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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
.. . . but let's admit it. How many of us have gone out to
observe SeaSat, and as it makes its pass found ourselves saying "SeaSat . . . SeaSat run . . . run, Sat, run!" --Bill Thompson |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
. . . but let's admit it. How many of us have gone out to
observe SeaSat, and as it makes its pass found ourselves saying "SeaSat . . . SeaSat run . . . run, Sat, run!" I can honestly say that I haven't said that, but I've said, "Flare, Seasat, flare!" Sometimes it gets *really* bright! There's a satellite prediction program called Seesat (and another called C-Sat, I think), so maybe we can also imagine folks yelling at their PCs, "Runc Seesat, run!" Cloudy here also.... I think I caused it, because I got new Orion Ultraview 8x42 binoculars and haven't had much chance to use them yet (one pretty good evening and one fair one out of 10 nights now). Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
. . . but let's admit it. How many of us have gone out to
observe SeaSat, and as it makes its pass found ourselves saying "SeaSat . . . SeaSat run . . . run, Sat, run!" I can honestly say that I haven't said that, but I've said, "Flare, Seasat, flare!" Sometimes it gets *really* bright! There's a satellite prediction program called Seesat (and another called C-Sat, I think), so maybe we can also imagine folks yelling at their PCs, "Runc Seesat, run!" Cloudy here also.... I think I caused it, because I got new Orion Ultraview 8x42 binoculars and haven't had much chance to use them yet (one pretty good evening and one fair one out of 10 nights now). Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
Ed Cannon wrote:
Cloudy here also.... I think I caused it, because I got new Orion Ultraview 8x42 binoculars and haven't had much chance to use them yet (one pretty good evening and one fair one out of 10 nights now). You actually had a good evening? You mean, reasonably clear, not a whole lot of clouds and fog, and all that? What was it like? It's been so long, I've almost forgotten. --Bill Thompson |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
Ed Cannon wrote:
Cloudy here also.... I think I caused it, because I got new Orion Ultraview 8x42 binoculars and haven't had much chance to use them yet (one pretty good evening and one fair one out of 10 nights now). You actually had a good evening? You mean, reasonably clear, not a whole lot of clouds and fog, and all that? What was it like? It's been so long, I've almost forgotten. --Bill Thompson |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
Nice and clear here lately, but windy and below 0 (F)...
Pipes are frozen this morning! William R. Thompson wrote: Ed Cannon wrote: Cloudy here also.... I think I caused it, because I got new Orion Ultraview 8x42 binoculars and haven't had much chance to use them yet (one pretty good evening and one fair one out of 10 nights now). You actually had a good evening? You mean, reasonably clear, not a whole lot of clouds and fog, and all that? What was it like? It's been so long, I've almost forgotten. --Bill Thompson -- Tom Rankin - Programmer by day, amateur astronomer by night! Mid-Hudson Astronomy Association - http://jump.to/mhaa When replying, remove the capital letters from my email address. |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
Nice and clear here lately, but windy and below 0 (F)...
Pipes are frozen this morning! William R. Thompson wrote: Ed Cannon wrote: Cloudy here also.... I think I caused it, because I got new Orion Ultraview 8x42 binoculars and haven't had much chance to use them yet (one pretty good evening and one fair one out of 10 nights now). You actually had a good evening? You mean, reasonably clear, not a whole lot of clouds and fog, and all that? What was it like? It's been so long, I've almost forgotten. --Bill Thompson -- Tom Rankin - Programmer by day, amateur astronomer by night! Mid-Hudson Astronomy Association - http://jump.to/mhaa When replying, remove the capital letters from my email address. |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
Sky Watchers Report Strange Phenomena,
Call For Investigation By Scientists --From the Dissociative Press-- Today several observers in Reduce Speed, Iowa reported a bizarre and inexplicable sight in their skies. "It was blue, that's fer dang sure," said Herkimer T. McGargle, a 73 year old pig breeder. "Right overhead! Must've been at least as big as my thumb!" His 8 year old nephew, Hezekiah Cornpone, and his twin brother, 12 year old Jezebel Plowpusher, gave an account which varied only in minor details. Hezekiah swears that the strange object in the sky was black, and speckled with at least two--and perhaps three--glowing light-points which he called "stars," in reference to a fairy tale common beloved by children and others of easily-impressed mentalities. Jezebel's account says that the black area contained none of the alleged stars, but rather a large crescent-shaped object with a mottled gray surface. Scientists aren't impressed. "We've had dozens of reports like this over the past century," scoffed Dr. Pencilly Nerdenhall. "It's funny how no two reports are alike. The so-called 'sky' is a small patch of blue, or it extends over a vast area, or it's black, or it has this huge hot source of light--and most telling of all, none of these bizarre sightings ever happen when a qualified observer is looking. You'd think it would happen at least once in my lifetime!" Dr. Nerdenhall points to his recent book, "The Impenetrable Clouds," for further evidence which disproves what he and his supporters have named the "clear sky delusion." They believe that untrained observers can mistake certain variations in the sky's normal gray coloration for blue, and that certain eye defects can cause even a veteran scientist to misinterpret these differences in the cloud deck for color and light. Scientists have recently demonstrated the existence of different shades of blue light, but they steadfastly deny that this optical event can be observed anywhere outside the lab, much less overhead. "And let's face it," Dr. Nerdenhall adds, "some of these people have--let's be polite-- ingested certain recreational pharmaceuticals. It could be an accidental case of ergot poisoning, but the sad fact is that nothing else can account for these irrational and hallucinatory claims." And what of Herkimer T. McGargle's report? "I don't care none fer what these science johnnies say," the elderly pig breeder announced. "I know what I seen. It was right proper purty, and I hope I get to see it again before I die of old age." |
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Just an idle question on a cloudy night . . .
Sky Watchers Report Strange Phenomena,
Call For Investigation By Scientists --From the Dissociative Press-- Today several observers in Reduce Speed, Iowa reported a bizarre and inexplicable sight in their skies. "It was blue, that's fer dang sure," said Herkimer T. McGargle, a 73 year old pig breeder. "Right overhead! Must've been at least as big as my thumb!" His 8 year old nephew, Hezekiah Cornpone, and his twin brother, 12 year old Jezebel Plowpusher, gave an account which varied only in minor details. Hezekiah swears that the strange object in the sky was black, and speckled with at least two--and perhaps three--glowing light-points which he called "stars," in reference to a fairy tale common beloved by children and others of easily-impressed mentalities. Jezebel's account says that the black area contained none of the alleged stars, but rather a large crescent-shaped object with a mottled gray surface. Scientists aren't impressed. "We've had dozens of reports like this over the past century," scoffed Dr. Pencilly Nerdenhall. "It's funny how no two reports are alike. The so-called 'sky' is a small patch of blue, or it extends over a vast area, or it's black, or it has this huge hot source of light--and most telling of all, none of these bizarre sightings ever happen when a qualified observer is looking. You'd think it would happen at least once in my lifetime!" Dr. Nerdenhall points to his recent book, "The Impenetrable Clouds," for further evidence which disproves what he and his supporters have named the "clear sky delusion." They believe that untrained observers can mistake certain variations in the sky's normal gray coloration for blue, and that certain eye defects can cause even a veteran scientist to misinterpret these differences in the cloud deck for color and light. Scientists have recently demonstrated the existence of different shades of blue light, but they steadfastly deny that this optical event can be observed anywhere outside the lab, much less overhead. "And let's face it," Dr. Nerdenhall adds, "some of these people have--let's be polite-- ingested certain recreational pharmaceuticals. It could be an accidental case of ergot poisoning, but the sad fact is that nothing else can account for these irrational and hallucinatory claims." And what of Herkimer T. McGargle's report? "I don't care none fer what these science johnnies say," the elderly pig breeder announced. "I know what I seen. It was right proper purty, and I hope I get to see it again before I die of old age." |
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