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I’m totally envious. I’m in Florida and can’t believe how high Saturn is in the sky, nor how northward Cygnus is.
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Ian Stewart
Yes and no. Dark time goes up viewing area goes down. On 8/16/2022 11:24 AM, jimcoble2000 via
groups.io wrote:
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jimcoble2000
As the trees grow does that increase your dark time? Those must be big trees.....................
On Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 07:55:14 AM EDT, Ian Stewart <ian@...> wrote:
Hey George outside Creedmoor NC. The moon takes awhile to get up past some high trees here so I get an extra hour of moon shade :-)
On 8/15/2022 3:32 PM, George Reynolds
via groups.io wrote:
Where do you live, Ian?
Here in Tidewater, the moon rose last night about 10 pm
(9:53, officially). By 10:30 it was above the trees at
Cornland Park in Chesapeake.
George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, Virginia Back
Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA)
http://www.backbayastro.org On Sunday, August 14, 2022, 12:08:01 PM EDT, Ian Stewart
<swampcolliecoffee@...> wrote:
Wow, a wonderful night
last night. I haven't been out much this summer - the late
night arrival of darkness and the early morning wakeups
with the dogs had kept me from doing too much. Finally
it's getting dark a little earlier. Took the 5inch triplet
out last night. Sat by the fire until it was dark. The
milky way was visible all the way from Cassiopeia to
Sagittarius. Beautiful views of star clusters and nebula
from Ptolemy's Cluster all the way up to the Wild Duck
Cluster. Lots of doubles in Cygnus to play around with -
17 Cygni was particularly striking last night. The moon
came up about 11:30pm and the clouds started to roll in so
I packed it up then.
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Ian Stewart
Hey George outside Creedmoor NC. The moon takes awhile to get up past some high trees here so I get an extra hour of moon shade :-)
On 8/15/2022 3:32 PM, George Reynolds
via groups.io wrote:
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George Reynolds
Where do you live, Ian? Here in Tidewater, the moon rose last night about 10 pm (9:53, officially). By 10:30 it was above the trees at Cornland Park in Chesapeake. George Reynolds "Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, Virginia Back Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA) http://www.backbayastro.org
On Sunday, August 14, 2022, 12:08:01 PM EDT, Ian Stewart <swampcolliecoffee@...> wrote:
Wow, a wonderful night last night. I haven't been out much this summer - the late night arrival of darkness and the early morning wakeups with the dogs had kept me from doing too much. Finally it's getting dark a little earlier. Took the 5inch triplet out last night. Sat by the fire until it was dark. The milky way was visible all the way from Cassiopeia to Sagittarius. Beautiful views of star clusters and nebula from Ptolemy's Cluster all the way up to the Wild Duck Cluster. Lots of doubles in Cygnus to play around with - 17 Cygni was particularly striking last night. The moon came up about 11:30pm and the clouds started to roll in so I packed it up then.
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preciousmyprecious
Well done, Ian.
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Wow, a wonderful night last night. I haven't been out much this summer - the late night arrival of darkness and the early morning wakeups with the dogs had kept me from doing too much. Finally it's getting dark a little earlier. Took the 5inch triplet out last night. Sat by the fire until it was dark. The milky way was visible all the way from Cassiopeia to Sagittarius. Beautiful views of star clusters and nebula from Ptolemy's Cluster all the way up to the Wild Duck Cluster. Lots of doubles in Cygnus to play around with - 17 Cygni was particularly striking last night. The moon came up about 11:30pm and the clouds started to roll in so I packed it up then.
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