ... r-AA23f3JQ

For those looking, the copy and paste from Sky and Telescope above is very helpful, imo.

And for those with a telescope and good skills to use it, there are two telescopes to observe:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... r-AA22EMsJ

[HitRed]

Is Pluto back?

[ConfederateSS]

--------------PLUTO NEVER LEFT... ........ALWAYS A PLANET.........LIKE CLIMATE FREAKS, TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE....KIDS ACTUALLY LIVE IN FEAR....BECAUSE OF FAKE CLIMATE CHANGE....THE WORLD HATING AMERICA......(Most Fake Climate crap attacking AMERICAN LIFE).......PLUTO WAS FOUND AND NAMED BY AMERICANS......THE WORLD HATES THAT........AS FOR AMERICA ....PLUTO WILL ALWAYS BE A PLANET.....THEN YOU HAVE THE DEMOCRAT..TEACHER'S UNIONS, HATE AMERICA.....TEACHING FAKE SPACE CRAP TO AMERICAN KIDS....BECAUSE, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH(little)....EVEN DECLARED PLUTO STILL A PLANET....IN AMERICA...AMERICANS....AMERICA 250(Happy Birthday PLUTO)... ... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
---------------------Even with other changes......THERE IS A THING CALLED GRAND FATHERED IN.....When things changed, some things stay without changing...

[Apatheist]

Climate change isn't fake. Think about it: if it's fake and we ignore it, no problem. However, if it's real, and we ignore it, the planet could be ruined. Isn't it better to err on the side of caution than scoff at something YOU know nothing about? Bear in mind that your president thought the answer to Covid was to drink bleach; 20% of the country didn't get vaccinated; 5% believe that they have been abducted by aliens. American life (and let's not even get started on guns, maternity leave, vacation time and healthcare) isn't necessarily that worth saving.
I'm certainly not taking any astronomical (or any other) advice from George W Bush. One only has to look at Venus (which you can now) to see what happens when greenhouse gasses take hold.