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God knows its finals season. This afternoon from around 2 PM to 6 PM, the juxtaposition of the moon, Venus and Jupiter will form a frowny face in the south-south-western sky.
Bwogger and astronomy-tipster Hans Hyttinen believes that optimal viewing time will be after the sun sets at 4:20 PM. Fiddle around with the stars and planets to get a better sense of this planetary optical illusion here, and read about yesterday’s heavenly smiley face, which proved rather feeble due to misalignment and weather problems.
Also: We want your sky portraiture! If you get a good shot of the sad face this afternoon, send it to bwgossip@columbia.edu.
More photos after the jump.
Top two photos by Courtney Douds
Last two photos by HEH
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@ianc-b for a second i thought that i read “astronomy-hipster,” and i felt so inadequate. i don’t know why.
@i fucking love the lamps outside of butler — they look like something out of hogwarts … that’s not to say butler doesn’t still suck of course, just that its got some aesthetic charms to it
@thats awesome
@That's... a pretty cool juxtaposition of the sad face just above Butler.
@actually its probably a pretty accurate representation of whats going on inside
@GCP LOOK AT THE MOON.
@EAL Can I say that “Hans Hyttinen” is one of the coolest names ever? It sounds very appropriate for an astronomer for some reason.
@Does... …Columbia have a glee club?
@... no, we don’t have a glee club. we do, however, have a club where we take cheap shots at apparently gleeful people. it’s not the same, but it pretty much fills the same role.
@4:28 to be exact
@say what? the sun is setting at exactly 4:20? sounds like another way to procrastinate…