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Old 24-01-2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by supernova1965 View Post
Surely you can't mean no it cant be not BLUE SKY it jars a memory in me. Or is some other Atmospheric phenomena
This is a daytime phenomenon. When your clocks pass 6pm the garage door of the sky (aka cloud) closes so the blue stuff doesn't get stolen.

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Originally Posted by el_draco View Post
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then the sky went grey and it rained again.

I sobbed a bit more, but the rain hid my tears and went back to bed thinking.. why did I invest many $k in this telescope...; wait long enough and the rain actually comes to you...."
I think this is a generalisation of the buying astronomy gear weather theorem. Attempting to perform any astronomy related activity out of doors causes cloud or rain.
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