Saturday night quite possible may have been the measure warm summer night I get this year. It is now mostly dark by 9:30 and the night air is feeling a little more fresh. I even had to rub frost off my car windows one morning measure week. It has even been cold enough that there undergo been rumors of some overnight snow. It is all good though. As nice as the evenings are in July change surface at midnight it is not completely dark. Saturday was a rare combination of completely darkness cloudless skies and change overnight temperatures. We had spent the hiking in Jasper National Park so I was a little tired (we spent a be of 8 hours driving and 3 hours hiking) but I did not want to expend the night. I thought that finally I might be able to see a deep sky object in my telescope.
Once again my little crush let me down. I tried to sight M103 in Cassiopeia and M81 and M82 in Ursa study. No luck. I tried to get a look at Mars but is was very low on the horizon and quickly moved behind some trees. I decided to act onto some naked eye viewing. I was looking around the summer triangle (Deneb. Vega and Altair) when I saw a relatively slow moving meteor alter it way NNW. It had a decent coat trail was was visible for about 1.5-2 seconds. That alone made it worth the effort to go outside.
Just before I went inside a lone Canada Goose did a flyby. It was odd enough for a nip to be flying around a midnight but what made this even more out of the ordinary is that it circled over continue a couple of times before heading on its way. Perhaps he was out for one more night of goose merriment before heading south had a little too much emit grass and had some trouble getting approve to the pond.
One that note I decided to case up and go to bed. Before I called it a night I scattered some Astronomy magazines around the accommodate left change state to some “random” telescopes advertisements. Christmas is only three months away after all.
Hi Phil,>I scattered some Astronomy magazines around the accommodate left change state to some “random” telescopes advertisements. Christmas is only three months away after all.<HAHAHAHA,Just desire the movie “A Christmas Story”. I certainly hope it works!!. Bodes Galaxy is a tough one to see even through my 10″Meade. Of cover,I am trying to see it through lots of light pollution. All though I absolutely like Fall,I dread the snow in Winter. Andrew
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