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Astronomy Picture of the Day 7-26-02
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| 7-26-02
| Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell
Posted on 07/26/2002 6:43:15 PM PDT by petuniasevan
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2002 July 26
Clearing Skies
Credit & Copyright: Dominic Cantin
Explanation: Clear evening skies are a welcome sight for stargazers worldwide, but clearing skies are good too. Just such a glorious occasion was recorded in this dramatic photo taken by Dominic Cantin during a recent gathering of Canadian astronomers at St-Nérée Observatory, located about 60 kilometers southeast of the city of Quebec. Looking toward the west on July 13th, the exposure captured a distant lightning flash from a passing thunderstorm at the far left. On the right, the storm clouds' retreat has uncovered an overexposed crescent Moon sharing the evening twilight with bright Venus only a few degrees away (below and far right). In the darkening sky above the young Moon is a familiar right triangle of stars in the constellation Leo. Cantin reports that clear skies followed, all night long.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; evening; image; leo; moon; observe; photography; sky; venus
Astronomy Fun Fact:Clearing skies may make for dramatic photos, but deep-sky observations may be compromised. The air behind thunderstorms is often quite turbulent from their passage, and a "swimming" image in your 'scope is no fun. Another thing to check for is the position of the jet stream. If it passes over your position the "seeing" will be poor at high magnification.
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To: MozartLover; Joan912; NovemberCharlie; snowfox; Dawgsquat; viligantcitizen; theDentist; grlfrnd; ...
APOD PING!
ANNOUNCEMENT: I am taking vacation August 11-17. I MAY post APOD on the 11th. After that I won't be near a computer for the duration. If someone here wants to cover for me that week, by all means volunteer. You'll need to be able to change intralinks to valid interlinks so they work off the APOD web page.
To: petuniasevan
a 'no vacations while on duty' bump
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posted on
07/26/2002 6:59:11 PM PDT
by
fnord
To: petuniasevan
TurbulenceBump for FR's favorite professional atronomer! Enjoy your upcoming vacation!
5
posted on
07/26/2002 7:05:05 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
To: fnord
Hey. I deserve this.
I haven't had a REAL vacation (visits to the in-laws
DON'T COUNT) in years.
Poorman and I need a break from the blue-collar grind.
To: BradyLS
Thanks, Brady, but I'm just an amateur skywatcher.
The pros here include RadioAstronomer and Physicist, among others.
To: petuniasevan
Enjoy your trip! And thanks for doing the APOD. The pics are incredible!
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posted on
07/26/2002 9:52:06 PM PDT
by
kayak
To: petuniasevan
Bumpers!
To: petuniasevan
Absolutely WONDERFUL 'tunia. Thanks. &;-)
To: petuniasevan
my first time on this topic. nice job. have a nice vacation. dare i ask where you are going?
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posted on
07/27/2002 5:31:51 AM PDT
by
mlocher
To: mlocher
Just going down to Six Flags in Gurnee IL. Poorman has never set foot in a theme park. Odd, huh?
He also had never attended a professional baseball game until I took him to one 2 years ago.
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