2007-09-18 07:03:07 · 15 answers · asked by cbn 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Living in the city with all its light pollution doesn't give me much of an opportunity. About two weeks ago when we were camping at Lake Pillsbury it was a very dark night and the sky was awesome. Scorpio and Sagittarius were in the southern sky and the disk of the Milky Way ran between them all the way across the sky to Cygnus in the north. With my 10x25 binoculars, I gazed at M7, M6, the Jewel Box in Scorpio, the rich star fields in Cassiopeia, and the little fuzzy blob that is the Andromeda Galaxy. While the Andromeda is not much to look at, being so faint, it tickles me to no end that the photons hitting my eye from that little fuzzball have been traveling for 2.4 million years at 186,000 miles per second to finally hit the backs of my eyeballs, that it is the most distant thing anyone can see with the naked eye, and even then you really have to know where to look. The night sky is one of the most profound wonders of existence, the view of which civilization has all but eradicated with light pollution.
2007-09-18 08:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just last night. I look at them every night that it's clear weather. I live in a VERY rural area and the stars look so bright that it seems like you could reach right up and snatrch one out of the sky. By the way, the Northern lights were lovely last night too.
BB,
Raji the Green Witch
2007-09-18 20:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just here while back when we had the eclipse, had went night fishing at the beach. Noticed we started loosing the night light and the within an hour the moon was a real beautiful red color.......
2007-09-18 15:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's one of my favorite things to do. I've got my kids doing it too. After putting them to bed, I made a fire in my backyard on Sunday night, and fell asleep in front of it, watching the stars. Very peaceful mommy time!
2007-09-18 14:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I stayed up till 2:30 am watching meteorites about 3 weeks ago. Was amazing.
2007-09-18 14:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by chatting 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was like 14 laying on a float in the pool. Wow, that's 20 years ago! :(
2007-09-18 14:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually my friend and I were discussing this the other day. We have too much light pollution in Houston to c a d@mn thing.
2007-09-18 14:08:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
last week, i looked up to the sky at night, and wondered when problems are going to end..
2007-09-18 14:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by ♫ Chloe ♫ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Last night... The sky was beautiful, lit up so pretty.
2007-09-18 14:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by Jane 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About a year ago, when I could see them in the mountains. They were beautiful!
2007-09-18 14:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ HeNnEsSy ™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋