ATM "Clear Skies"--My foot!]

[Jerremy Baterson <jdbaterson@usa.net>]

"Frank Schiralli, Jr." <schiralli@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Uhhhh...Jerremy...I hope you are >>kidding<<, right?? (No smiley faces).

No, no, I mean it! This is a damn conspiracy! Some one is ruining my
skies DELIBERATELY, so that I can't see those nebulae and deep sky
objects!

>Try getting out of bed after the moon sets if you want to observe under a
>dark, moonless sky.  That's what I did for the last two nights in a row
>(and yes, I'm at work all day).  Stayed up all night Tuesday into
>Wednesday, and got up at 2:00am this morning to observe and do some CCD
>imaging.
>http://members.tripod.com/~AstroImager/recent.html

Actually, I must have hit a raw nerve judging from the response I got
from this post. I never got so many responses to one post since I first
joined a year ago! I'm not the only one with bad skies. The weather is
very unusual this year. 

You are right about not being a lazy butt. When I was 11 or 12, getting
up at 3am in the morning was far easier. I'm glad that you are a hard
worker. 

P.S. If I ever run for Congress, my first campaign promise will be:
"I PROMISE to keep the weather clear on MOONLESS nights for all the atms."

--Jeremy Batterson


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