[kj] OT : a southern sky

[bongo]

also, under these southern skies... worst storm of the decade the
reports are saying!
my immediate personal drama, is that the roof of the wood shed has
blown off, and is perched/wedged in some tree's right on the side of
the road, which is SHW1, the main road... loads of cars racing by...
winds are sposed to increase... should i attempt to man-handle the
roof back to safety(?) should i trust that it is wedged more safely
that i could secure it? do i even be foolish enough to go near it in
these winds? (by myself i might add...) its only about 2m square,
corrugated iron, would be a mish to do even on a fine day... thinking
about calling some help...

otherwise, all is well, the mrs is cooking me breakfast in bed!

=)



On 7/26/08, pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net> wrote:

> Just in case anyone (especially up here in the northern hemisphere) has

> noticed a very bright object appear in the south east night sky, in the

> hours after sunset, over the past few evenings I'm glad to announce it's the

> return of Jupiter ... as the link below suggests, with a small pair of

> binoculars (ie. 7 x 50) you can see it as a white disc (as opposed to a

> twinkling star) ...

>

> * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/25508949.html *

>

> Last time I seriously bothered to observe Jupiter was about 12 summers ago

> ... and the 4 largest of it's (20?) moons were visible through my 20-60 x 50

> telescope and they seemed to change positions almost every night, as the

> image in the URL suggests ... not everyone's cup of tea but for sure beats

> watching Big Brother ...

>

> Regards, Antoni



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