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Last night

#1 Post by Boac » Tue May 12, 2020 11:08 am

Beautiful clear sky around 2230 in the south, a fabulous stream of Starlinks and north-south sats PLUS a huge meteorite crossing most of the sky SE to NW with a bright white burning head.
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#2 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 12, 2020 11:55 am

You are a stargazer too. :)
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#3 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 12, 2020 11:58 am

TheGreenGoblin wrote: ↑
Tue May 12, 2020 11:55 am
 You are a stargazer too. :)
Viewed with Mark 1 eyeball or telescope?
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Re: Last night

#4 Post by Boac » Tue May 12, 2020 12:08 pm

Mk 1, of course.
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#5 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 12, 2020 12:34 pm

Boac wrote: ↑
Tue May 12, 2020 12:08 pm
Mk 1, of course.
No large aperture scope with CCD camera and hand or motor operated tracker? Tssk tssk! =))

You can even use your smartphone to help the case against Musk!

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sc ... smartphone

A pox on Musk and his vainglorious light pollution!

https://www.heavens-above.com/
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#6 Post by Boac » Tue May 12, 2020 1:55 pm

"Tssk tssk!" No, but I've got a big watch.

"You can even use your smartphone to help the case against Musk!" - can I send the pics to NASA using Musk broadband....?
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#7 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 12, 2020 2:06 pm

Boac wrote: ↑
Tue May 12, 2020 1:55 pm
 "Tssk tssk!" No, but I've got a big watch.

"You can even use your smartphone to help the case against Musk!" - can I send the pics to NASA using Musk broadband....?
Use the undersea optical fibre as the good God intended! All the best people do. :)
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Re: Last night

#8 Post by G~Man » Tue May 12, 2020 3:56 pm

This is a great site also:

https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/
B-) Life may not be the party you hoped for, but while you're here, you may as well dance. B-)
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#9 Post by Boac » Tue May 12, 2020 5:07 pm

Interesting site, G-man. I shall 'play with it'.
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#10 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 12, 2020 5:13 pm

Also worth a look...

https://www.heavens-above.com/
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