Sunday, February 22, 2015

Granpa's SkyView App

A unique planetary alignment happened last night.  At bedtime, Granpa picks up his iPhone 6 Plus and accesses his SkyView app.  Moving it toward the western horizon he picks up this incredible image!


The artwork is overlaid on the actual image.  The blue lines within the fish identify the star constellation we know as Pisces.  As he moves his iPhone around the bedroom 360 degrees we see every constellation with its artwork overlay.  The artwork is beautiful in and of itself!

But tonight Granpa is focusing on the unique alignment of Mars, Venus and the crescent dark moon.
Look closely, and you'll realize that there are two orange globes.  They would be the male and female of heavenly bodies.  Mars, named after the god of war, and Venus, named after the goddess of love.  I suppose one could imagine that the crescent moon is a worried Daddy looking after the young couple?  Whatever, I think it is a really cool image, and I wanted to share it with my friends!



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