Posted on 08/09/2019 11:56:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Also saw Jupiter which of course is much brighter.
Look for the big State of Chihuahua license plates.
Any info on the size yet? That must have been rather large!
LMAO!!!!
I’m extra excited because I may be able to make out the entire Scorpius constellation for the first time in years!
We live in the middle of nowhere with NO light pollution, so there’s THAT, but I’ve been here three years now and I still struggle with figuring out where everything ‘is’ after living at my other farm where I knew all of the Heavens by Heart over my 25 years of living there.
I loved teaching my boys about the night sky, camping out on the deck for the whole month of August and counting ‘falling stars’ with them, welcoming the Returning Hero, Orion, each fall into winter, etc. ;)
That probably sounds weird, but it is what it is. We get to observe this AMAZING Universe for SUCH a short period of time; the blink of an eye, really.
I don’t want to miss a thing! :)
PING to my Post #65. :)
Local news in Las Vegas is saying the bright spot is the moon Io passing.
Interesting.
That doesn’t look like a flash, it looks like a sphere with shading.
Cool stuff.
--A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy
Its government, theyll miss and give it an accelerating sling right toward us.
Neat - good to have a few larger “magnets” to help attract the riffraff away from us.
Kind of like how big cities become big, sucking maws that absorb the leftists...
Hope Jupiter doesn’t gain so much riffraff mass that it sucks us in....
Yes, exactly!
Those interested should
look into anthropic coincidences.
There are so many
astoundingly unlikely anomalies that favor
our being here to observe them,
it simply boggles the mind.
Why does Wilson Hall at Fermi National Labratory
resemble praying hands,
even the airplane beacon lights,
mark the finger tips.
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you can use an app like Star Tracker
to guide you through the night sky.
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Thanks! That would be easier than using a book, or running in and out to the computer, LOL!
I’m due for an upgrade, so I just might be getting a smartphone...finally! :)
Great! Get a good set of binoculars (or one for you and one for each child) and go learn the sky. You can get bios that can be fixed on a tripod if it will help.
I’ve been into astronomy for 50+ years now, and I am still amazed by a good dark night away from everywhere.
We are out cruising in our sailboat (or trying to anyway). I have a small scope for use when we get out in the Bahamas or South Pacific and can dinghy in to an island for some real dark sky observing.
I use Sky Safari for my smart phone and tablet. You do have to pay for it, but, it is worth every penny to me.
For the laptop, I have Cartes-du-ceil. Free program, a GREAT deal of data. There is some set up for location and the like, but, you won’t be bored with it. Wish it had an android version.
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