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 Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Espy]
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12/22/20 12:47 AM
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Been watching for 6 months
It/they were dimmer as they got to conjunction............no way that is the jesus star. Very disappointing as far as brightness
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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12/22/20 12:59 AM
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KRoyal
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Took my son out and he got to open his new telescope he got for Christmas early. The conjunction was kind of lack luster and seemed we missed them close together because they seemed to be moving further apart. But man the moon is beautiful. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/12/full-4932-270935-c07efbeb_23ce_487c_9ecc_7597ddd9ec4b.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/12/full-4932-270936-49160ff1_3ac0_4c89_9c22_80d278705b1d.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/12/full-4932-270937-bb9031d6_78da_4d85_b992_af3e1ce697ad.jpeg)
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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12/22/20 01:11 AM
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Dalee7892
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We went out and must used the binoculars to see it. Pretty amazing. Once in a life time.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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12/22/20 01:43 AM
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Big Fitz
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I got the spotting scope out and had neighborhood kids over to view it. At 40x could clearly see the rings around Saturn and 3 moons around Jupiter. Pretty cool.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Big Fitz]
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12/22/20 02:27 AM
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Tbar
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I got the spotting scope out and had neighborhood kids over to view it. At 40x could clearly see the rings around Saturn and 3 moons around Jupiter. Pretty cool.  
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Big Fitz]
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12/22/20 04:14 AM
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I got the spotting scope out and had neighborhood kids over to view it. At 40x could clearly see the rings around Saturn and 3 moons around Jupiter. Pretty cool. That’s cool you did that
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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12/22/20 03:03 PM
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It was plenty high in the sky here and you could see both planets with the naked eye plainly. Looked even better through binocs. Overall I was underwhelmed.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: KRoyal]
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12/22/20 03:11 PM
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Took my son out and he got to open his new telescope he got for Christmas early. The conjunction was kind of lack luster and seemed we missed them close together because they seemed to be moving further apart. But man the moon is beautiful. Vortex, i assume? 
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#8099234
12/22/20 03:17 PM
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Mike Honcho
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Cool pics. It was way to cloudy and humid in our area.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: TXHOGSLAYER]
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12/22/20 04:53 PM
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It was plenty high in the sky here and you could see both planets with the naked eye plainly. Looked even better through binocs. Overall I was underwhelmed. Yeah inagree. Was watching them the last couple evenings and just expected them to be more “on top” of each other, but they never were. They were the closest to each other last night, but still noticeably separate. Quite underwhelming. I remember seeing haleys comet and that was cool. This was not that
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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12/22/20 08:34 PM
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TPACK
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I climbed into my deer blind last Friday(12-18-20) @ 6:15 a.m. and there was an extremely bright star/planet just coming up to the east. I actually stopped and looked with my binos for a bit. I think it was Venus. I had not noticed it being so bright before. It was very bright to the naked eye.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#8099707
12/22/20 09:03 PM
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KRoyal
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Took my son out and he got to open his new telescope he got for Christmas early. The conjunction was kind of lack luster and seemed we missed them close together because they seemed to be moving further apart. But man the moon is beautiful. Vortex, i assume? It was a $100 telescope off amazon for a 2 year old jack wagon.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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12/22/20 11:45 PM
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StephenB
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I tend to think that the "baby Jesus star" was a comet that was documented by the Chinese in what we now call 5 BCE. It was so bright it made the stars dim and lasted for 70 days. It also moved in the sky over that time. Fits the bible narrative much more closely.
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: StephenB]
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12/23/20 12:03 AM
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Superduty
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I tend to think that the "baby Jesus star" was a comet that was documented by the Chinese in what we now call 5 BCE. It was so bright it made the stars dim and lasted for 70 days. It also moved in the sky over that time. Fits the bible narrative much more closely. The more you know..... http://www.observadores-cometas.com/cometas/Star/Visibility_Star.htm
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Re: Christmas Star
[Re: texasag93]
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12/23/20 12:11 AM
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I took the kids out to look at it.
I explained that is what the 3 Wise Men followed to find baby Jesus.
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