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| Freethinker |
I thought, “Is that them?” as I was pulling into my garage. I had an activity tonight and didn’t expect to be able to catch it before they set, but was able to see it from my deck using the 20-60× spotting scope shortly before they disappeared behind the mountains. Saturn’s rings and several of Jupiter’s satellites were clearly visible. And happy solstice to anyone who observes such things or at least takes some comfort in the fact that the days will be getting longer now.  “I don’t want some ‘gun nut’ training my officers [about firearms].” — Unidentified chief of an American police department. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | ||
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Political Cynic |
Yup  | |||
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| Freethinker |
Should have expected.  | |||
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Invest Early, Invest Often |
A neighbor had a telescope set up and invited the neighborhood over to take a look. We could clearly see the rings on Saturn and 4 moons around Jupiter. We live in a new subdivision, really great the way people turn out and socialize. Totally different from where we used to live and part of the reason we left. | |||
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It was beautiful... Had my refractor out and could see 4 of Jupiter's moons. --------------------------------------- It's like my brain's a tree and you're those little cookie elves. | |||
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The Joy Maker |
Looks about like this:  Washington is not an ideal place for viewing celestial events. 
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Go Vols! |
Cloudy, raining and too low on the horizon, so no. You should see the pot farms in Canada though. Looks like a small city on fire. | |||
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| Honor and Integrity |
Nothing to see here. Overcast with rain/sleet  | |||
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yes, the wife reminded me and with clear skies we shared seeing the Christmas Star. enjoyed seeing this beautiful sight...have to wait 800 years now for the next show. | |||
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I had clouds. God bless America. | |||
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| Member |
Ahyoka Star and I went out to look at the "Christmas Star" tonight. From where I am, it was short lived as it was behind the large hills in short order. I only had 10X binoculars to look at it, but I was able to make out some of the rings. Ahyoka Star sat next to me and was a good girl. Merry Christmas to all! ARman | |||
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| Member |
Yup, just got back from checking it out from the school field nearby, very cool. March we had comet NEOWISE for nearly a month of watching; the week leading up to tonight, and the week after, we get to check out Jupiter and Saturn in alignment. Wish I had a telescope to see the moons. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Clear skies here and able to see it with the naked eye. Pretty cool... but better blown up with the cameras on the local news/ weather. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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It was perfect viewing here in Georgia. We didn’t have any cloud cover in my area. | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Tried but all I got was clouds. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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| Save an Elephant Kill a Poacher  |
Saw Saturns rings, Jupiter and 4 of her moons with the telescope. As close as they appear they were still 450 MILLION miles apart! Only got about an hour of it before they dropped behind the trees and houses At least something spectacular happened in 2020. 'I am the danger'...Hiesenberg NRA Certified Pistol Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Life Member | |||
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Washing machine whisperer |
Michigan was holding to it's 70% cloud cover fame so no __________________________ Writing the next chapter that I've been looking forward to. | |||
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Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best |
was hoping to see it, but it was cloudy and raining here | |||
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| I'm not laughing WITH you  |
I had a nice view but nothing but 10x50 Binos. I could only see the plants. No rings or Moons. Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home | |||
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| Man Once Child Twice |
Cold dreary, rainy, cloudy here in NE Ohio. What’s not to love. Well,, I guess I’ll have to wait for the next one. | |||
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