tangerinegreen555
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We called them 17 year locusts. But they must rotate as they were around every year.
But they're actually called periodical cicadas as they read magazines and newpapers.
Beautiful
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We called them 17 year locusts. But they must rotate as they were around every year.
But they're actually called periodical cicadas as they read magazines and newpapers.
Heard a thump on the living room window & I knew what it was so after looking around a bit I found him addled sitting in the grass. Brought it inside cause it's cold & we always have Crows, Ravens & Eagles around.
He perked up and was alert in 30 minutes so I put him in the tree off the front porch.
Flew off after just a few.
He perked up and was alert in 30 minutes so I put him in the tree off the front porch.
Flew off after just a few.
Nice save
Yayyyy, happy winter solstice.
The days just get longer from here!!
The days just get longer from here!!
420God
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Doesn't seem like it since it's only getting colder.
jerryb73
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Looks like ours
ANC
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Our village is over 300 years old... It was pretty cool coming from evening shopping.
The main roads are laid out E to W and N to S. It was soo cool, the sun was at one end of the main road and the full moon on the other.
The oldtimers must have been big into this shit.
BarnBuster
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Beautiful and exacting craftsmanship. Naval binoculars c. WW2, primarily Japanese (2nd one is German I think). Their optics were IJN's great advantage in early WW2 engagements prior to Allies development and use of radar.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I love Japanese optics. I have two pairs of Japanese binoculars. One is my do-it-all pair of Fujinon 10x70s. The other is this 22x100 Miyauchi astro (semi-apo objectives) pair, which looks like a direct descendant of those lovely naval glasses you posted.Beautiful and exacting craftsmanship. Naval binoculars c. WW2, primarily Japanese (2nd one is German I think). Their optics were IJN's great advantage in early WW2 engagements prior to Allies development and use of radar.
The skies are brighter and my eyes worse than just 5 years ago, so for now my days of chasing 12th-magnitude objects are on hiatus.
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Yours?I love Japanese optics. I have two pairs of Japanese binoculars. One is my do-it-all pair of Fujinon 10x70s. The other is this 22x100 Miyauchi astro (semi-apo objectives) pair, which looks like a direct descendant of those lovely naval glasses you posted.
The skies are brighter and my eyes worse than just 5 years ago, so for now my days of chasing 12th-magnitude objects are on hiatus.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Not the pair in the pic, but the same model. The 45 degree offset eyepieces are great for looking at objects higher up in the sky. But they make pointing the things difficult. I use'm on an old Unitron telescope tripod I have ... when I use'm at all any more.
Those look like they'd be the Schnidt for evaluating sheep horns @ long distance, but am I carrying them up a mountain?I love Japanese optics. I have two pairs of Japanese binoculars. One is my do-it-all pair of Fujinon 10x70s. The other is this 22x100 Miyauchi astro (semi-apo objectives) pair, which looks like a direct descendant of those lovely naval glasses you posted.
The skies are brighter and my eyes worse than just 5 years ago, so for now my days of chasing 12th-magnitude objects are on hiatus.
Nope, no thank you sir.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I saw Comet 46P/Wirtanen last night again. It is past perigee and perihelion, and it is slowly climbing into the northern sky above Auriga.
I caught it in the 10x70s as a big soft kiss of very faint light. In the 20x90s it was full moon big but faint and very diffuse. No visible nucleus.
This is technicaly a bright comet, but it has very low surface brightness. The fairly low light pollution I have here is still enough to make it a tough target. I'll bet that under desert skies it could be a naked-eye object, sort of like the Pinwheel M33. I've seen that one without optical aid (averted vision) as recently as 8 years ago.
The comet.
I caught it in the 10x70s as a big soft kiss of very faint light. In the 20x90s it was full moon big but faint and very diffuse. No visible nucleus.
This is technicaly a bright comet, but it has very low surface brightness. The fairly low light pollution I have here is still enough to make it a tough target. I'll bet that under desert skies it could be a naked-eye object, sort of like the Pinwheel M33. I've seen that one without optical aid (averted vision) as recently as 8 years ago.
The comet.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
The Moon, Venus and Mercury on the evening of March 18 this past year.
From Massachusetts.
From Maryland.
Long Island.
Connecticut.
Hours earlier near Madrid (Spain).
Rio. Note Venus lower right.
From Massachusetts.
From Maryland.
Long Island.
Connecticut.
Hours earlier near Madrid (Spain).
Rio. Note Venus lower right.
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I hate stuff like this. Somebody said that Venus, Jupiter and the Moon made a smily face in July. Here was the pic.
But here is what the event actually looked like. I am thinking of one of the slugs from Flushed Away.
But here is what the event actually looked like. I am thinking of one of the slugs from Flushed Away.