[kj] OT : a southern sky

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Fri Jul 25 20:11:35 EDT 2008



i'd wait. 2 metres of corrie could take yer head off..where are my binoculars???> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:47:21 +1200> From: humanhybrid666 at gmail.com> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] OT : a southern sky> > 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> > > -- > > > "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been> postponed indefinitely..."> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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