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Re: Equinox

#41 Post by jaywhat » September 23rd, 2011, 8:27 am

Latest post of the previous page:

... and here is the second of the year (technically at 9.04) - have a nice day friends. Tomorrow the nights start getting longer.... :sad:

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Re: Equinox

#42 Post by Alan C. » September 23rd, 2011, 12:22 pm

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Tomorrow the nights start getting longer.... :sad:
And the gales come.
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Re: Equinox

#43 Post by Tetenterre » September 23rd, 2011, 12:58 pm

jaywhat wrote: Tomorrow the nights start getting longer.... :sad:
Nope, they've been getting longer ever since the June solstice! :D

I'm happy -- much more observing time in the "winter half" of the year (and might even get some done during the astronomy course I teach)! :smile: :D :laughter:
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Re: Equinox

#44 Post by jaywhat » September 23rd, 2011, 4:48 pm

Tetenterre wrote:
jaywhat wrote: Tomorrow the nights start getting longer.... :sad:
Nope, they've been getting longer ever since the June solstice! :D

Of course - silly me! :redface: I should have added 'than the days'

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Re: Equinox

#45 Post by Gottard » September 25th, 2011, 3:07 pm

jaywhat wrote:... and here is the second of the year (technically at 9.04) - have a nice day friends. Tomorrow the nights start getting longer.... :sad:
...what is worst: the days start getting shorter!
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Re: Equinox

#46 Post by Val » September 25th, 2011, 9:50 pm

Hi Tententerre, do you have an observatory? my astronomy group, SIGMA, in Moray, meet at a local village hall but we also have a bothy at a disused airfield about 8 miles from Elgin, thus ensuring no light pollution. We do get a lot of cloud cover but also alerts for Aurora etc. which are quite good this far north.

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Re: Equinox

#47 Post by Tetenterre » September 26th, 2011, 10:23 am

Hi Val,

Nope, I don't have an observatory -- not worth it worth the trees in neighbouring gardens. I belong to two local astro societies: WAS is a "normal" sort with monthly talks, etc. and has an observatory in Durlstone Country Park on Purbeck -- it's a bit of a haul for me, so I generally only go there to support public events. SCAG, the other one, is purely an observing society -- we meet at a very dark site in the New Forest, set up kit, enjoy the sky and the craic (and we have a cake rota!).
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Re: Equinox

#48 Post by Val » September 26th, 2011, 7:22 pm

Sigma is 'normal' type but you would not know it to look at some of the members. I like the idea of a cake rota, might suggest it in preference to the biscuits we serve.

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#49 Post by Fia » September 26th, 2011, 8:15 pm

What about star shaped biscuits? Or doughnuts as the stuff around black holes is often described as doughnut shaped? :)

It's been jolly windy here as usual round the equinox. A mountain wedding this weekend saw more goosebumps than a poulterer at xmas and more blue lips than a mortuary...
Just the snow and darkness to look forward to now, can anyone tell me why I live in N Scotland? :shrug:

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#50 Post by Alan C. » September 26th, 2011, 8:24 pm

Fia
can anyone tell me why I live in N Scotland? :shrug:
As I've said before, the positives outweigh the negatives. :) I wouldn't swap my humble abode for a mansion in any city down South.
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#51 Post by Val » September 26th, 2011, 9:29 pm

can anyone tell me why I live in N Scotland? :shrug:[/quote]
And, Fia, you are contemplating moving even further North?

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#52 Post by Nick » September 26th, 2011, 9:49 pm

Alan C. wrote: I wouldn't swap my humble abode for a mansion in any city down South.
What.... Crowe Towers, ya mean? :D

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#53 Post by Fia » September 26th, 2011, 10:35 pm

OK Alan C, yes I agree the positives do outweigh the negatives.
Having lived in Sheffield, London and Edinburgh, although fun at the time, I wouldn't swap rural living for urban now. Neither have I any desire to live in England.

Yes, Val, I am contemplating moving more north. Somehow it seems preferable to south. I reserve the right to bitch about getting about in the winter though, but I hope to find work that doesn't expect me to walk miles in the snow in the dark. Which is why another winter currently fills me with doom and gloom...

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Re: Equinox

#54 Post by Alan C. » December 21st, 2011, 3:03 pm

Happy Solstice everybody :party:

The weather here is atrocious. :cross:
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#55 Post by Dave B » December 21st, 2011, 3:47 pm

The weather here is atrocious.
Thought that was the norm for you this time of the year, Alan!

Happy Solstice warming drinks by the fire to you (mulled wine/ale sounds fave), mate, and ditto for Yule.
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#56 Post by stevenw888 » December 21st, 2011, 4:51 pm

Happy solstice one and all. The weather here today is mild (around 9 celsius) compared to 2 deg celsius yesterday and a hard frost. I welcome the longer days, as presumably, these start getting longer as from tomorrow!

ps - this is my 200th post... I'm starting to feel part of the TH family!
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#57 Post by Alan C. » December 21st, 2011, 6:21 pm

I realised after posting that I'm a day early :redface: Such is my enthusiasm to get the bloody thing by. :smile:
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#58 Post by Dave B » December 21st, 2011, 6:24 pm

Alan C. wrote:I realised after posting that I'm a day early :redface: Such is my enthusiasm to get the bloody thing by. :smile:
Damn, you mean I am going to have to drink yet more wine tomorrow to toast the proper day?

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Re: Equinox

#59 Post by Alan H » December 21st, 2011, 6:47 pm

Dave B wrote:
Alan C. wrote:I realised after posting that I'm a day early :redface: Such is my enthusiasm to get the bloody thing by. :smile:
Damn, you mean I am going to have to drink yet more wine tomorrow to toast the proper day?

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Solstice

#60 Post by jaywhat » December 22nd, 2011, 6:11 am

Here it is and I get up. click on and find I missed all the fun here. Anyway, as Alan C says, today is the day and now we can move onwards and upwards whatever that means.

Happy Solstice to one and all :party:



Here is a nice little summary if anyone wants it -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice

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Re: Equinox

#61 Post by stevenw888 » December 22nd, 2011, 10:01 am

Hmmm, Jaywhat, your terms "little" and "summary" are possibly stretching the meaning of those two words!
I've just read wikipedia's page, following your link, and am more confused than ever! It says that the sun appears stationary at some point during the summer and winter solstice - well when was that then? The sun was out all day here yesterday, but I couldn't point to a time when it appeared to be stationary. It rises in the east and sets in the west, and in between those two points it travels an arc from east to west, across a southerly plane. My understanding of the winter solstice was that it was a) the shortest day, and b) the day on which the sun, at its highest point in the sky, is lower than on any other day.
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