Very funny story Sharon! You are right - Asbury has too many lights for good skywatching, but if you are on the beach and look over the Ocean, you should get a nice dark sky.
If my kids didn't have school tomorrow, I'd have them down on the beach tonight to watch with a jug of hot chocolate. Who knows - maybe I can talk my wife into it (she's the responisble one). --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "2fine4u" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" > <justifiedright@> 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/
