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Snow at my observatory in Southern California
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Om3ga321
·Very cool.
Maybe one day you will discover a new star and name it TPATTA
Maybe one day you will discover a new star and name it TPATTA
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tpatta
··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritanceVery cool.
Maybe one day you will discover a new star and name it TPATTA
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MCC
·I really don't know how I missed this thread first time around, really cool set up and some amazing photographs. I'm very jealous being based in SE England where we have more light pollution than a fairground at Christmas. Really enjoyed seeing both the set up and the celestial pictures. A few years back while in Flagstaff we went to the observatory, the coolest thing we saw was actually the sun looking through specially prepared and protected lenses. It is amazing that as our nearest star it is so often overlooked.
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.This is as good as any place to post a random observatory photo. Here's a shot of the Mount Wilson observatory bathed in moonlight. The orange glow is the urban light pollution produced by the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area. This observatory lacks the charm of @tpatta 's observatory but it is the place where astronomer Edwin Hubble figured out what a galaxy is.
From my Flickr photostream TerraNova L.A.
From my Flickr photostream TerraNova L.A.
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tpatta
··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritanceThis is as good as any place to post a random observatory photo. Here's a shot of the Mount Wilson observatory bathed in moonlight. The orange glow is the urban light pollution produced by the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area. This observatory lacks the charm of @tpatta 's observatory but it is the place where astronomer Edwin Hubble figured out what a galaxy is.
From my Flickr photostream TerraNova L.A.
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.That is an outstanding shot. Can you imagine the night sky 100 years ago when the lovely glow of LA was just a whisper of light.
For sure! Back then the work done at Mount Wilson was at the leading edge of astronomy. Amazingly there's still some important science done there, particularly solar science. Nightime observing though is out of the question.
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Scarecrow Boat
··Burt Macklin, FBIThe orange glow is the urban light pollution produced by the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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melanieux
·that's beautiful! I don't make it out to Joshua tree often enough.
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tpatta
··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritanceLast chance before it’s gone until next summer.
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YYTIN
·Thanks for sharing that ! Beautiful pictures & inspiring experiences !
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ahartfie
··The black sheep in the Spee-ee-eee-eedmaster flock"Where's the kaboom? Where's the Earth-shattering kaboom?"
Great story and pics.
The closest I get to an observatory these days is when I wear one of my Constellations...!
Great story and pics.
The closest I get to an observatory these days is when I wear one of my Constellations...!
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tapaptpat
·Looking down when we should be looking up 
10:10 for both i suppose is in order.
Good luck during the solar storm season.
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10:10 for both i suppose is in order.
Good luck during the solar storm season.
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vbrad26
·Dang how have I missed this thread.
Can I come over next summer?
Can I come over next summer?
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Walrus
·@tpatta i know it’s probably not something you would pick up with your major telescopes but being a stargazer have you ever spotted anything you could not identify? I’m not like a big UFO conspiracy kinda person but with the videos recently released by the US military and spending some time in Minnesota and other areas with much clearer skies than I’m used to I think twice I’ve seen moving objects that left me and people I was with baffled. I figure they were probably something explainable as I lack any serious knowledge of the night skies but I’m curious if someone like you who obviously knows the score has ever been left with a head scratcher. You provide us with some amazing photos always appreciated
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··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance@tpatta i know it’s probably not something you would pick up with your major telescopes but being a stargazer have you ever spotted anything you could not identify? I’m not like a big UFO conspiracy kinda person but with the videos recently released by the US military and spending some time in Minnesota and other areas with much clearer skies than I’m used to I think twice I’ve seen moving objects that left me and people I was with baffled. I figure they were probably something explainable as I lack any serious knowledge of the night skies but I’m curious if someone like you who obviously knows the score has ever been left with a head scratcher. You provide us with some amazing photos always appreciated
I guess I can now blow the lid off the alien thing. Yes Virginia, there are space aliens. Just kidding. In 55 years as an amateur astronomer and 30 years as a private pilot I have seen a handful the "things" I really can't explain. The first in the late 1960s and the most recent several years ago. Mostly moving objects that appear to be traveling at high rates of speed and making very rapid directional changes. I have always figured it was just new hi-tech aircraft since I live in an area that brought us the space age and the Skunk Works. It seemed logical for most of my experiences. The ones that would change direction by 90 degrees almost instantly are the ones I could never figure out. And then I say the flight of an F35. Variable direction thrust would explain the rapid change of direction. So the answer is I don't have a clue. With the billions of stars and then billions of galaxies in our universe I would assume something else is out there. Given the technology needed for interstellar space flight I'm pretty sure if they came by earth they would take a look and go WTF, who are these morons, and move on. 😁
