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Rosamond Report 8/2/06
After almost a week of high winds, this night was a no wind night and a wensday one too, so I headed for the corner. With the moon being bright I set up before dark and as night came on it was joined by Jupiter. There must have been some magic with the two of them together in the sky. First guy didn't look but asked about that hunk of rock that passed the Earth and is suppost to come back to hit us some years to come, I told him they where still tracking it and being the time frame they have, that IF it's shown to be heading back at us, they will most likly have a prject to cheange it's orbit. Almost right after he left, 3 guys came out of the foster freeze and made a beeline to the scope, for almost an hour space and astronomy was talked about between us. The oldest man had never seen Echo pass overhead in the past and didn't know that we have a super massive Black Hole in the center of our galaxy. After they left I had a rest time before a good sized family showed up, I'd guess they covered close to 50 years of time. They lined up and got an eye full of the moon first and then Jupiter too. My last guy for the night was someone who had stopped back about 2 years ago when I had B8 set up, we had a bit of a talk about space and such too. By the time he left it was near 10pm and about 15 people had seen the moon and jupiter via the Scope. It was a gtood night for once. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords Astro Blog http://starlord.bloggerteam.com/ |
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![]() Starlord wrote: Rosamond Report 8/2/06 After almost a week of high winds, this night was a no wind night and a wensday one too, so I headed for the corner. With the moon being bright I set up before dark and as night came on it was joined by Jupiter. There must have been some magic with the two of them together in the sky. First guy didn't look but asked about that hunk of rock that passed the Earth and is suppost to come back to hit us some years to come, I told him they where still tracking it and being the time frame they have, that IF it's shown to be heading back at us, they will most likly have a prject to cheange it's orbit. Almost right after he left, 3 guys came out of the foster freeze and made a beeline to the scope, for almost an hour space and astronomy was talked about between us. The oldest man had never seen Echo pass overhead in the past and didn't know that we have a super massive Black Hole in the center of our galaxy. Did you also mention the Gravastar, Dark Energy Star, and MECO theories? Double-A After they left I had a rest time before a good sized family showed up, I'd guess they covered close to 50 years of time. They lined up and got an eye full of the moon first and then Jupiter too. My last guy for the night was someone who had stopped back about 2 years ago when I had B8 set up, we had a bit of a talk about space and such too. By the time he left it was near 10pm and about 15 people had seen the moon and jupiter via the Scope. It was a gtood night for once. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords Astro Blog http://starlord.bloggerteam.com/ |
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