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• Look up.
  • Lying on your back or
  • Reclining in a deck chair is good.
• Keep your eyes open.

Things you might see

• during the day
  • Birds, especially
    • turkey vultures (Cathartes aura)
    • red tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis)
    • bluebirds (Sialia mexicana)
  • Airplanes
  • the moon
  • Iridium flares
• at night
  • the moon
  • stars
  • planets
  • satellites
  • meteors

Some things that have been seen

• PegDart saw some kind of explosion 22 Sep 2003 about 9:10 or so. Lit up the sky and got her all excited. Perhaps she will describe it for us. If others saw it and it makes the news there will be a link here.

Hints

• Heavens-above.com has lots of information on stuff you can see in space with the naked eye. To see what we are watching here at CampAugustine log on as "CampAugustine", Password: "visitor". (Without the quotes)
• Astronomydaily.com is another great site with current viewing information including deeper space events requiring telescopes. Log on as "CampAugustine", birthdate: "2 Feb 2000

Related Topics

• WildLifeReserve
• CampWeather

-- FloydPerryThistle - 13 Sep 2003
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