mickkk
08-09-2006, 07:05 PM
Here I am, enthusisastic amateur. Been reading here for about 12 months with nothing to say.
However last week I was on the back porch, the sky was dark to the east but out the front to the s/w it was still light.
I was looking up for no reason like I always do at random wishing for somethin to hapen when I noticed a bright object it grew in brightness, star like at about 15 degrees s/e WOO its began to fade and I knew I was looking at the best solar flare(oops Iridium) I have ever seen. Id give it 9/10 compared to the normal 4/10 for the ones I see. Ive seen one in daylight too.
I was looking up 4am one morning and saw the best meteorite ever. Flashing and changing colours as it went through 3 atmospheres or something I think. Lasted 5 seconds looked like it was going straight down from my angle and boy oh boy do I know know how average a shooting star is in comparison!
Saw the Aurora Australis from my backyard a few years ago at 5am, great red/ green curtain that I thought was a fire at first, wow was that great.
Been in the middle of the southern ocean dead calm and seen one shooting star a minute in any direction, that was like the world was ending it was so clear. They said that happens all the time down there.
All these things over the last 5 years or so. So I reckon if you look long enough, youre lucks going to improve.
I look outside at the sky a dozen times at night. if I wake up in the middle of the night I have a look if its clear for a minute. Im planning to look over the bay a lot at night this summer.
I dont have a telescope yet. I cant justify the bucks just yet, but I have a great dslr I m gunna try on the night sky soon.
So if youre new, just keep looking like I do, you just never know. Imaging houses with clear roofs, no ceilings. How cool would that be?
However last week I was on the back porch, the sky was dark to the east but out the front to the s/w it was still light.
I was looking up for no reason like I always do at random wishing for somethin to hapen when I noticed a bright object it grew in brightness, star like at about 15 degrees s/e WOO its began to fade and I knew I was looking at the best solar flare(oops Iridium) I have ever seen. Id give it 9/10 compared to the normal 4/10 for the ones I see. Ive seen one in daylight too.
I was looking up 4am one morning and saw the best meteorite ever. Flashing and changing colours as it went through 3 atmospheres or something I think. Lasted 5 seconds looked like it was going straight down from my angle and boy oh boy do I know know how average a shooting star is in comparison!
Saw the Aurora Australis from my backyard a few years ago at 5am, great red/ green curtain that I thought was a fire at first, wow was that great.
Been in the middle of the southern ocean dead calm and seen one shooting star a minute in any direction, that was like the world was ending it was so clear. They said that happens all the time down there.
All these things over the last 5 years or so. So I reckon if you look long enough, youre lucks going to improve.
I look outside at the sky a dozen times at night. if I wake up in the middle of the night I have a look if its clear for a minute. Im planning to look over the bay a lot at night this summer.
I dont have a telescope yet. I cant justify the bucks just yet, but I have a great dslr I m gunna try on the night sky soon.
So if youre new, just keep looking like I do, you just never know. Imaging houses with clear roofs, no ceilings. How cool would that be?