Skies will be Great Tonight
We had another snowstorm yesterday that put about another six inches of snow at my house:
I’ve written before that the winter skies are at their best for using your telescope just after a cold front has passed through. In Colorado at least, the following evening brings some of the coldest, stillest air we ever get, sometimes measuring less than 5 arcseconds. That’s not great by observatory standards, but for Boulder that’s as good as it gets.
The snowstorm Christmas day brought some pretty warm temps during the day because the Sun was so brilliant, but that evening they dropped to around 15 degrees because there were no clouds blanketing the area. I expect tonight to be roughly the same.
Guess I’ll be going out tonight.
This storm is headed toward the midwest, so you guys’ll be next… So bundle up, it’s time to take out those new telescopes you got for Christmas.
That tall mountain in the distance? It’s Long’s Peak at over 14,000 feet.
Very appropriate street (not mine, so don’t come looking for me)
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Jana
Dec 29, 2007 at 11:08 am
Hi Tony,
I have your Hubble Deep Space video on my own blog (the most important image of humanity ever taken).
I really enjoy that video and your voice and gentle sense of humor makes it a real treat to watch over and over.
Thanks for making that and all the other videos you have made.
I will subscribe to this blog now that I found it!
Take care and happy New Year!
Jana
Tony
Dec 29, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Hi Jana,
Welcome aboard! I’m very happy you found the blog. That video has affected my life in ways I’m still discovering. I’m making more, I really am, but they take a lot of time and I spend most of what spare time I have writing for this blog.
I’m so glad you liked the video, and thanks for subscribing, I promise to try to have interesting things to say…
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