Star Gazers

by LouBelle 21 Replies latest jw friends

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  LouBelle

  A friend of mine has 'reminded' me of how much I loved looking up into the heavens and gazing at the twinkling lights. I love the stars, planets, galaxies, nebulas. Their designs, colours, vastness, the endless renewal of light. All these many millions of miles away and yet so breathtaking.

  Makes one feel quite tiny on this little blue planet. There is so much to see up there. I haven't got myself a telescope yet, but I'm reading up on what's up there, looking at pics on the web, have found a fantastic wikisky site. It's all really awesome.
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  Honesty

  I live far enough away from the city that I can see a lot of things in the sky on a clear night.

  Right now I'm saving up for a new telescope:
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  Witness 007

  I live 30 Km outside the city centre.....great stars it's amazing to see the Southern Cross!
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  elder-schmelder

  I look up there sometimes, and I think - Hober created all of this and adam and eve screwed it up.

  elder-schmelder
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  ninja

  I stay in Glasgow scotland.....I think I saw the moon once...also there's rumour of a yellow ball being seen by the old timers....they called it "the sun"....no one believes them though
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  LongHairGal

  LouBelle,

  I am like you. I just love the night sky and the stars!

  LHG
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  troubled mind

  My husband and son are big astronomy fans .We have a telescope that is motorized to follow the object you are viewing . When our kids were little we would wake them up to come out in the back yard to watch meteor showers .We would get sleeping bags and lay on the trampoline .
  
  The best stargazing has been on trips to the mountains in Colorado while camping . This year we attended an astronomy club gathering at Rocky Mountain National Park . They had amazing telescopes ! One was so large we had to climb a ladder to look in the viewfinder and we could see spinning galaxies everywhere ...so cool .
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  White Dove

  Ninja,

  I was like you growing up and living in the northwestern (Washington state) US and never seeing the sun. I had to move before I could discover what moon, stars, planets, and most importantly THE SUN really looked like. I knew only clouds and rain 300 days a year. It's so nice to be in umm..."Greenland."
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  oompa

  me too lou!....and hope you looked up tonight for a real new moon treat....venus and jupiter make a triangle with the moon tonight!....venus is always there and big and beautiful....but right after sunset was quite a sight tonight... (i may have only been a near new moon).......oomps
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  Elsewhere

  If you go out tonight and look to the west you will see a giant "Smiley Face" made up of the Moon (mouth), Jupiter and Venus (eyes).

  ):

  (It might be too late for those on the East coast (has gone below the horizon), but those on the West coast should still be able to see it.