On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 9:55:05 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:25:48 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote:

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 10:46:16 PM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 5:51:16 PM UTC-4, Sketcher wrote:
A few minutes from now, at my location, the waxing crescent moon will occult Aldebaran. "The Beast" (6-inch f/6.5 achromat) is set up and trained on the targets. Both showed up nicely upon setup.

A preliminary trial on Jupiter indicated that for planetary work the fast achromat may perform near its best with a fringe-killer filter combined with a 120mm aperture stop. So that's the way I'm going for today's event.

For those who have yet to see a star in the daytime, this is a great opportunity!

Sketcher,
To sketch is to see.

All I see in Toronto is...falling snow.

Global warming!

Indeed. One consequence of global warming is colder, wetter winters in
northern temperate latitudes. Predicted by models, verified by
observation.

It is interesting that we are increasingly able now to associate some
individual weather events with global warming, not just broad
patterns.

You do not seem to have your obsession under control, peterson.