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Remember this timeline at Christmas too. Your greatest caring gift of love could be staying home.
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Cant beat that pic!HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL THOSE THAT CELEBRATE IT
Congratz, to the WINNERS of the first ever ACHAT 55 word writing contest .
AND a BIG THANKS to V n Jessi for organizing the event, helping our Forum's revival… and ALL of YOU that participated.
As for MY Lady Writer… YOU get another prize when ya get home.
Thank you Kait.
Big congrats to the Winners and to Jessi whose help was invaluable.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
“You'd have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.”
“Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to be to one another,” said Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University, according to Forbes. “You'd have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.”The event, sometimes referred to as The Great Conjunction, occurs roughly every 19 to 20 years, but this is the closest the planets will line up in the night sky since the Middle Ages. Technically, Saturn will be 10 au (astronomical units) from Earth, and Jupiter will be 5 au away, but they will appear to be less than the diameter of a full moon apart.
To catch a glimpse of the phenomenon for yourself, make sure you have a clear view to the southwest about 45 minutes after sunset. The planets will be at their closest on Dec. 21, but the “Christmas Star” will be visible from anywhere on Earth for about one hour after sunset in the northern hemisphere for the entire fourth week of December. If you're viewing with a telescope, you may also be able to see Jupiter and Saturn's largest moons orbiting them that week. The next Great Conjunction this close won't happen until March 15, 2080, so be sure to take a peek out your window later this month for a brilliant holiday treat.
Whether you celebrate it or not, the sentiment remains…
mmmm is both an option?
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