Re: Astronomy: Adventures in Stargazing
Posted: Feb 28, 2016 1:18 pm
How awesome you got to see that fireball, jo! I saw reports on the national news about that, including some of video. Most impressive.
Friday evening I was outside stargazing with Ryadian's father and caught a much smaller, less spectacular meteor (perhaps magnitude -2.0). Still fun.
And I did catch a view of the 5 planets in the morning sky once before Mercury sank back into the solar glare. The temperature that morning was a toasty -6F/-21C. (in contrast, we enjoyed a record high of 58F/14C yesterday, but the clouds moved in before dark).
Friday evening I was outside stargazing with Ryadian's father and caught a much smaller, less spectacular meteor (perhaps magnitude -2.0). Still fun.
And I did catch a view of the 5 planets in the morning sky once before Mercury sank back into the solar glare. The temperature that morning was a toasty -6F/-21C. (in contrast, we enjoyed a record high of 58F/14C yesterday, but the clouds moved in before dark).