One of the advantages of starting work at 6:00 am is that you get a sneak peak at upcoming winter skies. This morning marks the first time since last spring that I have seen Sirius. It's been visible earlier but this morning was the first time that eastern skies were clear when I happened to be looking. It was hoisting itself up above the Wasatch in the pe-dawn skies. It struck an ancient, visceral chord in my mind. Instinctively, I could sense the cold months ahead, spurred by this visual clue. Many, many years ago, the Little Mountain site was much better than it is today. There was unrestricted access to the flat parking area on the summit (now behind a locked gate) and amateur astronomers would gather there every clear Friday night in the summer. This was in the pre-SPOC days. The entire south side was bordered by telescopes. Bob Brundage would be there with his 4" refractor and occasionally his 12.5" reflector, Patrick would have his C-8, I had my 8" Astrola, Steve Jacobs would occasionally show-up with his 6" Dynamax, among many others. Even Bruce Grim would sometimes make an appearance. The skies were darker in those days as well- the Veil nebula was an easy object, and the Horsehead was glimpsed on rare occassions with 8" telescopes (and no LPR filters!). I remember how a chill would run down our spines as Capella rose, late at night in the northeast, promising colder nights in a few months. Rather a similar feeling to seeing Sirius this morning. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Chuck Hards wrote:
Does anyone on the list besides myself and Patrick remember the old Grantsville site? The one we used to call "Stonehenge"?
While up flying jumpers last week I made a couple of passes over where I thought I remembered Little Stonehenge was located. Didn't see a thing. It's not like the area has been "improved". The whole area south of Grantsville remains pretty much untouched. I guess next time I'm in Grantsville I'll try driving south and see if I can find anything from ground level. Patrick
(Waving wand): "Sirius Restorus"! --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Chuck Hards wrote:
This morning marks the first time since last spring that I have seen Sirius.
Now how can that be? Everyone knows that Sirius died in book #5.
:-)
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Argh! I deliberately avoided the last spoiler thread! Patrick, dang your hide! I'm in the middle of book 4! NO MORE SPOILERS PLEEZ WITHOUT FAIR WARNING! GRRRRR! (Not my fault I have too little time to read!) -Rich --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Chuck Hards wrote:
This morning marks the first time since last spring that I have seen Sirius.
Now how can that be? Everyone knows that Sirius died in book #5.
:-)
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I'm sorry Rich. I too avoided recent Potter postings until I'd finished book 6. I made my statement about #5 figuring anyone following the Potter series would have read it by now. I should have known better. Patrick Richard Tenney wrote:
Argh!
I deliberately avoided the last spoiler thread!
Patrick, dang your hide! I'm in the middle of book 4!
NO MORE SPOILERS PLEEZ WITHOUT FAIR WARNING! GRRRRR!
(Not my fault I have too little time to read!)
-Rich
I haven't read #1. Wife and daughter fight over new copies, but I just can't get interested.
I'm sorry Rich.
I too avoided recent Potter postings until I'd finished book 6. I made my statement about #5 figuring anyone following the Potter series would have read it by now. I should have known better.
Patrick
Richard Tenney wrote:
Argh! I deliberately avoided the last spoiler thread! Patrick, dang your hide! I'm in the middle of book 4! NO MORE SPOILERS PLEEZ WITHOUT FAIR WARNING! GRRRRR! (Not my fault I have too little time to read!) -Rich
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To make matters worse, my (almost 16-yo) daughter scolded me tonight, saying "it's all YOUR fault dad -- I TOLD you you needed to get them read, or you run the risk of someone spoiling it for you". Sigh. I do enjoy the darn books, just too many in the queue and not nearly enough time to get to them. She on the other hand had #6 done less than 24 hours after it hit the bookstore. --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
I'm sorry Rich.
I too avoided recent Potter postings until I'd finished book 6. I made my statement about #5 figuring anyone following the Potter series would have read it by now. I should have known better.
Patrick
Richard Tenney wrote:
Argh!
I deliberately avoided the last spoiler thread!
Patrick, dang your hide! I'm in the middle of book 4!
NO MORE SPOILERS PLEEZ WITHOUT FAIR WARNING! GRRRRR!
(Not my fault I have too little time to read!)
-Rich
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Whatever happened to those Reader's Digest condensed books? ;) --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
To make matters worse, my (almost 16-yo) daughter scolded me tonight, saying "it's all YOUR fault dad -- I TOLD you you needed to get them read, or you run the risk of someone spoiling it for you". Sigh. I do enjoy the darn books, just too many in the queue and not nearly enough time to get to them. She on the other hand had #6 done less than 24 hours after it hit the bookstore.
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Being a bit dyslexic the books are way to big for me to handle. I solved that by getting each of the books on tape and listened to them any time I was on the road. Patrick p.s. I promise not to tell you how book six ends. You'll have to learn that from your daughter. :-) Richard Tenney wrote:
To make matters worse, my (almost 16-yo) daughter scolded me tonight, saying "it's all YOUR fault dad -- I TOLD you you needed to get them read, or you run the risk of someone spoiling it for you". Sigh. I do enjoy the darn books, just too many in the queue and not nearly enough time to get to them. She on the other hand had #6 done less than 24 hours after it hit the bookstore.
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