The moon and Jupiter tonight. Woooooo! Go outside. NT

[mahatmakanejeeves]

[PJMcK]

1. Too cloudy here (n/t)

[YessirAtsaFact]

2. Gorgeous. Mars is shining very bright as well

[sl8]

3. Thanks! Also, from "Eye on the Night Sky"

https://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/planetarium/eye-on-the-night-sky

...
Tonight:
A growing Crescent Moon sits to the right of Jupiter. Look just below Jupiter, where the moderately bright star Zubenelgenubi enjoys a close encounter with the King of the Planets. Jupiter’s orbit will slowly take Jupiter to the left of Zubenelgenubi over the next several weeks.
...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Oh, is THAT what that star is. I was wondering. Thanks. NT

[Golden Raisin]

4. In Manhattan tonight, over the Hudson River, the moon

was golden then turned almost rusty/red. Beautiful but kind of eerie.

[tymorial]

5. I took my dad out a couple of weekends ago for planet gazing

And full moon too. We never had a telescope growing up and my dad had never looked through a scope. It was awesome sharing that experience with him; viewing Saturn with the outline of the rings, seeing the red band on Jupiter and its moons, seeing the craters on the moon. It was well worth the numerous bug bites on my legs. I had red bumps and welts for a week. I could feel something crawling all over me in the field. Must have been mosquitos because I know fire ants hurt like hell.

Anyway, I love stargazing. I would love a nice telescope. More than that I would love a non-light polluted sky. I was in northern central Vermont a couple of summers ago on the way home and I stopped on top of this tall hill area on Barre, VT. It was late and the sky was clear. The stars were amazing. I couldn't believe what it looked like and that wasnt even a pure night sky. I sometimes wonder what it looked like before the advent of electricity. Just the sky I saw that night alone spurred imagination and wonder. It's really no surprise that the stars inspired our ancestors to create mythology and stories about the "heavens."

[mnhtnbb]

7. My dad was an amateur astronomer.

He built an observatory for his telescope in the backyard of the house where I grew up in NJ. Roof rolled off. After he retired to California he eventually built a cabin and observatory in the Laguna Mountains of SoCal. He donated the telescope to San Diego State University when he was no longer able to make the trip up to the mountains from his home near the coast. In the summer, the telescope is open to the public for viewing some weekends. If you're ever near San Diego in the summer, check it out.

Every time I look at the moon I think of my dad and nights spent out in the observatory with him when I was growing up.

[tymorial]

8. What a great memory.

That is really awesome. There are a lot of plans online for building an observatory; telescopes too. One of these days I would like to build my own Dobsian telescope. Given the quality of skies though where we live now, not sure it is worth it.

[elleng]

6. Too cloudy/hazy here.

[Marrah_Goodman]

10. What is this "outside" you speak of?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Welcome to DU. Outside?

I heard about it some time ago. It develops that if I turn off my computer and TV -- I know, who would do that? -- I can open the door and go there.

[Marrah_Goodman]

12. hehe

Thank you for the welcome, this is just a new account because I couldn't remember the login for the one I made back in 04. My old account was Marrah_g

[backtoblue]

13. Welcome back!

[icymist]

14. Hi Marrah_Goodman, I have forgotten my password in the past and recovered it.

In the past I have forgotten my password and when trying to log in a link is also the that says 'forgot password' or something like that. Clicking on it directs the individual how to obtain a new password using the email address that is connected to that account. It sends you a new password and another link to log back on at DU. Hope this works for you!