Thanks for sharing your “epiphany”. Totally agree.
There is something serene and uplifting about being able to observe celestial events with the naked eye using minimal technology. I have been a keen chaser of transient events and I find I can remember them all vividly and my impressions at the time just by revisiting the brief observing notes I make for each one. I don’t have anywhere near the same feelings and connection for those events I have imaged in some form.
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Originally Posted by StuTodd
I was on a windy headland on Cape Saunders having had 2 hours sleep after a bad night shift. Me and the pacific ocean for company, the first mainland landfall of the new day. And an epiphany hit me.
I closed the laptop, the wrestling with software was gone. The forgotten EQ6 power cable didn't matter. I just simply observed the planet crossing the face of our Star with my own eyes.
That last 10 minutes will stay with me forever.
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