Thursday, May 3, 2012

Saturn moon spica 2012

  • Look toward the southeast on Thursday night (May 3) about an hour after sunset, and you will behold a rare and beautiful sight, a triple conjunction of the moon, the planet Saturn, and the bright star Spica.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • This month (2012) the Moon will pass by the planets Saturn, Mars, and Venus. The bright stars to see are Procyon, Pollux, Castor, Capella, Spica, Regulus, and Antares.
  • (Examiner)
  • Moon: The Moon to be easily visible. Saturn is well positioned for viewing throughout the evening. Face eastwards, around 7pm and an obvious pair of stars will be noticed. The lower one is Saturn, and the upper one is Spica.
  • (Stuff)
  • It will be the largest full moon for all of 2012. No, the moon hasn't magically expanded Uranus rises in the east around 5 a.m. May 3 and 4 – The moon is near Saturn and Spica.
  • (insidehalton.com)
  • If a moonbeam wakes you up on the night of May 5th, 2012, you might want to In addition to the Perigee Moon, look in the southwest sky prior to dawn to see Saturn to the northeast and the star Spica to the east.
  • (KSLA)
  • Saturn, mag 0.3 to 0.5, stands 5° above and left of Spica in Virgo and moves from the SE at nightfall at present to stand in the SSW at our map times.
  • (The Guardian)
  • And the moon can guide you to the star Spica and the planet Saturn on the morning of May 5, as the image at right shows. Bottom line: The next meteor shower in 2012 is the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on the mornings of May 5 and 6.
  • (Earth & Sky)
  • Tonight see if you can spot the tender beginnings of the Moon to Spica"! Once you've located this bright, blue/white star, simply look to its east/southeast (or upper left) for a yellow appearing "star".
  • (Universe Today)
  • Locally, both Saturn and Mars put on good displays all night, the former near the star Spica in Virgo and the latter near Regulus in Leo. The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on the 21st and 22nd, the first major shower in 15 months when the Moon is happily absent.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • This year, Easter falls on Sunday, April 8. Fridays full moon was shining near the star Spica and the planet Saturn, according to Earth and Sky.
  • (Huffington Post)

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