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[travel.au, beauty] stars
Random stars thoughts.
I now know constellations in the south better than I do in the north. Go figure. 'Course, I hardly knew them here, so it wasn't that difficult to do. :)
I need to remember to go outside and try to find orion (since that constellation is visible in both hemispheres).
The Southern Cross, if including the stars which help locate it, makes me think of a kite, not a cross. And the milky way is lovely; I don't think I've ever seen it that well (possibly - based on the Southern Cross being in it, and only visible in that hemisphere - because I can't see most of it here). Not sure I've ever seen the stars as clearly as I did ~1.5 hours away from Melbourne, but that may actually only seem to be the case because there are just _more_ stars visible there (I've heard that that is true, but don't know how accurate that actually is).
I really should brave the cold some night and star gaze. They are generally much, _much_ clearer in winter than in summer, here, IIRC (probably because the cold prevents much in the way of cloud cover, although I think there might just be better availability in winter, as well). I'm just not really entirely sure where to _go_ to see reasonable amounts (as vs. an easily countable number) of stars, at least not within a reasonable distance from where I live.
I now know constellations in the south better than I do in the north. Go figure. 'Course, I hardly knew them here, so it wasn't that difficult to do. :)
I need to remember to go outside and try to find orion (since that constellation is visible in both hemispheres).
The Southern Cross, if including the stars which help locate it, makes me think of a kite, not a cross. And the milky way is lovely; I don't think I've ever seen it that well (possibly - based on the Southern Cross being in it, and only visible in that hemisphere - because I can't see most of it here). Not sure I've ever seen the stars as clearly as I did ~1.5 hours away from Melbourne, but that may actually only seem to be the case because there are just _more_ stars visible there (I've heard that that is true, but don't know how accurate that actually is).
I really should brave the cold some night and star gaze. They are generally much, _much_ clearer in winter than in summer, here, IIRC (probably because the cold prevents much in the way of cloud cover, although I think there might just be better availability in winter, as well). I'm just not really entirely sure where to _go_ to see reasonable amounts (as vs. an easily countable number) of stars, at least not within a reasonable distance from where I live.
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Orion is almost due south around 9:00 pm these days. He'll be upside down compared to the way you saw him in Oz.
The southern Milky Way is much more vivid than the parts of the galaxy we can see from here. Your best view of the Milky Way right now is up to the north, looking toward Perseus. I recommend some low magnification binoculars to really bring out the Milky Way starfields.
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:)
He'll be upside down compared to the way you saw him in Oz.
Yep. Which is much of why I want to see him. :) Location information noted!
Don't actually own any binoculars (which I really need to fix at some point, and not just for this reason). But notes as far as where to look.
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Ah yes... Tam and I sometimes use "It's a great observing night" as a synonym for "It's cold enough out to freeze the tail feathers off a penguin"
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If you really want to see the dark stuff, though, you're probably going to have to head north into VT or further west in MA, and it'll be colder...but you'll be able to see the Milky Way, that there are more than seven sisters in the Pleiades, and some of the fainter stars in the major constellations. Star maps are lovely and, with the advent of the Web, free!
Star gazing is also a good excuse to snuggle under a blanket with other folks in the quiet of the evening. :)
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Seeing Orion doesn't require much distance from city lights, agreed. But if I'm going to go star gazing, I want to _really_ go star gazing. :)
I was figuring VT, Northern NH, or western MA, yes. But all of those require multiple hours of driving, each way, which is annoying.
I couldn't actually see the Pleiades very clearly in the other hemisphere, as they were just above the horizon. Where are they here?
Star gazing is also a good excuse to snuggle under a blanket with other folks in the quiet of the evening. :)
True. :) And unlike in .au, it's safe (but cold!) to sit (or lie) on the ground in the country. No scary ants or other things which will bite or sting or something! And my car has a sunroof, which means that I _could_ look from in it. But with a much restricted view!
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In which case, I appear to have either Saturday night free, but suspect the one after the 29th would be better, as it means I could swap calls with Joe to a Friday night that isn't a Psinging night. That work? And is it ok if I see if my roommate wants to/can go?
(I don't know yet if I have either Sunday free, so not listing those)
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Roommate == Ayalanya? That'd be fun for
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Roommate =
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We should check to see if the weekend before after the new moon are going to be clear. I know I picked one tentatively, but if it's cloudy, that won't be useful! :)
Bad couch!