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[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 60 points 7 months ago

You never realize just how often clouds are around until you want to look up.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 19 points 7 months ago

If you're like me weather has a huge influence on my work so you develop an oversensitivity to it and always looking at the sky taking notes, observing how it behaves and learning to predict what it's gonna do next.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Cool, you’re a meteorologist?

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Not at all haha, I'm a small media producer and drone pilot.

[-] CarlosCheddar@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

These are the consequences of using the cloud for everything!

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

Regular stars are cool too so I check whenever I'm outside at night

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago

Light pollution means you don't even need clouds to miss the stars

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago

My favorite star is Sirius, my favorite constellation is Cassiopeia. I try to find them every night.

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

I remember once in high school there was a super long and cool meteor shower at like 2 or 3 am. on a school night. My parents let me skip school the next day, and my friend stayed over, and we stayed up all night to see it. Core memory unlocked that night.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Did that unlock some kind of interest as well? Like astronomy or space or science in general or something else?

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I really like astrophotography but I don't have the money to do it. At a minimum, I would need to buy a star tracker mount for my camera and then get stacking programs, but those pictures won't be very good. For a good setup for astro, you need a telescope, a mount to fit your camera on, and other stuff.

It did help me get into other types of photography like macro.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Cool ☺️ Pivotal event!

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I respect your respect for astrophotography and I just wanted to say that you can still get some really amazing shots (albeit not super close-up). I've made a series of wonderful astrophotography time lapses with just my Sony mirrorless and a tripod and patience.

I'm sure you're probably aware but just wanted to say :)

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Sadly they became an investment banker

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

In case you weren't aware that he's a Seattleite.

[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

God, is this true. Missed both the eclipse and the aurora borealis to clouds. The thing is that the other days were sunny.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

You couldn't even tell it was happening. Fully overcast.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

About 5 years ago my wife and I went to Bryce Canyon. The area around there is fairly secluded with few people living there, thus there's little light pollution. As a result, the area is well known for it's night sky, as you can see more stars there than just about anywhere else in the continental US. Anyway, guess what we saw when we were there.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Two people fucking

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago
[-] generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 12 points 7 months ago

Rochester, NY checking in. Couldn't see the total solar eclipse due to clouds.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

So I drove up to see the totality and it was cloudy as shit in the DFW area. About 10 minutes beforehand the clouds parted.

I got super lucky.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Traveled to Buffalo. No eclipse =(

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago

But you can see Gibbers Crabst.

[-] KvasiroftheWoods@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Yes, this is called living in the pacific northwest ;D

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Doesn't a lunar eclipse happen way more often?

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Yes they do happen far more often than solar.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago

Same with meteor showers lol

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago

I had the same problem with the Perseids.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

I got a dobsonian for Christmas and have managed to use it twice

this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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