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Post by Steelernation on Dec 21, 2020 19:55:32 GMT -5
Completely cloudy here too, too bad I’m not in Colorado, would probably have been able to see it there.
For those who saw it, what does it look like?
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Post by Beercules on Dec 21, 2020 20:16:17 GMT -5
I experienced a miracle. The day dawned full overcast with light rain, which persisted for the whole day. I thought I was done, infact, I was not even PO'd, because at this point I just accepted my fate. Less than an hour before sunset, the clouds parted like the red sea. What's more unreal is that the preceeding days I tried to view have been plagued by clouds, mosquitoes, and more clouds, and even more mosquitoes. Last night though, D-day, the 21st, everything went right. Even the mosquitoes buggered off. Everything fell into place. I prepared my telescope (130mm newtonian) ahead of time, with an adapter and my phone, I knew where to set up, what eyepiece to use, I just made sure everything was ready to go before it got dark. Unreal how the clouds literally just vanished, this has not happened in 400 years, and the next time it does happen will be in 2080 when everyone here will be dead except Benfx and Sari. After that the next occasion will be in 2417. I have 100 pics and video to go through, but in the meantime, here is a rudimentary sketch.
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Post by srfoskey on Dec 22, 2020 14:19:27 GMT -5
Completely cloudy here too, too bad I’m not in Colorado, would probably have been able to see it there. For those who saw it, what does it look like? With the naked eye it looked like one very bright dot close to one dimmer dot. I could still tell them apart with the naked eye, but they were extremely close. My phone camera could not tell the two apart.
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Post by irlinit on Dec 22, 2020 20:27:29 GMT -5
Nope, of course stratocrapulus had to ruin this for me. To be expected here in winter but still annoying
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 22:15:41 GMT -5
Nope, of course stratocrapulus had to ruin this for me. To be expected here in winter but still annoying Same here.
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Post by fæglèr on Dec 23, 2020 23:38:17 GMT -5
Nope, of course stratocrapulus had to ruin this for me. To be expected here in winter but still annoying Same here. This is just one of the many reasons I want to move to a colder/drier climate. It's way too fucking cloudy here. Of course, I can see stars now.
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Post by Beercules on Dec 25, 2020 0:21:56 GMT -5
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Post by Benfxmth on Dec 25, 2020 19:22:03 GMT -5
A bit late, but I was able to see the Christmas Star the other day; unfortunately I don't have a telescope in hands right now, to the naked eye it looked like two dots very close together for me.
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Post by kronan on May 13, 2021 10:38:56 GMT -5
very nice way to illustrate the concept of time.
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Post by jetshnl on May 26, 2021 8:49:03 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on May 26, 2021 15:25:16 GMT -5
Brian Cox thinks we might all be holograms on the surface of a black hole.
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Post by fæglèr on May 26, 2021 18:41:13 GMT -5
Nah
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2021 13:28:56 GMT -5
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Post by snj90 on Jun 11, 2021 11:44:27 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Jun 12, 2021 16:33:46 GMT -5
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Post by fæglèr on Jun 12, 2021 23:49:44 GMT -5
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Post by Beercules on Jun 13, 2021 2:02:51 GMT -5
A million humans on Mars by 2060 is complete BS. Dude has been drinking too much Koppenov triple distilled vodka.
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Post by Strewthless on Jun 13, 2021 11:00:22 GMT -5
If you want to go we'll all pitch in and buy you a ticket
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Post by caspase8 on Aug 15, 2021 5:28:02 GMT -5
Took a photo of Jupiter with my telescope and a cheap modded webcam last night. Surprised with how much detail the cam picked up.
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Post by Beercules on Aug 15, 2021 10:36:56 GMT -5
^^^ Sweet, what telescope do you have? caspase8?
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