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• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 7:40 PM

  It sure looks strange tonight. Take a look if you live in the North as it's the last one of these for 18 years.

  

• 949 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 7:47 PM

  just saw it,  we are all doomed for sure now!     lol

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 7:50 PM

  Just came back in from having a look, and it occurred to me that this is how shamans made their living...knowing a bit more about natural phenomena than the general population.

  Present-day shamans (clerics and politicians) have developed a slightly more sophisticated methodology but not much has changed fundamentally.

  But I digress...it is indeed worth a look.

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 7:56 PM

  mkg335:

  Present-day shamans (clerics and politicians) have developed a slightly more sophisticated methodology but not much has changed fundamentally.

  LOL

   

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 8:23 PM

  Dang, overcast here...kids were waiting, and still are, but I fear we'll miss it.

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 8:37 PM

  Lovely night here. Never seen so many stars.

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Sun, Sep 27 2015 9:49 PM

  courteneyfish:

  Lovely night here. Never seen so many stars.

   

  Shush it! :)

   

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Mon, Sep 28 2015 12:54 AM

  mkg335:

  Present-day shamans (clerics and politicians) have developed a slightly more sophisticated methodology but not much has changed fundamentally.

  LMAO 

  For the record....what a croc of dog droppings......I raced outside and all I saw was a blue sky....pfffft

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Sep 28 2015 3:28 AM

  courteneyfish:

  Lovely night here. Never seen so many stars.

  I took my Celestron 9.25 (235mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain to our local park, set it up, and had about 50-60 park loving folk (many children) take a peek. Pure fun for me. But many stars ? Sadly, being 45 miles N of LA, the sky glow from man-made, white light destroys the "many" aspect....but the Moon is a different story even when gobbled in shadow.  ;-} 

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Mon, Sep 28 2015 3:33 AM

  SweetiePie:

  I took my Celestron 9.25 (235mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain to our local park, set it up, and had about 50-60 park loving folk (many children) take a peek.

  Well done Lily, the 1st time anyone sees the moon through a telescope is an unforgettable experience.

  You may just have sparked something in the imagination of the next Carl Sagan.