I got a dobsonian for Christmas and have managed to use it twice
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Yes, this is called living in the pacific northwest ;D
I remember once in high school there was a super long and cool meteor shower at like 2 or 3 am. on a school night. My parents let me skip school the next day, and my friend stayed over, and we stayed up all night to see it. Core memory unlocked that night.
Did that unlock some kind of interest as well? Like astronomy or space or science in general or something else?
I really like astrophotography but I don't have the money to do it. At a minimum, I would need to buy a star tracker mount for my camera and then get stacking programs, but those pictures won't be very good. For a good setup for astro, you need a telescope, a mount to fit your camera on, and other stuff.
It did help me get into other types of photography like macro.
I respect your respect for astrophotography and I just wanted to say that you can still get some really amazing shots (albeit not super close-up). I've made a series of wonderful astrophotography time lapses with just my Sony mirrorless and a tripod and patience.
I'm sure you're probably aware but just wanted to say :)
Cool ☺️ Pivotal event!
Sadly they became an investment banker
Doesn't a lunar eclipse happen way more often?
Same with meteor showers lol
Yes they do happen far more often than solar.
About 5 years ago my wife and I went to Bryce Canyon. The area around there is fairly secluded with few people living there, thus there's little light pollution. As a result, the area is well known for it's night sky, as you can see more stars there than just about anywhere else in the continental US. Anyway, guess what we saw when we were there.
Rocks?
Two people fucking
I had the same problem with the Perseids.
Oh, so Southern Ontario.
Rochester, NY checking in. Couldn't see the total solar eclipse due to clouds.
Traveled to Buffalo. No eclipse =(
But you can see Gibbers Crabst.
In case you weren't aware that he's a Seattleite.
God, is this true. Missed both the eclipse and the aurora borealis to clouds. The thing is that the other days were sunny.
You couldn't even tell it was happening. Fully overcast.
These are the consequences of using the cloud for everything!
Regular stars are cool too so I check whenever I'm outside at night
My favorite star is Sirius, my favorite constellation is Cassiopeia. I try to find them every night.
Light pollution means you don't even need clouds to miss the stars
You never realize just how often clouds are around until you want to look up.
If you're like me weather has a huge influence on my work so you develop an oversensitivity to it and always looking at the sky taking notes, observing how it behaves and learning to predict what it's gonna do next.
Cool, you’re a meteorologist?
Not at all haha, I'm a small media producer and drone pilot.
Tight!
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