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Venus Jupiter conjunction 2017, what is it?

The Venus Jupiter conjunction 2017 is happening tomorrow November the 13th in the early morning (European time).What this conjuction means is that both planets, Venus and Jupiter will rise above the horizon, following an almost identical path. This will be visible an hour before sunrise.

Are you a Stagazer? I am! And they say the result is expected to stun both amateur and professional astronomers alike. The gigantic gas planet Jupiter and our nabour Venus will be, despite being some 416 million miles apart, for a brief period it will appear as if the two planets are orbiting the Sun side by side.

“The planets, which happen to be two of the brightest in the solar system, will be an astonishing 0.3 degrees apart in the night’s sky. This is equivalent to slightly more than half of the Moon’s diameter.”

I’m on my way to work around this time, and will definitely not miss this wonderful oppurtunity. So get your geek on!

Photos by: Pixabay

Preus museum is the national museum of photography in Norway, and the only Norwegian museum to focus on the Norwegian an International history of photography through litterature, images and technical objects.

I love photography. I love the fact that you can capture a moment and keep it forever. I also love the creative side of photography. Where you can make your own world and pretend to be someone else.

At Preus museum the first exhibition was “A History of Photography” that shows us the museum’s own collection and gives insight into photography’s rich history. Everything from black & white to colour and from analog to digital.

You can look into some of the cameras, there is a kaleidoscope you can step into and of course, the camera obscura. Which was normal to use (escpesielly in art) from 1558 and until 1826 when the first camera was invented.

Since I am a big, big, BIG astronomy enthusiast, you get the picture right (pun not intended), I had to see the second exhibition. That was the whole reason for me beeing there. Even though I love photography. “The History of Space Photography” reveals the fantastic variety of outer-space photography from the early 1800s until today.

“On display are the most important images from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries: photographs of the earth from space, photographs of our solar system and the stars, the Milky Way, and the universe far beyond our solar system. In addition, three projected showings of photographs and videos are involved related to the three main divisions of the exhibition.”

Astronomy is said to be the oldest science. We’ve always wondered about the stars, the sun and the moon. And thanks to todays knowledge and amazing technology, we can now see how the universe looks!

VISIT THE OFFICIAL SITE HERE>