#123 - The dark side of the moon.
Feb. 20th, 2008 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reileenFrom Yahoo!News: Lunar eclipse to occur Wednesday night
I stepped outside to take a look. The news article warned of unfavorable viewing conditions for those in the midwest, but at least here, the skies were clearer than I thought they'd be. In addition to the half-veiled moon (which is really cool), you could actually see the stars out tonight.Or maybe this is just one time that I'm actually paying attention to things around me. I thought about pulling out my astronomy book to identify some of the constellations, but I got lazy.
I used to really be into astronomy when I was in middle school. Then I saw all the math involved and got scared. But one day I'll return to it for a bit. I've always been fascinated by the idea of things outside of Earth, outside of our solar system even. So many possibilities!
EDIT: Okay, so I went outside again with my astronomy book to try my hand at constellation hunting. I think I only identified Hydrus and Octans before starting to freeze, though.
-Reileen
living clouds, my blinded eye
I stepped outside to take a look. The news article warned of unfavorable viewing conditions for those in the midwest, but at least here, the skies were clearer than I thought they'd be. In addition to the half-veiled moon (which is really cool), you could actually see the stars out tonight.
I used to really be into astronomy when I was in middle school. Then I saw all the math involved and got scared. But one day I'll return to it for a bit. I've always been fascinated by the idea of things outside of Earth, outside of our solar system even. So many possibilities!
EDIT: Okay, so I went outside again with my astronomy book to try my hand at constellation hunting. I think I only identified Hydrus and Octans before starting to freeze, though.
-Reileen
living clouds, my blinded eye