Saturday, March 29, 2008

Observing the Moon: An Astronomy Passion

& 39; Like many children, people & 39; m gave my 60mm telescope for Christmas one year. The scope of application & 39; was a feature of the department store brand - not quite - but to a child of 12 years, it opens the universe.
Through l & 39; I have to see the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus and Saturn& 39;s rings. But on all these eyes-open, c & 39; was the moon. He was in the rugged mountains & 39; eye - Tours crater casting long shadow over the lowlands, maria dark and light (painful), the uplands, the area pockennarbig craters of all sizes, some with light hull and some fun features verschn rkeln nature. J & 39; I was very quickly learned that the greatest amount of detail was along the terminator, the line of splitting light dark, where the shadows play on the functions displays them in a striking contrast. And, last but not least, every night a variety of functions, it could be said that in detail.
They how getting older, your memory playing tricks, you - you remember more good things than the disease. I remember very clearly, frostige night & 39; winter, when I could accompany my & quot; & 39; scope of application of the Moon on the hard drive and the digitization of some of its functions, I did not see & 39; in the landfill. These days, the sky was cloudy seem to be much more frequent and & 39; winter nights frostige are rare. I think that global warming is yours!
Time moved, and I & 39; have joined to and from the members of the committee positions in society d & 39; astronomy, the handling of certain magazines on the road. L & 39; astronomy was more about bureaucracy works such as a telescope clubs. Then, in the late 90& 39;s, will get back to my astronomical & quot; roots & quot; I & 39; bought a good & 39; telescope & 39;, 8 & quot; a reflector, which I & 39; likes again on the moon. Superb views still best rmte my eyes (at the request of happy memories nights 12 years of reports about my old 60mm scope of & 39; application).
I m & 39; d & 39; software writers (or should the & 39; & quot; engineer & quot;?) Occupation, and I & 39; I wrote a bit software that would allow me to plan Moon observations. & 39; M He said that if & 39; increase of the moon and put what you c & 39; was & 39; phase and other harassment. If people who saw & 39;, said that & 39; they wanted a copy, until & 39; that I polished him as Shareware published under the title of the moon phase. It & 39; is developed now for a full application called LunarPhase Pro. & 39; C is great to see that & 39; he received very good reviews - I feel that I & 39; have done something to raise awareness of & 39; other people from my old friend in sky.
With the course of the light pollution in the world, the sky of my youth were intact gradually behind the orange streetlights still. Where Stars geglitzert once on a velvet background, a few hardy grenades now poke through light fog and misty background & 39; neon glow. But the moon is always there, all berstrahlend darkness and pollution in the cough, we sky.
It & 39 d & 39; a shame that we do not address the sky with the same respect that we have of our national parks. After all, the sky belongs to us all. Like many & 39; us really appreciate people throwing garbage in our shipyards. Why should we do so that other d & 39; to the pollution of our natural resources?
Growing during the Apollo era & 39;, I must say that these missions play an important role in stimulating my interest in moon.And Now almost 40 years later, & 39; humanity is finally returning home to the Moon. It is a fascinating coming decades!
Gary Nugent has spent most of & 39; year, when he & 39; s occupies rememeber continuation of & 39; astronomy as a hobby. It performs a number of websites based on astronomy & 39;: Night Sky Observer LunarPhase Pro Pro Jupsat fonda shawna



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