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| TBerk |
 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:40 am |
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Namely it improves local viewing of the stars overhead.
I had experienced a blackout last night that started just at 9:50 PM
and lasted until around 1:30 AM.
(I was watching Heroes and was pissed off to miss the last few mins.)
Still, I was able to step outside to congregate w/ my neighbors a
bit.
Also the Moon was near full and the landscape looked Soooo much better
by moonshine <hick> than by those nasty street lights. (Yuck)
I stood outside for about a half an hour looking at Orion and th Moon
and noticing a rather bright star just the left of and down a bit from
'the mighty hunter', I wonder what it might have been.
As I post this it reminds me I need to go camping soon.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:09 pm |
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| u saw Sirius the hunter's dog. |
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| Chris L Peterson |
| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:38 pm |
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On 31 Jan 2007 00:40:57 -0800, "TBerk" <bayareaberk@yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: Namely it improves local viewing of the stars overhead.
One thing I recall from a few blackouts back when I lived in Southern
California, is just how much light pollution is local. Even living in
the middle of a sea of light pollution covering thousands of square
miles, a blackout affecting only a few blocks affords a considerable
reduction in sky brightness for those inside it.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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| Starboard |
| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:37 pm |
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Had I had a telescope a year and a half ago, I could have really
enjoyed the dark skies here in New Orleans. To think, I was here for
one of the biggest blackouts in the city's history and didn't have a
scope.
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| Ernie Dunbar |
| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:20 pm |
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On Jan 31, 12:40 am, "TBerk" <bayareab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: Namely it improves local viewing of the stars overhead.
Except when there's a full moon out. ;)
Quote: Still, I was able to step outside to congregate w/ my neighbors a
bit.
Well, that's certainly a good thing. Especially when you can show them
M51 or the Orion nebula in all their glory. A few might even start to
appreciate what you're up to and why it's nice of them to turn off the
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| Pat O'Connell |
| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:45 pm |
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Ernie Dunbar wrote:
Quote: On Jan 31, 12:40 am, "TBerk" <bayareab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Namely it improves local viewing of the stars overhead.
Except when there's a full moon out. ;)
Still, I was able to step outside to congregate w/ my neighbors a
bit.
Well, that's certainly a good thing. Especially when you can show them
M51 or the Orion nebula in all their glory. A few might even start to
appreciate what you're up to and why it's nice of them to turn off the
floodlight in their backyard.
Another side effect of blackouts: new babies (ob 2001: star children?) 9
months later.
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Pat O'Connell
[note munged EMail address]
Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints,
Kill nothing but vandals... |
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| Ben |
| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:49 am |
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On Jan 31, 4:45 pm, Pat O'Connell <gyp...@comcast.net> wrote:
Quote: Ernie Dunbar wrote:
On Jan 31, 12:40 am, "TBerk" <bayareab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Namely it improves local viewing of the stars overhead.
Except when there's a full moon out. ;)
Still, I was able to step outside to congregate w/ my neighbors a
bit.
Well, that's certainly a good thing. Especially when you can show them
M51 or the Orion nebula in all their glory. A few might even start to
appreciate what you're up to and why it's nice of them to turn off the
floodlight in their backyard.
Another side effect of blackouts: new babies (ob 2001: star children?) 9
months later.
--
Pat O'Connell
[note munged EMail address]
Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints,
Kill nothing but vandals...
I stepped outside during a blackout a few years back and could
plainly
see the Milky Way in Monoceros. I grabbed the 60 mm, and went. Later
I was
joined by a few of the neighbors and we just mowed 'em down for a
couple of
hours. I mean tough objects.
The skies are good here in E Ark but not great, except that night.
I don't have that 60 anymore so I'm looking for another "grab &
go". Blackouts
are frequent around here and usually welcome.
Ben T
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