http://www.exploringlifesmysteries.com/2012-planetary-alignment
A friend had SkyView app. downloaded on her i- phone and we checked it out last night ....sure as shit planets are aligning which happens only 26 thousand something years ...not saying world is gonna end ...but is sure is kinda cool , and freaky
BTW: SkyView app. is pretty badass if your are into the stars etc.. point camera at sky and it will read constellations and show you what everything is
What's so Special About Planets Aligning?
The equator of the Milky Way galaxy (Galactic Equator) and the path of the Sun (the Ecliptic) will cross each other at exactly 11:11 am GMT on December 21, 2012. What does this mean exactly? Or, even better, what is the probability of this occurring?
Every year on the winter solstice, our Sun has a Declination of -23.5 degrees, and a Right Ascension of 18 hours. But what makes the alignment of 2012 special is how this alignment occurs relative to very distant stars.<span style="font-weight: bold"> On December 21, 2012, the alignment will be right along the plane of the entire galaxy</span>. This precession of the equinoxes goes in a complete circle and happens only once every 26,000 years. In other words, the winter solstice moves 360 degrees every 26,000 years, or 0.01 degrees each year.
A significant detail that promoters of the 2012 doomsday fail to point out, however, is that the plane of the galaxy is not the width of a needle. The plane of the galaxy is quite wide - in fact, it takes the winter solstice between 700 hundred and 1,400 years to cross the plane of the galaxy! So 2012 is just one year amidst a span of 700 years.
A friend had SkyView app. downloaded on her i- phone and we checked it out last night ....sure as shit planets are aligning which happens only 26 thousand something years ...not saying world is gonna end ...but is sure is kinda cool , and freaky
BTW: SkyView app. is pretty badass if your are into the stars etc.. point camera at sky and it will read constellations and show you what everything is
What's so Special About Planets Aligning?
The equator of the Milky Way galaxy (Galactic Equator) and the path of the Sun (the Ecliptic) will cross each other at exactly 11:11 am GMT on December 21, 2012. What does this mean exactly? Or, even better, what is the probability of this occurring?
Every year on the winter solstice, our Sun has a Declination of -23.5 degrees, and a Right Ascension of 18 hours. But what makes the alignment of 2012 special is how this alignment occurs relative to very distant stars.<span style="font-weight: bold"> On December 21, 2012, the alignment will be right along the plane of the entire galaxy</span>. This precession of the equinoxes goes in a complete circle and happens only once every 26,000 years. In other words, the winter solstice moves 360 degrees every 26,000 years, or 0.01 degrees each year.
A significant detail that promoters of the 2012 doomsday fail to point out, however, is that the plane of the galaxy is not the width of a needle. The plane of the galaxy is quite wide - in fact, it takes the winter solstice between 700 hundred and 1,400 years to cross the plane of the galaxy! So 2012 is just one year amidst a span of 700 years.
