COLD DARK ROOM

[Ray--Opo]

Good night to you all,
Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite,
And if they do, beat them blue with your shoe!
View attachment 337279

But I have a different request tonight

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS
View attachment 337278
(Image of the moon from my telescope)
Comet Leonard, (the Christmas Comet) will be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, already,

Comet Leonard: Meet the “Christmas Comet”!

Comet Leonard will get closest to our planet in December. Read this article to learn when, where, and how to see the brightest comet of 2021.

starwalk.space

You can read more in the link but, it should be seeable in the NW or SW areas of your sky.
This is the final opportunity to view it (with the naked eye, peak at the 14'th, the poor thing is disintegrating as we speak, and won't be seen next year, by the 25'th it'll have migrated to the Southern Hemisphere)
I love astronomy and I have never seen a comet before, every time there has been bad weather, I'm sure some of you might enjoy this!

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Cathie G]

Good night to you all,
Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite,
And if they do, beat them blue with your shoe!
View attachment 337279

But I have a different request tonight

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS
View attachment 337278
(Image of the moon from my telescope)
Comet Leonard, (the Christmas Comet) will be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, already,

Comet Leonard: Meet the “Christmas Comet”!

Comet Leonard will get closest to our planet in December. Read this article to learn when, where, and how to see the brightest comet of 2021.

starwalk.space

You can read more in the link but, it should be seeable in the NW or SW areas of your sky.
This is the final opportunity to view it (with the naked eye, peak at the 14'th, the poor thing is disintegrating as we speak, and won't be seen next year, by the 25'th it'll have migrated to the Southern Hemisphere)
I love astronomy and I have never seen a comet before, every time there has been bad weather, I'm sure some of you might enjoy this!

I'm marking my calendar. Pre-dawn is a good time for me to try to get to see.

 

[TheLastGreen]

@Cathie G at that time you should also be able to see the Geminid meteor shower
Also here is an image of Jupiter and it's four juvian moons (visible to us)
(From my telescope tonight)
But what's actually there is
Jupiter
Callisto (Pritty)
Ganymede (Bigger than Mercury)

Io (Sulphur moon)

Europa (Water world, could habour life near core)

But that's enough Astronomy for one thread, good night!

 

[Ray--Opo]

@Cathie G at that time you should also be able to see the Geminid meteor shower View attachment 337280
Also here is an image of Jupiter and it's four juvian moons (visible to us)
View attachment 337281(From my telescope tonight)
But what's actually there is
Jupiter
View attachment 337282Callisto (Pritty)View attachment 337283
Ganymede (Bigger than Mercury)
View attachment 337284
Io (Sulphur moon)
View attachment 337285
Europa (Water world, could habour life near core)
View attachment 337286
But that's enough Astronomy for one thread, good night!

Can you see them up close like that with your telescope?

 

[Ray--Opo]

I lucked out today. With the material shortage. Swimming pool companies are still saying call back in a few months. I called the company my friend used and they said they have a list of people waiting. The list has 197 people on it. I mentioned I was a double amputee and really enjoyed the pool they did for my friend. She asked for his name, when I told her. She said oh yes I remember Terry. Then she said because of my condition and knowing Terry. She put me at the top of the list for the designer to come to my house. ?

 

[Cathie G]

Can you see them up close like that with your telescope?

It says the comet will be visible with the naked eye. I'm sure I'll be up early Sunday to see. I hope it's not cloudy ? I think your probably time to see the Christmas comet will be after the 14th??? and then there's the meteor shower too ? until the 20th.

 

[TheLastGreen]

Can you see them up close like that with your telescope?

@Ray--Opo sadly not, with a high end amateur telescope (around $4000)
You'll see this
But let's not talk about nebulas (you'll need software to add colour, but the result is stunning)
How's it going with Opo? More active these days?

 

[Ray--Opo]

It says the comet will be visible with the naked eye. I'm sure I'll be up early Sunday to see. I hope it's not cloudy ? I think your probably time to see the Christmas comet will be after the 14th??? and then there's the meteor shower too ? until the 20th.

Thank you, I was up at 2am this morning. So I was out looking. Didn't realize it wasn't the 14th.?

 

[Ray--Opo]

@Ray--Opo sadly not, with a high end amateur telescope (around $4000)
You'll see thisView attachment 337325
But let's not talk about nebulas (you'll need software to add colour, but the result is stunning)View attachment 337326View attachment 337327
How's it going with Opo? More active these days?

Those are great pictures. Opo is doing fine. Once he got rid of the 2 acorns, he is back to normal.

 

[TheLastGreen]

Is @Lyn W ok? She's been gone for a while?

How's everyone doing today? A nice day here in SA, a sudden cold front approached, so it will most likely hail, but the temps seem to stay in the low 30C area.
Zvezda soaked for 2 hours today! Almost broke my back sitting by the tub. (I love her little teddy bear claws)
Sunny is sleeping a lot, like one does on a weekend, and if you're a hatchling
So all in all a nice calm day, hopefuly most of you had a nice calm Saturday aswell!

 

[MenagerieGrl]

Sudden cold front, Br'rrr.
Here in the SF Bay Area - NorCal were supposed to get Rain late Tonight, Sunday thru Monday. Possible 1" to 3", not a flood, but something to soak in hopefully.
Nice and sunny here right now, but that will change as the day progresses.
I have some rain Prep to do and to P/u a friend that had elbow reconstructive surgery yesterday.
Busy day!
Hope everyone is doing well
?

 

[MenagerieGrl]

WE NEED the Rain, After all rain is a good thing, and as the country song goes. .
"Rain makes corn, corn makes whisky, Whiskey makes my baby, feel a little frisky !"

 

[Cathie G]

Thank you, I was up at 2am this morning. So I was out looking. Didn't realize it wasn't the 14th.?

I was trying but it was cloudy windy stormy and I pretty much knew I wouldn't be able to. But tomorrow is supposed to be the best day anyway and it's supposed to clear up. I'm not sure if you are considered in the southern hemisphere or not. But your getting close to it so maybe all the days of seeing these beautiful things are on a sliding scale until... I think it's the 20th. You probably have a better chance than me being in Florida with it's beautiful blue skies most days.

 

[Cathie G]

Oh my garsh! This morning at around 5am it was around 65°f, wet, and windy!!!as heck. The so called good news is it's supposed to be much colder but sunny tomorrow. It's down to 47°at 2:20pm and dropping. And it's still pretty windy. Maybe it'll blow all the clouds out of here and I'll get to see the Christmas comet ?

 

[Cathie G]

I was trying but it was cloudy windy stormy and I pretty much knew I wouldn't be able to. But tomorrow is supposed to be the best day anyway and it's supposed to clear up. I'm not sure if you are considered in the southern hemisphere or not. But your getting close to it so maybe all the days of seeing these beautiful things are on a sliding scale until... I think it's the 20th. You probably have a better chance than me being in Florida with it's beautiful blue skies most days.

Ray it may be in the morning for you as well as me. Of course I had to go looking! On Google but you are farther south.and closer to the southern hemisphere. Sorry I still can't believe that the earth shifts that quickly though. You know...one day it's tilted to view in the northern hemisphere and suddenly the next day only the southern hemisphere can see it.? you'd think we could feel that sudden shift.

 

[Lyn W]

Good night to you all,
Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite,
And if they do, beat them blue with your shoe!
View attachment 337279

But I have a different request tonight

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS
View attachment 337278
(Image of the moon from my telescope)
Comet Leonard, (the Christmas Comet) will be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, already,

Comet Leonard: Meet the “Christmas Comet”!

Comet Leonard will get closest to our planet in December. Read this article to learn when, where, and how to see the brightest comet of 2021.

starwalk.space

You can read more in the link but, it should be seeable in the NW or SW areas of your sky.
This is the final opportunity to view it (with the naked eye, peak at the 14'th, the poor thing is disintegrating as we speak, and won't be seen next year, by the 25'th it'll have migrated to the Southern Hemisphere)
I love astronomy and I have never seen a comet before, every time there has been bad weather, I'm sure some of you might enjoy this!

It's been too cloudy here unfortunately

 

[Lyn W]

Is @Lyn W ok? She's been gone for a while?

How's everyone doing today? A nice day here in SA, a sudden cold front approached, so it will most likely hail, but the temps seem to stay in the low 30C area.
Zvezda soaked for 2 hours today! Almost broke my back sitting by the tub. (I love her little teddy bear claws)
View attachment 337355Sunny is sleeping a lot, like one does on a weekend, and if you're a hatchlingView attachment 337356
So all in all a nice calm day, hopefuly most of you had a nice calm Saturday aswell!

I'm fine thank you, just had a busy day with my sister visiting. Lola has kept me busy cleaning his hide and room and he also didn't want to get out of his soak today - stretched out and fell asleep - so had to keep swapping the cooler water for warmer for over an hour. He usually stands for me to lift him out when he's ready but he was quite happy to relax today.

 

[Lyn W]

Good afternoon/evening all,
It's been drizzling all day here but seems very petty to complain after seeing the news and all the terrible devastation and loss of life the tornado has caused in Illinois . I hope all forum members and their families in that area are OK.
I hope everyone is having a good Saturday - mine is nearly over.

 

[Cathie G]

I'm fine thank you, just had a busy day with my sister visiting. Lola has kept me bust cleaning his hide and room and he also didn't want to get out of his soak today - stretched out and fell asleep - so had to keep swapping the cooler water for warmer for over an hour. He usually stands for me to lift him out when he's ready but he was quite happy to relax today.

That's so sweet.❤️

 

[Lyn W]

Hey @Maro2Bear how's the hip healing?
Hope all is well with you.