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Old 05-03-2013, 09:55 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
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Originally Posted by louie_the_fly View Post
Just ducked outside during a recent ad break for a sneaky look at the sky and I noticed that the stars (and Jupiter) appear to be twinkling more than normal. What's the reason for this? Could it be a temperature thing?
It means that the upper atmosphere is unstable/ turbulent and offering very poor seeing/viewing...yes it could be attributed to temperature....Jet Stream might be another factor.
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