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No sweat, ironbender. You can catch it next time. 🤣 Was going to add that.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Campfire Outfitter
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I was in Atlanta on the 21st, not a good place for star gazing.
I did see it last night, the 22nd, up here in the NC mountains. Very clear sky.
The two planets were pretty close together. We watched it through 10 power binoculars. Very impressive.
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Campfire Tracker
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Today is the Solstice, the shortest daylight of the year, the official start of Winter, and also by coincidence the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the sky. If you have a clear sky tonight, be sure to check out this once in a lifetime sky event. Look to the southwest about 45 minutes after sunset. Thank you very much. If it was not for your alert I would have missed this event.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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You are most welcome, good sir. Consider it just one Slav to another.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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One thing that amazes me is that these two distant, slow moving objects can appear to move relative to each other in as little as 24 hours.
Of course most of this perceived motion at this moment in time is due to the earth whipping around the sun. The older I get the shorter a year seems.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Rocky if it is Czechoslovakia you might be a certified Czech! Be Well, RZ.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I am indeed a certified Czech, RZ. One of my better (and oldest) jokes is that I dislike travel because nobody likes an out of town Czech.
Czechs and Slavs did not always get along - one of the main problems when Czechoslovakia was created after WW-I, against the wishes of both Czechs and Slavs. But there's no animosity in my heart and my maternal grandparents came here before WW-I.
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Campfire Ranger
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If you did not see it then it did not happen. It was aliens.
Last edited by mtnsnake; 12/23/20.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Lately, it is only aliens if it's seen by Navy pilots.
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Campfire Ranger
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Thanks for posting - got a good look last evening and hoping for one more.
Now - looking forward to the vernal equinox.
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Campfire Ranger
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I was in Atlanta on the 21st, not a good place for star gazing.
I did see it last night, the 22nd, up here in the NC mountains. Very clear sky.
The two planets were pretty close together. We watched it through 10 power binoculars. Very impressive. I was driving and follows them down until the they disappeared and the road ended in a housing "projects" area. Sort of appropriate for the "Christmas Star" to set in a poor and over crowded spot. I was hoping for something better, but on reflection, the inn was probably not a prosperous place...
-OMotS
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Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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