JR: I have owned 4 telescopes, since becoming an amateur sky watcher. The first one was a table top type, which my son, who is a little older than used to peer into our neighbor's dining room! He set it up for me, when we lived in the Hills of Neptune! He phoned them from the kitchen wall phone and asked what were they eating, while he laughed his head off! I grabbed the phone from this silly boy and apologized to my dear neighbors. He was about 12 at the time. Back when there were no home computers, I joined the Astronomy Club at Bell Labs, having always been interested in Space due to the Moon Landing, back in 1969. There's so much out there to be learned and the fascinating galaxy we live in, until the problems on the ground seem immaterial, when you're gazing "out there"! I belong to the Seti Program, also, where I loan the use of my computer for science to "listen" for a reply from space by "others". All you have to do to join is google "seti", sign up, that's all! Your computer is used while you're not using it. It is not part of NASA. I've always been interested in Art and Science and my kids are just as curious. My eldest lives in Florida, where he always takes off to go and see a lift-off, from Cape Canaveral. He is a programmer. I always wind up "giving" my telescopes away, to either a school or a kid in need. I'm looking for a new one, now. Saw one in the optometrists, office that rotates and has all sorts of gizmos. AP is not suitable for viewing. Too many street lights. Will view the shower on Nasa's website and thanks!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know I took some ribbing last time I posted one of these, but I > really am jealous of those of you that live so close to the > beachfront on nights like this. Catch this one if you can - it > should be the best one of the year. > > This from Sky and Telescope: > > > The Geminid meteor shower, possibly the year's best, should peak > late [Wednesday] in the moonless dark sky. The best time should be > from about 10 p.m. until moonrise before dawn. Bundle up very > warmly, find a place with a wide-open sky view and no glary lights, > lie back on the ground or in a reclining lawn chair, and watch the > stars. The best direction to look is where your sky is darkest. Give > your eyes at least 20 minutes to dark-adapt. You may see a meteor a > minute on average. > > More from NASA: > > http://tinyurl.com/vjhps > > > Enjoy. > > Tommy. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
