Comments on: Stargazing http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:35:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Total Eclipse of the Moon - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-74403 Total Eclipse of the Moon - Asymptotia Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:41:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-74403 [...] This is good news for me, as I’ve got eight hour jet-lag from flying back from England yesterday. I was up at 3:00am today, and so I imagine I’ll be feeling fine at 4:00am tomorrow morning, so I’ll go out and have a look at what is supposed to be a nice, deeply red moon. (I won’t be doing any laying on benches in a park, in case you’re wondering.) Here’s the NASA site on the event. [...] [...] This is good news for me, as I’ve got eight hour jet-lag from flying back from England yesterday. I was up at 3:00am today, and so I imagine I’ll be feeling fine at 4:00am tomorrow morning, so I’ll go out and have a look at what is supposed to be a nice, deeply red moon. (I won’t be doing any laying on benches in a park, in case you’re wondering.) Here’s the NASA site on the event. [...]

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71423 Clifford Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:45:56 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71423 Yvette, Kristen.... sounds like you had a lot of fun indeed. And Kristen... 291!!! Wow. I don't think I have anywhere that many wishes to fulfill. -cvj Yvette, Kristen…. sounds like you had a lot of fun indeed. And Kristen… 291!!! Wow. I don’t think I have anywhere that many wishes to fulfill.

-cvj

]]> By: (kristen) http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71287 (kristen) Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:08:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71287 this is an event i look forward to EVERY year. It's often problematic. (Full moon? Closest SAFE dark spot? Buddy for safety...) This year; I splurged - 'cos of the new moon coinsiding w/the peak, and spent sun nite/mon in borrego springs, in the anza-borrego desert. absolutely the best! in our time zone, to the best of my gathered data, the peak was anticipated between 10p and 11p on the 12th. I was not disappointed. Immediately after setting up my cheapo banana chaise lounge, I saw a vibrant, 'cat scratch' parallel set of four. Even before my eyes had adjusted. Watched from just after 11p to sunrise. Partly in the desert brush, then floating in the pool of the fabu place i splurged on - (w/french red wine and proper stemware i'd brought) - after the ambient pool lights had gone out. - supremely full of wonderment. I didn't count them all, but those that I did count and made numerous wishes upon for MANY friends, family, world's hopes and worthy causes, etc.... that number exceeded 291!!! i met really cool, really real folks - heard many coyotes hunting, etc. - but no close encounters, no scorpion attacks. truly beautiful and a welcome change from the concrete jungle. trying to hang on to that magical merger. this is an event i look forward to EVERY year.
It’s often problematic. (Full moon? Closest SAFE dark spot? Buddy for safety…)
This year; I splurged - ‘cos of the new moon coinsiding w/the peak, and spent sun nite/mon in borrego springs, in the anza-borrego desert.
absolutely the best!
in our time zone, to the best of my gathered data, the peak was anticipated between 10p and 11p on the 12th.
I was not disappointed.
Immediately after setting up my cheapo banana chaise lounge, I saw a vibrant, ‘cat scratch’ parallel set of four. Even before my eyes had adjusted.
Watched from just after 11p to sunrise. Partly in the desert brush, then floating in the pool of the fabu place i splurged on - (w/french red wine and proper stemware i’d brought) - after the ambient pool lights had gone out. - supremely full of wonderment.
I didn’t count them all, but those that I did count and made numerous wishes upon for MANY friends, family, world’s hopes and worthy causes, etc…. that number exceeded 291!!!
i met really cool, really real folks - heard many coyotes hunting, etc. - but no close encounters, no scorpion attacks.
truly beautiful and a welcome change from the concrete jungle.
trying to hang on to that magical merger.

]]> By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71253 Yvette Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:36:30 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71253 Good snippet of an astronomy poem, from a MUCH longer one called "The Song of Honor" by Ralph Hodgson- <i>I stood and stared; the sky was lit, The sky was stars all over it, I stood, I knew not why, Without a wish, without a will, I stood upon that silent hill And stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and still I stared into the sky.</i> I went out with a friend to the country last night to watch the meteor showers- we were out until about 530 and had a great time. :) And my senior thesis currently involves sitting on the roof a lot during the night so I was doing that for awhile this evening and was happy to see still more Perseids from the middle of Cleveland! Good snippet of an astronomy poem, from a MUCH longer one called “The Song of Honor” by Ralph Hodgson-
I stood and stared; the sky was lit,
The sky was stars all over it,
I stood, I knew not why,
Without a wish, without a will,
I stood upon that silent hill
And stared into the sky until
My eyes were blind with stars and still
I stared into the sky.
I went out with a friend to the country last night to watch the meteor showers- we were out until about 530 and had a great time. :) And my senior thesis currently involves sitting on the roof a lot during the night so I was doing that for awhile this evening and was happy to see still more Perseids from the middle of Cleveland!

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71225 Jude Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:24:11 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71225 A long time we went into the sand at the outskirts of the dunes at Great Sand Dunes to look at the meteor shower, and didn't see any meteors, but did get dive-bombed by a curious owl. A long time we went into the sand at the outskirts of the dunes at Great Sand Dunes to look at the meteor shower, and didn’t see any meteors, but did get dive-bombed by a curious owl.

]]> By: Sophia http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71223 Sophia Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:11:45 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71223 Thanks for the update after you went. I almost forgot until I saw your blog. I ended up heading towards Castaic (Templin Hwy) and had an amazing view of the night sky. You can see the Milky Way from there and over the hour that I was there, got a chance to see ~35 or so. No great pictures to share, though. It was definitely worth the effort to stop and listen to the world for once, rather than the other way around. Thanks for the update after you went. I almost forgot until I saw your blog. I ended up heading towards Castaic (Templin Hwy) and had an amazing view of the night sky. You can see the Milky Way from there and over the hour that I was there, got a chance to see ~35 or so. No great pictures to share, though. It was definitely worth the effort to stop and listen to the world for once, rather than the other way around.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71196 Clifford Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:11:47 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71196 amara, astromcnaught:- Thanks for the poem, thoughts, and link! -cvj amara, astromcnaught:- Thanks for the poem, thoughts, and link!

-cvj

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71195 astromcnaught Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:04:42 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71195 Spectacular city views... and I quite agree about the moments of solitude under the stars... It was an absolutely beautiful sky here last night, and we saw a few dozen perseids. I'd set my camera up but didn't capture any unfortunately, just a few planes and the odd brighter satellite. Here is a good spot to view the worldwide results: http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2007/ Spectacular city views… and I quite agree about the moments of solitude under the stars… It was an absolutely beautiful sky here last night, and we saw a few dozen perseids. I’d set my camera up but didn’t capture any unfortunately, just a few planes and the odd brighter satellite.
Here is a good spot to view the worldwide results: http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2007/

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71194 Amara Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:01:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/13/stargazing/#comment-71194 "A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars,--as stars to thee appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powder'd with stars." John Milton, 'Paradise Lost' “A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold,
And pavement stars,–as stars to thee appear
Seen in the galaxy, that milky way
Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest
Powder’d with stars.”
John Milton, ‘Paradise Lost’

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