Tonight, apparently, the Space Shuttle (STS-117) and I.S.S. will be visible to the naked eye in my neck of the woods. Around 10:00 PM moving from northwest to southeast at about the visible speed of a commercial jet.
Sarah got a telescope for her birthday a year-and-a-half ago. Time to bust that sucker out of the box, says I.
EDIT: The telescope seems to work, although it's not the most stable platform for viewing things. The real problem is the haze... the moon is a yellow crescent blob in the sky, the stars are entirely invisible, and all hope of seeing relatively tiny vehicles is gone.
More Common Folk
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*Build-a-Villager*
*28mm*
Actor, weaver, sailor, and midwife/witch
The common folk. NPC's. Joe Six-Flagon. Whatever you call them, they
make up mo...
4 days ago
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