Spring has sprung! Woo hoo! Temperatures are warmer. That means I have an outside life again! ;) Last night we went for a walk. Because dh went with us, that was an hour long walk, so I was wiped out! lol Then ds got his telescope out, to look for the space shuttle, ATV and space station in the SW part of the sky at 8:30 pm. Hmmmmmm, that time came and went without a high flying object, so I ran inside to check the NASA web site. Although their sighting charts have the space shuttle schedule for nightly viewing across the skies all week, it actually landed in Florida an hour before we were supposed to see it fly across the sky. Interesting. LOL Anyway, I checked the sighting schedule and got more specific information for our area and we looked to the NW at 8:57 pm and we saw the space station. The ATV was to fly across about 30 minutes later, but the dc had to get to bed.
While watching the space station, a lady, who had been walking through the neighborhood, asked if that's what we were watching. She says she has seen the space shuttle, etc often over the skies. She even suggested going to Enchanted Rock, away from the city lights. They did that one night and saw the Milky Way! WOW! I looked at dh and said we need to camp or get a hotel for the night and do that. lol |
• Mar. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Glad you got to see so many neat things in your night sky. We've gotten out a couple of times for important things this winter, but it's been brutally cold lately. :'P