Jupiter and the Moon

[northcanadian]

Hi All:

We have had a cold spell here for a while now (-32 or so ...northern Saskatchewan) .  Needless to say I haven't been out scoping recently.  However on our way back north Wednesday evening we observed a beautiful orange moon and Jupiter (at about eeleven o'clock to the moon) Sometimes it was directly in front of us as the highway curved.  We enjoyed the view ...sometimes peeking through the boreal forest.

Hope to get out with the scope once it warms up considerably.

Cheers

Roger

[Bosuser]

Wow, and I thought I had problems with temperatures around freezing point.

How much warmer will it need to get for you to venture outside with your scope again?

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[northcanadian]

Hi.....last winter I was silly enough (on one occasion) to get out there scoping at  -14.....kind of tough on an old fellow like me...lol

Cheerrs

[Stargazer 2013]

is  that -14F? if so  in UK terms  thats  massive -25c .brrrrr lol

[northcanadian]

It is celsius....however it is still cold, lol

Cheers

[Stargazer 2013]

-14c where I live  would freeze hot tea lol..Luckily I haven't been that far north in Canada,Toronto  and southern parts of Ontario was only place I went to

[northcanadian]

It is so cold here that the other day someone spotted a couple of our senator politicians with their hands in their own pockets.

[Astro Imp]

I must say you're a lot tougher or more stupid than me 

Good luck and try to keep toasty. 

[ronl]

Thankfully it never get's that cold here, -7 is about the lowest

I have been out observing, but I must say that the sky is so clear

when it is frosty, I don't mind the cold, but not your temperatures,

you must be hardy folk, and yes Jupiter and the Moon do look

stunning at the moment. 

[northcanadian]

-41c here this morning......wouldn't mind some global warming here!

Cheers

[jetstream]

-41c here this morning......wouldn't mind some global warming here!

Cheers

Oh no,that means it is coming my way.....

[ronl]

- 41 seems a ridiculous temperature, you must still be in the

ice age, give me global warming any time, I would probably die

if I stepped outside. 

[Nigele2]

NorthCanadian I thought I was hardened to cold but that is crazy.  It was zero here a week ago so I observed the moon through the double glazing mapping crators with the Central Heating up and a nice cold glass of white in hand.  You'd have to lick the wine off a stick 

But please do post what you get up to.  I'm sure like others I find hearing from fellow enthusiasts in different environments fascinating.  I can picture the scene in your first post.  

And before I get dragged away into family Christmas things a very Happy Xmas to all those who live nearer to Santa Claus than me and yet still brave it  

ps And everyone else for that matter