I prefer the solid ground for night sky viewing. I've got a
place with no nearby light pollution, millions more stars
are visible. One clear night a few years ago, there was
snow cover but no clouds at all, I was out driving by the
airport and wondered why they had the strobes running, then
I realized it was a meteor storm, the flashes were so bright
they were casting shadows on the snow and leaving smoke
trails in the sky.
It was late at night, so I stayed out several hours
watching. I made just one mistake, I told my wife about it.
She was tired and had to get up to go to her college class.
I thought she would not want to be disturbed. I told her
and she has never forgiven me.



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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| If you haven't seem it
| http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html has a
| different picture every day.
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| I have a nearly 100% ACCURATE METHOD OF FORECASTING THE
| CLOUD COVER, that works like this. when they have a
meteor
| shower or storm, an eclipse, or any other event it will
be
| overcast in central Kansas.
|
| Ahhh, come on :-)
|
| You got the tools to get above the cloud deck.
|
| Can't say what a telescope will do for aerodynamics, or
tracking a
| particular astronomical object in the sky, but at least
you will have a
| veiw.
|
| Allen