December Sky 2007

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:04 am

One of my responsibilities is tracking celestial events and alignments. I decided to share them here. Sometimes we're too busy and time can get away from us. So here's the rest of December. I'll post some more (about January) later, too.

December 22 - The Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere occurs at 06:08 Universal Time. The Sun is at its lowest point in the sky and it will be the shortest day of the year. This is also the first day of winter.
December 24 - Mars at opposition. This means Mars, Earth, and Sun are aligned. Mars will be closest to Earth in its orbit and it will be fully illuminated by the Sun. This makes it best time for viewing and photographing the Red Planet. We know it means more than that though.
December 24 - Full Moon. Aaaaooooo!

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:25 am

Why can't the winter solstice ever occur at 3 PM Eastern Time . . . I'd like to be able to sleep in for once.

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:33 am

I think you just need to stay up late

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEhelp/TimeZone.html

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:38 am

But by the time I finish cleaning up the mess, I'll need to be in for work.

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:47 am

Oh I understand.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:53 pm

A fascinating Christmas Eve. Lots to do, I think.

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:40 pm

Undead Santas in malls across America.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:00 pm

Jack Frost staring down the barrel of a gun. :lol:

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:07 pm

Good thing New Year is my day. :mrgreen:

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:04 pm

Last year was a good New Year. You'd just joined the team. This one's going to be cool, too.

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:17 am

Oh, the Solstice is occurring on the 22nd this year? That means I *won't* be working through it!

I didn't bother checking, myself, 'cuz for one, I've been too exhausted, and for two, I didn't want to find out it'd be on Friday, and I'd have to work through it...

Thanks, Natasha!

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:56 am

Shit, and I thought it was the 21st again. I need to update my plans.

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:20 pm

Whoop--

I missed seeing that December 24th was a full moon. We had a really cloudy sky that night... I'm not really worried about the lycanthropy thing before, but I've never had any real experience with were's. Will clouds dampen the effect of a full moon on a lycanthrope? Do I really need to lock myself up for the next full moon, just in case, or should I not worry about it, since it still hasn't manifested?

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:37 am

I would think that you are safe for the most part KT, but You may want to have somebody else double check, just to make sure.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:54 am

Any strange, vivid dreams from that night?

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:44 am

None, really. Had one where I was all pleased with myself for chasing the bitch off, but it wasn't what I'd call "vivid". I think it went from my patting myself on the back into a 50's black-and-white murder mystery...

Dreams are funny like that.

Hannah · Post by **Hannah** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:33 am

Hi Josh,

I wish my dreams were funny like that.

Instead my dream walks around and tries ta kill people.

Hannah

PS: I think he's been watchin' me.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:53 pm

You told your Pa about this?

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:40 pm

You think he WOULDN'T know about something like that?

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:01 pm

I don't know unless she tells me . . . or decides to post it here.

We're going to have a discussion about what is important information for me to know tonight.

Hannah · Post by **Hannah** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:30 pm

What a discussion it was.

My ears are still ringing.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:59 pm

Try to let it happen again then, right?