Archives for April 2005
How bad is “downright poor?”
Published on 27 Apr 2005 at 5:37 am.
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Take a look at this light pollution map of my local area.
I live pretty much inder the crosshair… white, which from the key reads as follows: “Entire sky is grayish or brighter. Familliar constellations are missing stars. Fainter constellations are absent. Less than 20 stars visible over 30 degrees elevation in brigher areas. Limiting magntude [...]
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View from orbit
Published on 26 Apr 2005 at 5:59 pm.
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I thought I’d post this image of my neighborhood (roughly centered on my house) taken from orbit so you could get some idea of what I’m dealing with in terms of obstacles and thermal radiating rooftops. This image is a US Geological Survey Color Ortho Image (Urban Area) with a resolution of about .5 meters [...]
Not Since 1903
Published on 25 Apr 2005 at 2:18 pm.
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Well last night was probably one of the final cool nights of the season. I took the scope out about 10:30 PM EST and the temperature was right around 60° F with a mild intermittent breeze. By the time I came in after midnight, was already in the high 50s. Apparently before morning the temperature [...]
Flashbacks Explained
Published on 24 Apr 2005 at 12:08 am.
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OK. Just FYI today was the actual “go-live” date for this blog. The few posts that pre-date this were actually just written in MS Word at the times and dates indicated. After I got the blog going tonight I manually entered in those few existing dates.
I still have about 3-4 sessions with the scope that [...]
Down and Dirty Moon
Published on 20 Apr 2005 at 11:43 pm.
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I’d been waiting for about 3 weeks for the moon to be high in the sky again at a reasonable hour after dark. Tonight was the night! I really hadn’t planned to spend as much time out there as I did so I never bothered to set up the AutoStar or align my scope. I [...]
