A Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy-SARM celebration
of 130 years since Spiru Haret (1851-1912)
presented at Paris the first Romanian major work in astronomy history
(entitled “Sur l’invariabilite des grandes axes des orbites planetaires”)
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Photo: Calin Niculae
Astropoetry by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
Astrophotography by Romanian Sky Lovers
Design by Florin Stancu
I. CONJUNCTIONS (1)
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Between an earthly conjunction
and a heavenly conjunction
there is a secret resolution.
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Earthly Conjunction
Photo: Gabriel Ivanescu (Bucharest)
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Heavenly Conjunction (Jupiter and Venus in the Morning Aurora)
Photo: Valentin Grigore (Royal Court of Targoviste)
II. TERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERE
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Mercury before Sunset over Targu Mures
Photo: Eugen Florin Marc
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Sweet atmosphere -
the best painter of the world
and a global angel
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Zodiacal Light over the Keys of Turda
Photo: Catalin Timosca
III. CONJUNCTIONS (2)
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Jupiter and Venus
Photo: Dan Mitrut (Bacau County, Romania, North Hemisphere)
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Jupiter and Venus, plus Moon
Photo: Valentin Grigore (Royal Court of Targoviste, Romania, North Hemisphere)
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Sometimes
planets need to be closer
one another
in order to talk
about the Sun,
their designer.
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Mercury and Venus, plus Moon
Photo: Danut Ionescu (Auckland, New Zealand, South Hemisphere)
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Moon and Mercury
Photo: Danut Ionescu (Auckland, New Zealand, South Hemisphere)
IV. SATURN AT OPPOSITION
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If I would live on the Sun,
I would see the Earth
occulting Saturn.
If I would live on Saturn,
I would see the Earth
transiting the Sun.
Three heavenly bodies
on the same unseen line:
You magnificent Sun,
crowned by gorgeous beams,
You minuscule Earth,
crowned by human life,
You proud Saturn,
crowned by pompous rings.
As I live on Earth,
I don’t see anything special
…but I feel myself
like a balance
with two unequal scales
for two different lights.
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The Sun with Prominences
Photo: Adrian Bruno Sonka (Bucharest Municipal Observatory, Romania)
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An Astropoet on Earth
Photo: Calin Niculae
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Saturn at Opposition
Photo by Maximilian Teodorescu (Magurele, Romania)
SPRING POST-SCRIPTUM
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Sometimes the warrior Mars
attacks heavenly dangerous elements
(such as the Beehive Cluster)
not to be wrongly neglected.
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Mars close to M44 (Praesepe or Beehive) in Cancer
Photo by Maximilian Teodorescu (Magurele, Romania)
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© 2008 SARM
(Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy)