Can Anyone See the Moon Tonight?

 
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Post by franco b » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 7:53 pm

Best I could do with a quick pic.

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Post by freetown fred » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 8:17 pm

Cool pix my friend. Thank you. :) We've been cloudy.

 
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Post by theo » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 8:27 pm

The picture looks cool franco !! :up:

 
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 8:30 pm

It's clear as a bell outside where I live right now, and in the west the Venus, Moon, and Jupiter conjunction is looking beautiful. And Mars is also prominent in the east.

 
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Post by theo » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 8:41 pm

This song came to mind when I saw it,,,, :D


 
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Post by theo » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 8:59 pm

Just came in from looking at it again, anyone notice how many airplanes there are flying through the night? Amazing!!

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Sun. Feb. 26, 2012 11:20 pm

We get local and long distance commercial air traffic...
Also local and Long distance millitary traffic...
Fun to watch at night...

 
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Post by VigIIPeaBurner » Mon. Feb. 27, 2012 12:13 am

theo wrote:Just came in from looking at it again, anyone notice how many airplanes there are flying through the night? Amazing!!
theo, last night I actually had to mark a point and watch the bright lights near the moon to assure myself that they were planets I was looking at and not planes. You see, I live right in the 'new' flight path to the big metro airports and the planes line up like a string of pearls in the night and fly right out of the area I was viewing the moon from . Thanks FAA :mad:

 
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Post by Freddy » Mon. Feb. 27, 2012 3:42 am

Fun stuff. If you ever make it to Northern Maine you can take a 40 mile ride and visit the largest scale size solar system on Earth. Here's a link to photos for those that can't get there:
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Post by Rick 386 » Mon. Feb. 27, 2012 11:01 pm

I too live on the flight path into and out of Philadelphia. Less than a mile from me is one of the radio beacons still used for navigation. And the beacon is at the runway for the local small airport to boot.

But I could still see them plain as could be last night while the planes flew in and out of the area.

Freddy, one of my greatest moments was 3 years ago in Maine. We were coming back from Jackman on the ITS trail and stopped for a beverage break. We must have been near Parlin Pond at a crossroad. It was near 10:00 PM. I have NEVER seen so many stars in my life!!!! We were way in the boonies so there was no ambient light from any city or town. I just laid on the sled looking up in amazement. Truly a sight to see.

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Post by Freddy » Mon. Feb. 27, 2012 11:14 pm

Has anyone ever seen satellites? I never have in Maine, but twice in New Hampshire, different years but same gravel pit, on dark summer nights we could track satellites as they orbited. It was cool!

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Feb. 27, 2012 11:19 pm

Working at Killington doing the overnight snow making...
Lots of interesting sights...
The stars were always alive in the cold air top of the mountain...
all the lights were below...
Inversions were cool too..

 
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Post by Yanche » Tue. Feb. 28, 2012 10:23 am

Freddy wrote:Has anyone ever seen satellites? I never have in Maine, but twice in New Hampshire, different years but same gravel pit, on dark summer nights we could track satellites as they orbited. It was cool!
I've seen them many times, even touched many of them at least when they were on the ground. :-) Your chances of seeing one are greatly improved when you know where and when to look. It's a hobby of it's own. Depending where you live and the amount of ambient light it's fairly easy to see the large reconnaissance satellites. They are huge, size of the entire Shuttle cargo bay. Decades ago I would regularly see the KH-9 I worked on.

The link below will give you references on where and how to look.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_watching

 
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Post by Cap » Tue. Feb. 28, 2012 3:45 pm

Freddy wrote:Has anyone ever seen satellites? I never have in Maine, but twice in New Hampshire, different years but same gravel pit, on dark summer nights we could track satellites as they orbited. It was cool!
I often have seen satellites. Just lay back on a picnic table in an open area and look at the stars. Once you do spot one, seems like you can follow it for a long time even though it is racing across the sky. It's one of those things I do when camping to pass some time. Maybe satellites are not positioned to cross over ME due to its geographic location?

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