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It's been sunny and beautiful here the past couple weeks, and had been forecasted to stay clear for the rest of the summer, so I was inspired to finally pull the trigger on some 15x70 celestron binoculars, with the hopes of taking them out tonight. Now instead of being clear and beautiful it's overcast all night, and worse yet, the rest of the week has changed to thunderstorms, rain and other cloudiness 
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Sep 5, 2015 20:33
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Oh man my first lunar eclipse since I've gotten my binos and its clouding over right now  Should be clear by totality but I was hoping to watch it move across the moon
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Sep 28, 2015 01:45
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drat, I only caught faint glimmers of it early in the evening before totality. Next total lunar eclipse here is in 4 years. Well, hopefully my equipment is that much better by then (and the weather!)
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Sep 28, 2015 04:40
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I've been watching Mars, Venus and Jupiter close in on each other all month, and today I finally got Venus and Jupiter in one field of view using binocs. Was pretty amazing to see bright rear end Venus only a few degrees from Jupiter and its moons in one view Can't wait for the 26th-28th when the conjunction is closest, though the forecast says clouds for the next 7 days straight. Hopefully I get at least one clear morning!
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Oct 22, 2015 11:56
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Got a 6 inch Dobsonian Sky Watcher for Christmas from my wife, and I got an extra gift from the earth in getting clear skies for the first time in weeks on the same night! Took it out to check out the full moon, the Orion Nebula, the pleiades, and searched for andromeda but couldn't find it before the clouds returned. I already know that my first accessory has to be an angled finder scope, as the straight one that came with it was extremely uncomfortable to use! I also took a few pics with my lovely iPhone camera and even got some nebulosity from Orion!  
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Dec 26, 2015 22:37
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polyfractal posted:Now it just needs to be less cloudy Yeah. I'm on day 10 of waiting for the clouds to clear to use my new toy. I've never in my life paid such close attention to weather/meteorological reports. I even caught myself cursing at the clouds yesterday night since it was supposed to be clear!!
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Jan 4, 2016 21:56
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Wow, that horsehead picture is really incredible.
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Mar 1, 2016 08:30
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Ahhh gently caress the clouds!!! I just got a 2x Barlow and red dot sight in the mail yesterday and intended to use it this morning when I got home from work. It's been crystal clear black skies for literally a full week and now it's cloudy! Only when I want to observe! This is the same thing that happened to me when I first got the scope at Christmas too
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Apr 19, 2016 10:36
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Really awesome picture. Last weekend I had my scope trained on the Orion/Taurus region for about 5 hours. I've had this scope for a little over a year now and that's definitely my favourite bit of the sky right now. It's a shame it's a winter constellation because no one ever wants to come look with me! I really need to get a clock drive for my dob or something
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Feb 28, 2017 03:30
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Hoping to get out and see dragon and then iss immediately after tonight with my kids. We watched the launch and now I want to point them out to them in real life so they can make the connection to reality. I'll bring some binos too, just hoping the weather holds out here (southern Ontario)
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May 31, 2020 00:28
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:Hoping to get out and see dragon and then iss immediately after tonight with my kids. We watched the launch and now I want to point them out to them in real life so they can make the connection to reality. I'll bring some binos too, just hoping the weather holds out here (southern Ontario) Caught the ISS, kids missed the dragon, but my 3 year old was mesmerized by the ISS so that's a win. They want to come back with my telescope for more stargazing, so I'm happy 
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May 31, 2020 03:20
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Achmed Jones posted:that's a picture of space, phanatic 
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Jul 31, 2023 19:10
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Nov 30, 2023 17:11
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thinking about possibly buying some stuff for the eclipse. anyone have a reputable source for glasses? using amazon for something like this kinda wigs me out. also contemplating a solar filter for my 6" dob (skywatcher i think)
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Mar 26, 2024 17:37
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looks like we maaaaay get a window through the clouds here in ontario. thankfully im not going too far out of my way so if its a bust its not so big a deal (aside from disappointing my kids). laffo at all the clowns making a big thing about this in niagara tho
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