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Post by Kimby on Aug 12, 2023 20:05:18 GMT
Five more "shooters" last night.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 13, 2023 1:34:04 GMT
Not to sound like I'm crazy, but do you think you hear that celestial "whooosh" as they pass over?
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Aug 13, 2023 1:52:21 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 13, 2023 1:52:21 GMT
We did actually once. It was very bright and travelled a long distance across the sky and we could hear it “sizzle”.
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Aug 22, 2023 17:31:03 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 22, 2023 17:31:03 GMT
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Aug 26, 2023 15:08:35 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 26, 2023 15:08:35 GMT
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Aug 27, 2023 12:22:10 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 27, 2023 12:22:10 GMT
Woke at 6 am and, as the stars paled in advance of dawn, got a good look at the very bright International Space Station as it passed overhead at 17,000+ mph. With binoculars I could see a fainter dot traveling with it and wondered if I was seeing the docking of the capsule delivering the next crew to the ISS. This crew of 4 makes history as the first crew in which each member is of a different nationality: one American, one Russian, one from Japan and a Dane, I think. Updated to add - Maybe I DID see the space x capsule: www.space.com/spacex-crew-7-space-station-dockingYou can watch it live here!
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Aug 27, 2023 13:07:20 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 27, 2023 13:07:20 GMT
It’s happening. Docking momentarily.
Listening to the NASA chatter while getting live visuals of the Dragon capsule, ISS and NASA control room. Less than 3 minutes to docking…
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Sept 4, 2023 19:18:56 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 4, 2023 19:18:56 GMT
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Sept 11, 2023 12:44:57 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 11, 2023 12:44:57 GMT
Time is running out to see the comet Nishimura. But the show is just beginning for our Southern Hemisphere friends. www.wsaw.com/2023/09/07/across-northern-hemisphere-nows-time-catch-new-comet-before-it-vanishes-400-years/I got up at 5:15 this morning and bundled up to go comet hunting with my binoculars and a nifty app called Sky Tonight on my iPhone. The app told me when and where to point my binoculars. Unfortunately there was a mountain between me and the horizon so the comet stayed hidden till the approaching sunrise began fading the stars. But what a night sky! Jupiter high in the south. Venus near the crescent moon. And Orion! My favorite constellation, and the first true indication that summer is leaving and autumn is on its way.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 11, 2023 15:11:07 GMT
I have always loved Orion, but I was so shocked when I went to Mauritius and found it lying almost on the horizon.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 11, 2023 15:28:49 GMT
As far as I remember, Orion won't be visible for many months as it will lay below the horizon. If you went back a couple of months later it will either have disappeared completely or will be high up. I think where we are it comes out in the winter and disappears in the summer (as with Kimby).
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Sept 12, 2023 0:26:19 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 12, 2023 0:26:19 GMT
In the fall I see Orion in the morning. In winter it’s high in the Northwestern sky at night. In summer it’s up during the day and not visible in the part of the world where I live.
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Sept 16, 2023 13:09:49 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 16, 2023 13:09:49 GMT
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Sept 17, 2023 1:51:16 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 17, 2023 1:51:16 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 17, 2023 5:27:59 GMT
Thanks for this. One of my sisters lives right in the prime area. Maybe I need to go visit in October! At any rate, I'll pass this on to her & her husband.
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Sept 17, 2023 15:58:28 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 17, 2023 15:58:28 GMT
My sister owns a house in the path of the total eclipse in April. She rents it out on Evolve.
A few minutes after midnight a full year before the eclipse someone booked it for that week! Owners are not able to block out their own dates more than a year ahead of time, so she got outcompeted by a renter who was more on the ball than we were!
Dang! At least the Kimby’s got to experience the last total eclipse in Idaho’s wilderness…
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 17, 2023 16:27:40 GMT
The only recent total eclipse in France was on 11 August 1999. It missed Paris by a few degrees, so I only saw about 97% coverage (working day!), which was still pretty damned good. The next total eclipse in France will be on 3 September 2081, so I will have to check my social calendar.
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Sept 19, 2023 23:48:17 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 19, 2023 23:48:17 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 20, 2023 2:05:40 GMT
A few minutes after midnight a full year before the eclipse someone booked it for that week! Wow. I guess I should have realized what a big deal this all is, but I didn't until I shared the link you posted with my sister. She wrote back ~ "There are even community meetings about how to handle the people who may come in droves! ... You know how tiny this place is--we have no law enforcement, a major drought, are under fire hazard warnings and the whole bit. The positive part is, the shops get a chance to make some good money and star-gazer types aren't generally ones to trash out a town." She goes on to say there are some entertainments planned and "We have a town meeting on the 22nd. Oct 14 will be the learner eclipse for the biggie next April." When she says her town is tiny, she's not exaggerating. The grocery store mentioned is literally an old-fashioned general store (with a great meat market in it). Calling it a one-horse town makes it sound bigger than it is!
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Post by lugg on Sept 20, 2023 20:06:25 GMT
Auroura is visible in the north and west UK at the moment / last couple days . Its too cloudy here but I have seen some quite amaxing potos today
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Sept 21, 2023 12:37:05 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 21, 2023 12:37:05 GMT
Here too, though as we are in the forest between two large hills, we would have to drive out to a high place to see the northern lights.
Why does this never happen while we are at the cottage with wide open views over the lake?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 14, 2023 17:02:28 GMT
Is anyone seeing the eclipse today? Where I am it would be 77% obscuration, except that the cloud cover is so dense today that it's impossible to see where the sun should be, much less the eclipse. It's 11 am now & the maximum point of the eclipse is in 15 minutes. *sigh*
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Post by lugg on Oct 14, 2023 19:48:47 GMT
Not here ... but a chance on October 28th
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 14, 2023 22:56:57 GMT
And you can stare directly at that one!
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Oct 16, 2023 0:48:18 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 16, 2023 0:48:18 GMT
Is anyone seeing the eclipse today? Where I am it would be 77% obscuration, except that the cloud cover is so dense today that it's impossible to see where the sun should be, much less the eclipse. It's 11 am now & the maximum point of the eclipse is in 15 minutes. *sigh* We had 75% here in Montana, but the day dawned cloudy. I kept checking the sky and just as the eclipse peaked, the clouds parted. We put on our eclipse glasses and watched the last half of the eclipse, playing with a colander as a pinhole camera. Then the clouds closed in again. Gratified. Looks fuzzy but that’s the best my cell phone could do.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 16, 2023 13:52:35 GMT
A timelapse of the eclipse from Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 16, 2023 16:40:58 GMT
Ooooooooo!
Glad you got to see it where you are, Kimby!
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Oct 17, 2023 3:23:06 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 17, 2023 3:23:06 GMT
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Oct 20, 2023 14:01:27 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 20, 2023 14:01:27 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 23, 2023 23:20:11 GMT
Not to sound like I'm crazy, but do you think you hear that celestial "whooosh" as they pass over? Hope you can see this video, bixa. Best shooter ever! fb.watch/nSKeICPxo7/
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