#5 planets

I went to Supercon for the first time ever (a five hour plus drive away from where I live)and had a great time. I volunteered, and got to hang out with my friend, the awesome @thedeathecchi

And like any other convention you had your famous celebrities there meeting and greeting with people and just generally having a great time.

But one of the things that I have always in my head believed was that you couldn't go up to these people and just tell them how much you appreciate them and thank them for all they do and just like you know give them a good old-fashioned handshake.

I don't know why I've always held this belief. Maybe it's because I think these people are kind of Untouchable and the only way you can really talk to them is if you're purchasing something from them.

Don't make my mistake. Because I was so wrong.

You don't need money to go up and tell these people how much you appreciate their hard work. You don't need to spend money to tell someone how much of an amazing job they are doing and how much they have impacted your life doing what they do. I feel so dumb that this belief has kept me from telling so many people how much I love and appreciate everything they've done for not just me, but for so many people.

I missed my opportunity to say this all to Josh Keaton and Bex taylor-klaus. They were at Supercon and I saw their booths (though I only saw them breifly sitting at their tables).

I saw a majority of the Overwatch crew, including my favs Chris Parson and Zhang Yu ( whom I managed to squeak out a tiny hello to)[Where were you Matt Mercer?]

I saw a lot of famous people. I saw a lot of loved people.

And I can understand it is a huge thing to meet someone who you idolized for a long time.

My brain was going miles a minute when I got my celebrity photo with Brent Spiner a couple years back. I did actually manage to squeak out my thanks to him for all the work he had done as I have enjoyed watching him in many different roles. Though my tongue did feel like lead and I felt like a babbling fool.

But I managed to do it. Granted I felt that it was okay to do because I was getting a photo, something I had paid for, but none the less...

Do not miss your chance to tell these people how much you appreciate them. Don't be scared and don't think you have to spend money to go up and say thank you. I realize now how many opportunities I've missed on telling these people what they mean to me.

When you get an opportunity take it. You don't know when the next time you're going to get to see them is, if you even do get to see them again.

I got a selfie with Stan Lee, but I regret not telling him how much he inspired me.

Stunning Images of the February Dawn Planetary Line-up from Around the World

Have you seen them? There’s been a quintet of good reasons to awaken early this past week, as the February dawn sky hosts all five classical planets, very nearly in order: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. For a few days, the waning crescent Moon even joined the show on the weeks leading up to New on February 8th. Fleeting Mercury breaks the streak later this week, exiting the dawn sky as…

A celestial line-up - see 5 planets before dawn

Astronomers are currently making the most of a rare astronomical alignment. For the first time in over a decade, all five naked-eye planets are huddling together in the early morning sky. Royal Observatory astronomer Colin Stuart explains how to see them... 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/science/space/five-planets-align-mars-jupiter-mercury-saturn-venus.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Jackie, Tito,Jermaine, Marion and Michael visible in the night sky until February 20th

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5 Brightest Planets Are set to Align

  5 Brightest Planets Are set to Align in our solar system to give a rare celestial show before dawn on Wednesday, Jan. 20 with the 5 planets Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will align for first time in a decade.Visible from Earth in a diagonal row when they appear.

The five bright planets, can usually be seen easily with the naked eye, they haven’t aligned in such a way in more than 10 years, reports EarthSky.org.

The phenomenon will continue every early morning until Feb. 20.

Five Brightest planets

  The five brightest planets visible from Earth are photographed April 22, 2002 Doug Murray/Associated press . At top-most left is Jupiter, below and to the right is a star, directly below at the mid-point of the photo is Saturn, below and left of Saturn is the red star Aldebaran, diagonally to the right is Mars, then moving toward the horizon are Venus and Mercury (just inside the warmth of the sunset).

“Essentially a quirk of the universe,” Dr. Alan Duffy, a research fellow at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia, told Australian Geographic about the formation. And with the five planets on different yearly cycles, he added their alignment was “something well worth seeing.”

Jupiter will rise first, followed by the red-tinted Mars, golden-looking Saturn, brightest planet Venus and lastly Mercury. Exact timings will vary each day and depend on where you are located.

The Washington Post reports that, if you look south from D.C. before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 24, then Mercury will be closest to the eastern horizon, while Jupiter will loiter in the west-southwest.

But don’t panic, there are a host of stargazing apps to help you figure out exactly where to look and which planet is which. Just hope it’s not cloudy.

  Steve Allen/Getty images.  The order of the planets and dwarf planet Pluto from the Sun can be easily remembered with the mnemonic, “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.”

The waning moon will also sweep past the planets from Jan. 27 to Feb. 6, according to the Coachella Valley Independent.

Astronomers last got the chance to see the planets in a similar line-up between Dec. 15, 2004 and Jan. 15, 2005.