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To: SunkenCiv

I got to see it!

A couple of club members and I went out to the edge of town (helps when a member owns a construction yard).

We set up at 15in Dob and took turns watching this little chunk of charcoal just zipping along. It didn’t pass in front of any stars that we saw, but, it was close enough to many that you really got a feeling of movement.

It looked like it was the fastest moving non-manmade object I’ve seen that wasn’t burning.

Go out tonight and catch the Moon and Jupiter.
If you have a good western horizon, see if you can catch Mercury and Antares. You’ll need binoculars for this, but, it can be done.


13 posted on 11/09/2011 9:20:55 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Ooops.

Mercury and Antares are near Venus.


14 posted on 11/09/2011 9:21:48 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Conan the Librarian; Lonesome in Massachussets; SoldierDad

Wow! A little jealous...


22 posted on 11/09/2011 4:21:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Wow!


29 posted on 11/09/2011 5:40:43 PM PST by brytlea (An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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