International Astronomy Day - April 21st

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International Astronomy Day - April 21st

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Hmm, looks like I beat Denny to the punch on this one. Its International Astronomy Day. Here's what's going on in Canada: <A HREF="http://www.rasc.ca/astroday/index.shtml">Royal Canadian Astronomical Society</A>. What's going on in your little world?

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djm wrote:Hmm, looks like I beat Denny to the punch on this one. Its International Astronomy Day. Here's what's going on in Canada: <A HREF="http://www.rasc.ca/astroday/index.shtml">Royal Canadian Astronomical Society</A>. What's going on in your little world?

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That kind of information takes three weeks by subspace transmission to reach my little world, so I won't know about it untill mid May.
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:lol: just in time for

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seen one on each of the last two nights
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The big thing here to watch for tonight is the crescent moon in the west hanging over a very large Venus. There's supposed to be one of the oldest known comets on the extreme western horizon just after sunset - maybe a half hour window to see it. Can't remember the name .... Eke? Ikeya? Something like that.

I suppose a bit o' them Lurid meteors might be nice, too.

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way cool!
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djm wrote:The big thing here to watch for tonight is the crescent moon in the west hanging over a very large Venus. There's supposed to be one of the oldest known comets on the extreme western horizon just after sunset - maybe a half hour window to see it. Can't remember the name .... Eke? Ikeya? Something like that.

I suppose a bit o' them Lurid meteors might be nice, too.

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The moon & Venus were great...facing the wrong way in the hot tub though... :oops:

That half hour from sunset was so months ago. :D
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Denny wrote:so months ago.
You're so spoilt! :P

Looks like there's an aurora alert for April 21 and 22. Of course, Denny's seen them all before, too. :wink:

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djm wrote:You're so spoilt! :P

Looks like there's an aurora alert for April 21 and 22. Of course, Denny's seen them all before, too. :wink:

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Denny wrote::lol: just in time for

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seen one on each of the last two nights
You SAW that? It looks like a giant pin, or a one sided Q-Tip under the moon. Why is it there? I know, I know....click the picture :P
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I clicked the picture, and it still looks like a giant one sided Q-Tip to me.
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swab, darling, swab
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