novbabies
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As promised, a panorama of my new yard south of Athens in Yellow skies, with only 6-8° obscuration by trees in the South  !! The entirte horizon is pretty good, and this view from my putative observing spot is probably a greater than 270° span, from northeast to northwest!
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Good Seeing!
Mark
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Den Mama
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Mark, I'm not Steph, but Congratulations!!! 
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!
Carol (not Steph  )
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Carol
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~Steph~
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Really nice, Mark!  I'm glad y'all got that house, I was hoping you would after you'd posted about it before.
And Carol -- don't start THAT again. 
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Den Mama
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I was just making sure Mark didn't mistake me for you 
Carol 
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novbabies
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(I mean this in a very nice way:) I never make the unpardonable error of mistaking one woman for another  !
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Mark
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novbabies
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Oh yeah, and plus, I wasn't singling Steph out, it's just that now that I know her username (long story) I wanted to cement it into my blockhead brain with a post...
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Good Seeing!
Mark
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(I mean this in a very nice way:) I never make the unpardonable error of mistaking one woman for another !
Wise decision.
Carol
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Vixen 80MF
Masayumas 7.5,15,25W,35
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Rusty
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The only suggestion I'd make is to get that house out of the way, as it will block some of your view...
Note that I'm in no way envious...
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novbabies
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The only suggestion I'd make is to get that house out of the way, as it will block some of your view...
Note that I'm in no way envious...
I did take a drive down there after dark on Saturday night (11-3). The Milky way was readily apparent, although not so obvious as I've seen it in SE CT. I attribute this to the temperature - low 60s. Although I will say that I then drove south about 8 miles, and the Milky Way was more prominent. OK, the scientist in me says, could be later and therefore better, and so I drove BACK to the home site - nope, same Milky Way...I so hope this site in Yellow skies will be at least as good as my site in CT.
OTOH, whatever it is, it is, get over it and get on with it !
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Mark
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Joel
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Congratulations Mark!
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Very nice.
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novbabies
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Thanks all!
Last night we had a business dinner, and I was out past dark....so I took a drive down to our new home.....it was in the mid 40s, clear, dry, and transparent....the Milky Way was much more obvious, with much detail, and even a glimpse of granularity...I am hopeful!
Comet Holmes was also up, readily apparent, seems to be fading a bit now, estimated the mag at 3.2-3.3 or so...
There are lots of new stars I've never seen before !!! I saw Alpha and Beta Gruis last night, apparently right around culmination! And....I ***think*** there are 5° additional room for Canopus....remains to be seen. Unless I am mistaken, it ought to culminate around midnight on Jan 8 !!!
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Good Seeing!
Mark
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Mark, I'm so happy for you to move to great night skies! It must be exciting!
Be sure to keep us posted of your adventure!
Carol
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novbabies
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! Thanks Carol!
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Mark
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~Steph~
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 Glad to hear it's even better than you thought!
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novbabies
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Thanks Steph !
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Mark
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Olivier Biot
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Congratulations, Mark!
To me it looks like you got a wonderful spot - by day and by night
Cheers!
Olivier
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novbabies
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Thanks Olivier!!!
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Mark
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novbabies
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Here's a capture from Google Earth with Light Pollution overlay...Athens is in the red zone at the top !
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Mark
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