Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 09, 2024
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October 11, 2024
Transcript:
havarti vestibule i-95 to baltimore curtainrod dental floss impetego grocery store conveyor belt purchase divider big mickey june skywatch the june sky is crammed with easily visible object & constellations, including havarti the artisanal cheese & big mickey the copyright violation. man: ooh! west east man: star light star bright, first star i see toni- what th- and, of course, the 21st is the summer solstice, the year's shortest night. on the 28th the starry firmament will fill with auspicious signs & portents: comets, meteors, wheels of fire, knotwork rainbows, kabbalistic symbols writ in lightning, stock quotations formed in the cold discharge of the aurora borealis, rain of frogs, etc. but nbc-4 weatherman bob ryan predicts rain. sorry!
Also when we astronomers get new optical equipment, you can pretty much guarantee the clouds will roll in. Last year when I had my cataract surgery – which certainly counts as new optical equipment! – our star parties were clouded out all spring!
But if you want to see a great aurora, just wait till I go home (one of my nicknames is Aurora Jinx.) And if you want to see a great meteor, just talk to my friend Bill and look over his shoulder – there will be one.