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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 14:05:54 GMT
Lucky you!! Please feel free to taunt us with some pictures.
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Post by htmb on Aug 3, 2014 14:10:11 GMT
Yes, please do! We'll just continue to sit down here in the sweltering southeastern U.S., watching for hurricanes and trying to rid ourselves of critters.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 14:34:15 GMT
Yes, please do! We'll just continue to sit down here in the sweltering southeastern U.S., watching for hurricanes and trying to rid ourselves of critters. And, being able to sleep out of doors without being eaten alive by mosquitoes!!!!!
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Aug 3, 2014 14:40:23 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 3, 2014 14:40:23 GMT
Meteors are notoriously difficult to photograph. You have to be there. Sorry. (But I'll think of you.)
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Post by mossie on Aug 4, 2014 15:47:44 GMT
Not if you are in the right place at the right time. ![](http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/navrad/nf14formationflyingMedium.jpg)
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Aug 4, 2014 16:23:13 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 4, 2014 16:23:13 GMT
Is that PLANE called a meteor?
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Post by mossie on Aug 4, 2014 20:11:48 GMT
Sorry, yes
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Post by Kimby on Aug 5, 2014 0:10:27 GMT
I didn't think you were photographing meteors from an airplane. During daylight! ;-)
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Post by Kimby on Aug 5, 2014 0:12:31 GMT
METEOR ACTIVITY: Meteor activity is increasing as Earth plunges deeper into the debris stream of Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Last night alone, NASA cameras recorded more than a dozen Perseid fireballs along with one sporadic bolide (exploding meteor) that might have dropped pieces of itself over the southeastern USA. Visit spaceweather.com for video and observing tips.
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Aug 6, 2014 13:37:45 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 6, 2014 13:37:45 GMT
ROSETTA COMET: The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe has reached 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and is maneuvering to go into orbit around the comet's core. This is an historic event. After Rosetta goes into orbit, it will follow the comet around the sun, observing its activity from point-blank range. Moreover, in November, Rosetta will drop a lander onto the comet's strange surface. Check spaceweather.com for more information and links to a live webcast of today's rendezvous.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 21:20:43 GMT
The photographs of the surface of the comet have been remarkable.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 9, 2014 2:21:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 4:59:04 GMT
The moon was absolutely spectacular last night.
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Post by questa on Sept 9, 2014 5:38:00 GMT
Spectacular here in South Oz, breaking through storm clouds and bouncing light off them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 10:11:34 GMT
The moon was absolutely spectacular last night. 'Twas here too!! viewed it from the balcony for a long time. (T. thanks you for the tune Bixa). We also had 4 Night Blooming Cereus bloom!
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 9, 2014 15:13:56 GMT
![](http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/nowdocking/SMILEYS/kiss.gif) to T. Big bright moon AND gorgeous white flowers ~~ whooo! I am jealous of all of you. The moon was very bright, but the sky was too hazy, so the moon seemed seen through gauze. And tonight we have the SUPER MOON. ![](http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1410261513700/Supermoon2_Done.svg)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 12:22:22 GMT
at 9:22 pm tonight the Autumnal Equinox will occur.
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Post by questa on Sept 22, 2014 21:52:30 GMT
Or the Spring equinox if you are on the other half of the planet. why do I feel so left out in this boreal-centric forum? Just joking
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2014 1:21:23 GMT
Or the Spring equinox if you are on the other half of the planet. why do I feel so left out in this boreal-centric forum? Just joking ![](http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/nowdocking/SMILEYS/grin.gif) [/q Mea culpa Questa. A most joyous Spring Equinox to you and yours!
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Post by questa on Sept 23, 2014 6:09:43 GMT
Thank you, Casi, and same to you. Soon daylight saving will start and go for 6 months and totally confuse me again.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 4, 2014 1:46:37 GMT
Once in a red? moon ~~ Total lunar eclipse on October 8th. Well, Oct. 8 in the US, at 6ish in the morning, so I guess Oct. 7 on parts of the planet. Be sure to watch the video in this news link.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 3:24:21 GMT
How COOL is that!!!! Thank you for this.
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Oct 6, 2014 19:29:59 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 6, 2014 19:29:59 GMT
i.imgur.com/JoIw074Bixa beat me to it, but here's a map of who can see what. Our friends in Europe and Africa are SOL on this one. I was gloating that Montana will have near perfect viewing. Till I realized that I will be in Wisconsin. :-(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 20:33:15 GMT
You should be able to see it in Wisconsin too no? Reports say that even the most light polluted skies will allow for good viewing.
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Oct 6, 2014 20:36:05 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 6, 2014 20:36:05 GMT
Partial eclipse here, I believe, and more light in the morning sky. Plus we are hemmed in by trees here and weather is trending to cloudy. Light pollution is not a problem here however.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 20:39:51 GMT
I didn't think so. Pity about the other obstacles...
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Oct 6, 2014 20:46:39 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 6, 2014 20:46:39 GMT
From space weather.com: "DON'T MISS THE LUNAR ECLIPSE: On Wednesday morning, Oct. 8th, there will be a total lunar eclipse. Observers across the Pacific side of Earth can see the normally-pale full Moon turn a beautiful shade of red as it passes through the sunset-colored shadow of our planet. The Moon first dips into Earth's shadow at approximately 9:15 UT (2:15 a.m. PDT), kicking off the partial phase of the eclipse. Totality, when the Moon is fully immersed, begins at 10:25 UT (3:25 a.m. PDT) and lasts for nearly an hour. During that time, the Moon will look something like this: www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/21dec10/Alan-Dyer2.jpgAlan Dyer took the picture during a similar eclipse over Gleichen, Alberta, on Dec. 21, 2010. "The coppery Moon framed by the bright stars of winter was a wonderful sight," he says. Because the Moon is in shadow during an eclipse, it should be dark, right? Obviously not. A quick trip to the Moon explains the bright red color: Imagine yourself standing on a dusty lunar plain looking up at the sky. Overhead hangs Earth, nightside down, completely hiding the sun behind it. The eclipse is underway. You might expect Earth seen in this way to be utterly dark, but it's not. The rim of the planet is on fire! As you scan your eye around Earth's circumference, you're seeing every sunrise and every sunset in the world, all of them, all at once. This incredible light beams into the heart of Earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow and transforming the Moon into a great red orb."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 17:27:59 GMT
I just scoped out our weather forecast for tomorrow a.m. and it's predicting clear skies!! Am real amped about this event!
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Post by questa on Oct 8, 2014 10:36:01 GMT
I have just come inside from looking at the eclipse and tan/red moon. Lovely spectacle. only 9pm here and clear skies...must dash outside and watch it move on. Hope you all can see it too.
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 10:38:36 GMT
I have been looking at it from here, too!
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