[AZ-Observing] Re: Greetings from 4 degrees S latitude
- From: L Knauth <Knauth@xxxxxxx>
- To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:07:41 +0000
I am able to handle the appearance of the sky from the deep southern hemisphere
sky okay until Orion rises upside down. That is just too disconcerting.
Having the core of the galaxy overhead is another story. Glorious.
Nice to know a lion can be humbled by its prey. Sounds like you are having a
great trip. Especially the winter part. I believe it was 137,000 degrees here
yesterday. The good part is you are at the top of the food chain back here and
don't have to worry about that when out observing.
Stay safe.
Paul Knauth
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behalf of Paul Lind [pulind@xxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:02 AM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Greetings from 4 degrees S latitude
Eric et al:
The cannon was much too big for the plane. This trip was planned as a photo
safari with my wife's sister and her husband, but that hasn't stopped me from
trying to observe! Last night was sort of clear and I was able to pick out a
few "new" stars from our porch at the lodge. I used my smart phone program to
identify Rigel Kent, which is pretty bright. Scorpius was way up in the south,
not at the zenith, but high enough that I had to strain my neck. Great position
if you were imaging Rho Oph. I don't think the Magellanic clouds are up now,
and I couldn't see Crux, which was setting in the West.
By the way, the weather here is beautiful. It's the winter dry season. No
mosquitos. Shorts weather. Today we were very lucky to see a large group of
Cape Buffalo chasing a female lion. Quite a show, and only a couple hundred
feet from us. The lion had had enough and hid between the tour Vans only a few
feet from us.
Here's hoping for clear monsoon skies. We'll be back in a week.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:13:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Greetings from 4 degrees S latitude
They won't let you out even with that huge cannon you haul around?
Or was it too big for the overhead bin on the plane?
Paul Lind <pulind@xxxxx> wrote:
Greetings from Serengeti Park in Tanzania. Gail and I are on a safari here.
There are several impediments to astronomy here. Its been hazy and now the
moon is getting big. But worst of all, none of the camps will let people go
out at night because of the lions and elephants etc.
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