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Free Guide to Naked-Eye Astronomy
Tammy Plotner, president of Warren Rupp Observatory, writes "Are you looking for all the best of what's up in the night sky for the year 2007? Then be my guest and download my free e.book — '365 Days of SkyWatching'! (Brought to you courtesy of The Universe Today.) Each day is specifically geared to give you the best of what can be seen with the unaided eye, binoculars, and small telescopes and even has challenge objects for seasoned observers. It's beautifully illustrated and contains many special features, such as anotated lunar maps. Please feel free to pass it along to anyone in the astronomy community and enjoy!" For anyone who'll be in that neck of the woods (central Ohio) next October, Warren Rupp's Hidden Hollow event looks really fun.
Even though the title says 365 days of sky watching, I feel I must let you in on a secret:
;)
Wait until night time to do your sky watching, it will be better than staring at a blue screen
Please note also, the police will not believe your story about downloading a book from the internet which told you to stand naked in the neighbours garden at 3am with binoculars and a camera (don't ask how I know this).
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Naked... WOOHOO! Eye Astronomy? What? WHAT?
read that as "Naked Astronomy" at first, or was it just me?
Official Heretic from the "Church of Global Warming". Proven right thanks to whistle blowers. AGW = Flat Earth Theory
Good luck getting your neighbors to turn off their "security" lights.
Well, now that I got my Red Rider 200-shot lever action air rifle that won't be as hard as it was last summer.
Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.
The only thing I see in the sky atm is an orange glow. Could it be a burning webserver?
From my local astro mailing list:
:)
"My real bug bear are security lights. I believe that the government has
introduced legislation so that troublesome security lights can be removed.
About 20 years ago, one of my neighbours - Brian - installed a security
light over his garage. It provided no real protection for the house and the
only real benefit was to provide Brian's dog with some illumination for his
noctural pee.
And every time Brian's security light went on, oops, there goes any dark
adaption or time exposure. Discussions with Brian proved 'ineffective'. The
only solution was the one recommended by Patrick Moore - an airgun. He
could never figure why so many of his bulbs died so frequently and so
spectacularly. (They really do go with a fearsome bang!)"
I don't read your sig, why do you read mine?
WARNING: Do not look at the day-star with your remaining eye.
Specifically, do not use binoculars or a telescope.
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