GQfluffy wrote:There's no explaining Los Angeles.
GQfluffy wrote:I'm surprised he can see the night sky, much less the stars.
GQfluffy wrote:I'm surprised he can see the night sky, much less the stars.
JeffSFO wrote:Bah! You have no excuses!
GQfluffy wrote:You can see the galaxy there!
GQfluffy wrote:Cleary not a Men in Black fan.
vikkyvik wrote:GQfluffy wrote:Cleary not a Men in Black fan.
Ahhh, actually I do quite like Men in Black. You're just the first person I've heard referencing it in, oh, 10 years or so.
But I assume it just finally premiered where you live.
JeffSFO wrote:Jupiter, Venus, and Mars were clearly visible this morning with Venus & Mars in close conjunction. Stumbled across this quite by accident when I woke up to hit the head and happened to look out the window.Sorry for the lack of detail but I took these with a handheld:
vikkyvik wrote:JeffSFO wrote:Jupiter, Venus, and Mars were clearly visible this morning with Venus & Mars in close conjunction. Stumbled across this quite by accident when I woke up to hit the head and happened to look out the window.Sorry for the lack of detail but I took these with a handheld:
Very nice! Since my morning starts around 8:30 AM these days, I had no chance of seeing that.
JeffSFO wrote:One thing I forgot to mention though, just after turning the camera off a meteor streaked through the formation so it was a cherry on top for the whole experience.
vikkyvik wrote:JeffSFO wrote:One thing I forgot to mention though, just after turning the camera off a meteor streaked through the formation so it was a cherry on top for the whole experience.
That'll teach you - always leave your camera on for 2 more seconds!
Random fact: I have never captured a meteor with my camera (at least not one you could see in the resulting photo).
JeffSFO wrote:The funny thing is that even after managing to catch a good one they always disappoint me once on screen because the real thing is always much more vivid. For instance, the shot below was of a very large and bright meteor but you'd never know from this shot (I suppose shooting at very wide angles for extended durations doesn't help matters).
Lucas wrote:I am waiting on Vik to announce something here.
vikkyvik wrote:Just a friendly note that if anyone wants a photography challenge (not much of a challenge, really), Mars and Uranus will be right next to each other (less than 1 degree apart), and less than 10 degrees from Venus, on Feb 26.Then on Feb 28, Venus, Mars, and a very crescent Moon will be in a triangle (with Uranus near Mars).