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Post by pghram on Dec 23, 2014 9:00:43 GMT -5
James, It's not "fair" they have more rock & dark skys out West, while we have more humidity. Rich |
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 23, 2014 9:04:18 GMT -5
Beautiful pics your still getting. We get blanketed most every week with the Aurora's. They are so Intense and colorful some nights, that you can drive with the headlights off as they brighten the ground in green color. Purple and red when they are strong CME's. Tonight or early morning hrs, they are calling for a strong burst. You possibly could catch a glimpse in the USA if you live close to the border. It should produce some nice looking purple and green in the night sky if the clouds stay away up here. Beautiful, thanks for sharing. I'm in GA like James, so no auroras. Rich Wish i had a telescope that took pics as good as you guys get them. Thanks for sharing your pics. |
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Post by fantastic5 on Dec 23, 2014 9:22:21 GMT -5
Beautiful, thanks for sharing. I'm in GA like James, so no auroras. Rich Wish i had a telescope that took pics as good as you guys get them. Thanks for sharing your pics. I've used that map/site before for my night sky viewing. And yes, I agree, those of you out west really do have it made! Dark sky, lots of rocks, BLM not going to raid your house and take ALL your rocks if you did in the wrong spot in a National Forest. pghram have you ever taken your telescope up to the Cherohala Skyway? The last bald on the NC side (or first depending on the direction you are traveling LOL) is a SE mecca for sky-watchers. I've planned several different times to go and watch various meteor showers, but something always gets in the way (mostly clouds, but sometimes work or children getting sick). |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Dec 23, 2014 9:35:01 GMT -5
Speaking of cold weather phenom..like that word. lol Do you ever get these light beams or columns when the extreme cold weather sets in? I think these are cool to, only thing is they are manmade.  Beam me up, Scotty? |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 23, 2014 10:55:56 GMT -5
Apalachicola and Okefenokee forests, Steinhatchee area, have almost no light pollution. giant wetland jungles that have about zero population.
But good luck finding low humidity, possible in the winter though.
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 23, 2014 11:28:29 GMT -5
I'm in GA like James, so no auroras.  If it's okay that I ask, whereabouts in Georgia do you live, pghram? There are a couple of parks around West Point Lake that are nice for viewing, but we haven't been out there yet with our telescopes. We have an Xt6 Orion SkyQuest Dobsonian and a Meade ETX 90-EC. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 23, 2014 12:07:27 GMT -5
I'm in GA like James, so no auroras. If it's okay that I ask, whereabouts in Georgia do you live, pghram? There are a couple of parks around West Point Lake that are nice for viewing, but we haven't been out there yet with our telescopes. We have an Xt6 Orion SkyQuest Dobsonian and a Meade ETX 90-EC. Jan, if you open this link it will tell you where best spots are. I am in the brown zone here north of Palmetto. Your best area is across the Alabama line west, even a blue spot in the Talladega National Forest. darksitefinder.com/maps/unitedstates-15color.html# |
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 23, 2014 12:23:23 GMT -5
Thank you, jamesp!  Will check it out. |
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 23, 2014 15:08:38 GMT -5
Beautiful space photos!!! Thumbs up..
I miss seeing the "Northern Lights",plus the daylight sundogs in the winter months..
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 23, 2014 15:13:18 GMT -5
Here is a sample of a "Sundog"...Not my photo..  But I do have one I took,just have to find it....It was -52 below zero and we were feeding cattle (North Dakota),the sundog was heavy that day... |
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 23, 2014 17:18:11 GMT -5
The ice crystals producing those sundogs can give it sometimes some spectacular symmetric shapes. They do happen often in the cold weather Fossilman. This is what a strong CME burst above you is like looking upwards at it.  |
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 23, 2014 17:24:02 GMT -5
Beautiful pics your still getting. We get blanketed most every week with the Aurora's. They are so Intense and colorful some nights, that you can drive with the headlights off as they brighten the ground in green color. Purple and red when they are strong CME's. Tonight or early morning hrs, they are calling for a strong burst. You possibly could catch a glimpse in the USA if you live close to the border. It should produce some nice looking purple and green in the night sky if the clouds stay away up here. I was meaning to show you what come out of that CME the other night. Another one tonight is expected.  |
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 23, 2014 18:24:28 GMT -5
Haven't heard of a 'sundog' until reading Fossilman's post. Beautiful!! spiritstone, did you take those awesome pics? |
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 23, 2014 21:54:53 GMT -5
Haven't heard of a 'sundog' until reading Fossilman's post. Beautiful!! spiritstone, did you take those awesome pics? Just the first one. The other is from a local person. The last is from Spaceweather. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 13:24:45 GMT -5
That is a big world out there. Odd how so much of those features is invisible to the naked eye. If you can get away from light pollution you'd be surprised what is naked eye visible. Andromeda, Orion's belt..... The real key is to have a good starmap and a good pair of 50mm (or bigger) binoculars. Then you will have TWO telescopes that are FAR better than Galileo or Messier had to do their pioneering works. Messier was chasing comets and he mapped/catalogued the "M" objects to keep from thinking they were comets. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2014 13:47:06 GMT -5
That is a big world out there. Odd how so much of those features is invisible to the naked eye. If you can get away from light pollution you'd be surprised what is naked eye visible. Andromeda, Orion's belt..... The real key is to have a good starmap and a good pair of 50mm (or bigger) binoculars. Then you will have TWO telescopes that are FAR better than Galileo or Messier had to do their pioneering works. Messier was chasing comets and he mapped/catalogued the "M" objects to keep from thinking they were comets. I had a short focal length 200mm telescope. I bought a 20X and a 100X eyepiece for it. Lower the power the wider the field the more the light, so at 20X that thing could see in the dark. Special rifle scopes w/a 50mm objective and only 1.5X used for dawn and dusk, low mag, big field, a light gobbler. Great for deer, since most are shot at dawn/dusk. Big target, magnification not so important. Wish they made a 70mm with 1X for short bush shots under so much shade and low light times of day. 4-5 moons around Jupiter easy to see with 50mm 7X binoculars. Those are real light grabbers. Rings on Saturn if ya got good eyes. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 18:00:25 GMT -5
Never look at a full moon with your 7X50 Binocs. Please don't ask me how I know this.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2014 22:11:28 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Dec 25, 2014 1:30:04 GMT -5
If you can get away from light pollution you'd be surprised what is naked eye visible. Andromeda, Orion's belt...... You can't see those from home? There's quite a bit of light pollution here, but many of the constellations are visible from my yard. But, oh my, a trip to the desrt, and you get to see all the things you've been missing. Amazing! |
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Will check it out. 
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