Moon occults Aldebaran

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.

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.

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!

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:25:48 -0700 (PDT), 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.

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.

In article ,
Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:25:48 -0700 (PDT), 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.

Scandinavia is supposed to have around twice the global average
in warming according to the models, and this spring is very early.
(This may have something to do with the el Nino that has been on
through the winter).

Early flowers blooming in the lawn, which were snow covered at this
date in 8 out of 10 years 1960-1990.

But we worry about the cold spat in the Gulf Stream just SE of Greenland,
probably melt water from the glaciers. But it could dampen our primary
warmer substantially.

But as I told on TV; I was surprised in downtown Bergen one very
rainy, cold and windy November day when I was wet and cold to the bone,
coming around a street corner and looked right into a TV crew. They
had "man in the street" about global warming. I asked "you mean
the dryer and warmer climate?" "Yes, they said, a little eager".
I retorted, dripping wet, "could you explain that problem once more".

Only half joking. By now we have gone past the point of no
return. We must seriously adapt. Miami, Dhaka, Male and Venice has bleak
futures, I am afraid.

-- mrr

On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 6:37:37 PM UTC+1, Morten Reistad wrote:


Scandinavia is supposed to have around twice the global average
in warming according to the models, and this spring is very early.
(This may have something to do with the el Nino that has been on
through the winter).


I worked on the Snohvit project North of the Arctic circle among some of the most brilliant and sensible people God put on Earth. The amazing thing about working at that latitude is the polar day/night cycle and the surface rotation which brings Hammerfest within that expanding circle where daylight is continuous.

http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/hammerfest

With context of this polar day/night cycle, at the South pole it s now continuous twilight as the dark sector camera shows -

http://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm

The North/South poles are windows into the orbital behavior of the Earth via the year long day/night cycle so do your wonderful country a favor and develop the dual surface rotations of the Earth and especially the orbital surface rotation commensurate with the 6 months of daylight and 6 months of darkness with polar twilight and dawn in between.

To do nothing is not an option.

On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 1:37:37 PM UTC-4, Morten Reistad wrote:
We must seriously adapt.

Don't count on either peterson, palsing or ugharoller to make any sacrifices.

Miami, Dhaka,

Those can be moved, probably.

Male and Venice has bleak
futures, I am afraid.

Venice can be saved with seawalls or...

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ve..._rise_999.html

Malé depends on energy-intensive tourism. It's damned if it does, damned if it doesn't.

wrote:
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 1:37:37 PM UTC-4, Morten Reistad wrote:
We must seriously adapt.

Don't count on either peterson, palsing or ugharoller to make any sacrifices.

Miami, Dhaka,

Those can be moved, probably.

Male and Venice has bleak
futures, I am afraid.

Venice can be saved with seawalls or...

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ve..._rise_999.html


Malé depends on energy-intensive tourism. It's damned if it does, damned if it doesn't.



Actually Miami is not too badly off but it will be on a narrow peninsula
with the Everglades sea to the west.


http://flood.firetree.net/