Went Stargazing to See Jupiter and the Stars With stargazing on our minds lately - this weekend we went out to a local Astronomy get-together to look at the night sky. There were telescopes ranging from 2” apertures to 14” apertures - so there were lots of celestial objects to look at - if you knew what you were looking for.
During the evening we saw (1) Jupiter and the 4 Galilean Moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto), (2) Mizar and Alcor - two stars that form a double star in the handle of the Big Dipper (aka Ursa Major), (3) the "Double-Double" stars of Epsilon 1/2 and Delta 1/2 in the constellation of Lyra near Vega and (4) even a low earth orbit satellite zipping by. Although we did not take any direct photos of the planets, moons and stars that we saw - here are some representative pictures of what they looked like.
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Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in Maryland, Washington DC and Gettysburg We just got back from a trip to Maryland, Washington DC and Pennsylvania. Saw lots of interesting historic sites as we hiked through the Maryland countryside, the heart of DC and Gettysburg.
In Maryland we saw the sites of Point Lookout Prison (the largest Union prison camp for Confederate soldiers of the Civil War), Fort Lincoln (one of three forts constructed for the defense of Point Lookout) and the statue commemorating Benjamin Welch Owens Confederate States of America (CSA) Medal of Honor actions at Gettysburg. Although not "backcountry" hiking our trip to DC qualified as a 10 mile "urban" hike. We walked everywhere and saw everything that we could fit in. Saw the Air and Space Museum, Natural History Museum, National Archives, National Gallery of Art, Capitol Building , Washington Monument, WWII Monument, Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Monument, Korean War Monument, White House (even got to see the President's helicopters fly in) and the Hamilton statue at the Treasury Building. The weather was 70 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze and reasonable humidity - so it was as close to a perfect as you could hope to have in DC. In Gettysburg, after going through the museum and the Cyclorama (a 360° cylindrical painting of the battle, originally commissioned in 1884, that's 42 feet high and 377 feet in circumference), we hiked all over the battlefield - focusing on Little Roundtop, the Devil's Den, the Bloody Wheatfield and the Peach Orchard since that is where the most critical fighting occurred. You can see all the photos of our Adventures on the Adventures/North America page. The Woods After the Blizzard Here in New England we only had a couple of patches of snow left in the shady spots of the yard on Monday. Yesterday we got 12"+ of new snow in 12 hours. Today I took a hike in the woods and here's what one of the streams looked like after the blizzard of snow dropped by Winter Storm Stella. Recently Added Photos of Our Summer Trip to Canada Today I added some photos showing a small part of the Adventures that we had on our recent hiking and camping trip to New Hampshire, Maine and Canada. During our trip we drove a total of 2,110 miles and saw sights in:
Recently Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in Europe Today I completed adding the photos for many of our larger Adventures in Europe. These photos show a small part of our Adventures in the following locations:
Recently Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in the Caribbean Today I completed adding the photos for many of our larger Adventures in the Caribbean. These photos show a small part of our Adventures in the following locations:
Recently Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in the Middle EastToday I completed adding the photos for our only Adventure in the Middle East. Although we have planned trips to other Middle Eastern countries, every time we tried to finalize our plans global events forced us to cancel them. These photos show a small part of our Adventure in the following two locations:
Recently Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in Asia Today I completed adding the photos for many of our larger Adventures in Asia. These photos show a small part of our Adventures in the following locations:
Recently Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in Australia and New Zealand Today I completed adding the photos for many of our larger Adventures in Australia and New Zealand. These photos show a small part of our Adventures in the following locations:
Recently Added Photos of Some of our Adventures in the US and Canada As I mentioned in my previous post, I have completed adding the initial photos for many of our larger Adventures in the United States and Canada. These photos show a small part of our Adventures in the following locations:
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