Continuing with the astronomy theme I've had over the past few weeks, I was sent Google Sky. Many thanks for this. I'm known in both my NH and NS hometowns for spending lots of time looking at the sky, day or night. I remember my chagrin and shame when, sometime around 1994-5, I was standing on a NS neighbor's deck in the afternoon and noticed a slight browning of the horizon...the same browning I'd been seeing climb up my NH home's horizon for several years prior.
I asked my neighbor about it. It was smog, she offered, making its way up from the US.
So long my pristine Nova Scotia skies
Still, the air up there is still fresher and cleaner (at least in my mind) than in NH these days. One of the joys of both NS and NH locations is that the neighbors will often gather together for bonfires and map the skies or, often more enjoyably, sgeul gu latha.
Back to this post...sky reference software is nothing new. At one such bonfire I mentioned to our friends that there was lots of satellite tracking and similar software available. Really want to be blown away? Get Celestia or Orbitron.
And in all cases, enjoy.
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