Through see, I& 39;ve received & 39; moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus and the rings of Saturn. But most importantly, the opening of the eyes, there was the moon. There, in & 39; eye was rough Mountains - towers cast long shadows on the bottom of craters, Maria and dark (painful) light uplands, a surface pockmarked by craters of all sizes, some with light rays ejecta fun and a few vertebrae type of features. J & 39;& 39;ve learned very early that the greatest amount of detail was along the terminator, the line of splitting light dark, where the shadows play on the functions shows in total opposition. And the ceiling for all actions, every night different functions in detail.
They one could say, as you grow older, their memory playing tricks you - You remember more good things as evil. I remember very clearly, Calabria d & 39; winter nights, if I could my & quot; under the moon and its analysis of the hard disk for some features, I& 39;d & 39; not seen in the landfill. These days, the sky was cloudy seem much more frequent and nights of winter & 39; Calabria are rare. I think global warming for you!
Time has changed and I am to and from the positions of members of the Committee on & 39; in astronomy societies, the treatment of certain newspapers on the way. L & 39; astronomy has been more on the bureaucracy clubs ongoing research by a telescope. Then at the end of 90 years, returning to my roots & quot; astronomical & quot; I& 39;ve bought a & 39; & quot; true & quot; telescope 8-& quot; reflector, without me in the direction of Richmond. Views breath again attacked my eyes (request happy memories of nights of 12 years of reports about my former champ d & 39; application of 60mm).
I m & 39; software d & 39; writers (or should l & 39; & quot; engineer & quot;?) Training, I& 39;ve written & 39; a piece of software that would plan my Moon observations. M & 39; He said that if & 39; increase of the moon and & quot; Set & quot; phase that he was & 39; and other tricks. When human beings, that & 39; she saw, she wanted to make a copy, I& 39;m polite and it is published as shareware, under the title of the moon phase. It is now a wider application of phase lunar appointed Pro. C & 39; is great to see that & 39; he has made very good scores - I feel like I& 39;ve done the & 39; d & 39; for other human beings increasingly aware my old friend in the race for sky.
With of light pollution throughout the world, pristine sky of my youth were gradually fade behind a yellow-orange light & 39; s lamps more In addition the road. Where Stars twinkled once on a velvet background, only a few hardy a grenade of light by this haze and poke & 39; background hazy neon lit. But the moon is still there, outshining each murk we cough and pollution in sky.
It & 39; s a shame, we do not address the sky with the same respect we give our national parks. After all, the sky belongs to us all. Like many people really appreciate us throwing litter in our shipyards. Why should we allow, d & 39; others to pollute our natural resources?
Growing during the Apollo era & 39;, I must say that these missions play an important role in promoting my interest in the moon.And now almost 40 years, humanity seeks & 39; finally back on the moon . It is an exciting next few decades!
Gary Nugent spent several years when he & 39; s occupies the continuation rememeber astronomy as a hobby. It operates a number of Web sites based on astronomy & 39;: Night Sky Observer LunarPhase Pro Pro Jupsat
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