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Believe it or not, that box and that milk carton were the ONLY things in the recycling bin! |
I noticed on my drive to work that three bright objects aligned in the sky a couple of hours before dawn. One was WAY to bright to be a star, so I was pretty sure it was Venus. The dimmest of the three had a red glow, so howdy Mars. The second one was too perfectly aligned. Hola, Jupiter. I checked with MOTHER GOOGLE to make sure I wasn't totally out to lunch, and sure enough, my guess was right.
SwS and I have been hauling around a wonderful gift from my parents that we have used exactly one, uno, eine time: a telescope. We really missed out when we were living in the desert, but we probably would have scared up a rattlesnake or something.
This morning, I am thankful, was clear. I made sure I could find the planets and focus the telescope. The zoom is 50x and 100x, so I wasn't sure what we would see. It worked.
I prepped the Honeybadger last night. "If it is clear, and you have a good sleep, and you don't wake up Mommy in the middle of the night, I will wake you up early so we can stargaze."
It worked. Bribery through astronomy! That's my girl.
It worked. Bribery through astronomy! That's my girl.
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Mother Nature helped us out. The rest of the day was cloudy. |
Venus was a recognizable disc showing a quarter (I think). Jupiter was a disc too, and we could see several of its moons. I tried to use a macro lense attached to my cell phone, but the results were pretty poor (i.e. awful) because of my jittery hand and wiggly telescope.
We had a great time!
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Feeble attempt at astronomical photography. It's Venus FWIW |
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