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365 Nights of Skywatching

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the star-tour-brochures dept.

Fraser Cain writes "Universe Today has released a free, downloadable PDF book for its What's Up this Week astronomy column. This 400+ page ebook has an entry for what you can see in the night sky every day in 2006, as well as additional information on choosing equipment, viewing conditions, and additional resources."

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  1. Disturbing entry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "March 3, Asteroid 758-A crashes into Earth destroying all life. [Ed. Please remove this, may panic readers. Add something about Mutara Nebula. Most readers won't realize it's a fictional place from Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan"]"

  2. Go outside? by mtenhagen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why should you go outside? They should provide a live stream instead of just an ebook.

    Do they think I go out with my laptop in the night while I could be coding in my basement?

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    1. Re:Go outside? by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 2, Funny
      Why should you go outside? They should provide a live stream instead of just an ebook.

      It's a PDF. You know, for printing.

      Do they think I go out with my laptop in the night while I could be coding in my basement?

      I'm sure they are not concerned about you ever leaving your computer in your basement.

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    2. Re:Go outside? by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why should you go outside?

      What is this... "outside"... that you speak of?

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    3. Re:Go outside? by Mercuria · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's that big room, with a blue ceiling between 6 am and 6pm most latitudes/days of the year, a black one between 6pm and 6am, has either green bio-carpet or concrete floor, with a giant nuclear-fusion based lighting system. It's generally the more distant components of the lighting system, as well as some wandering light reflectors, that these people seem to be interested in.

    4. Re:Go outside? by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's that big room, with a blue ceiling between 6 am and 6pm most latitudes/days of the year, a black one between 6pm and 6am

      We doesn't like that room. The daystar burns us.

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  3. Re:The "Hubble Syndrome" by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Amateur astronomy can be entertaining if 1) you resolve yourself to reading astronomy-related history on cloudy nights, 2) you don't live in an area of high light pollution and 3) you don't live in an area with a lot of biting insects....

    So you do most of your skywatching from the moon, then?

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  4. Oh, the temptation... by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...to sneak into work on a Saturday morning and print this whole thing out on one of the fancy color printers.