Lunatic Fringe Festival '05-'06

[sardog1]

Oct. 17: Fabulous full moon for cruising a snowy landscape tonight, but sadly only the Rockpile is skiable (sic).

However, 'tis best to mark your calendars now (and practice your bleary-eyed, morning-after excuses), so you're ready:

Wed., Nov. 16
Thurs., Dec. 15
Sat., Jan. 14
Tue., Feb. 13
Tue., March 14
and, yes: Thur., April 13 ("Dare to believe!")

 

[patrickbrusil]

The moon by the MA coast was gorgeous as of 1:35am. Thanks for the dates of the upcoming full moons.

 

[Jay H]

I went kayaking yesterday afterwork and stayed just before the full moon was up. It surely was pretty with the red hues and stuff reflecting off the lake. The funny thing was that it wasn't even planned, I didn't know if was a full moon and was just planning on going kayaking with a friend of mine..

It was like... Bonus!

Jay

 

[sardog1]

Arise, fellow lycanthropes! OWWOOOOOOOOO!

Okay, so we crapped out in November. But now it's finally time to run with the big dogs:

"Heavy Snow Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
900 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THEN MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD
...TRACKING JUST PAST CAPE COD LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
TURNING OUT TO SEA FRIDAY NIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST...REACHING SOUTHERNMOST NEW HAMPSHIRE AROUND DAYBREAK THEN CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MAINE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY OVER SOUTHERN AREAS LATE IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING."

and

"U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department
Thursday
15 December 2005 Eastern Standard Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:37 a.m.
Sunrise 7:10 a.m.
Sun transit 11:39 a.m.
Sunset 4:09 p.m.
End civil twilight 4:41 p.m.
MOON
Moonrise 3:00 p.m. on preceding day
Moonset 7:29 a.m.
Moonrise 3:47 p.m.
Moon transit 12:07 a.m. on following day
Moonset 8:27 a.m. on following day
Full Moon on 15 December 2005 at 11:16 a.m. Eastern Standard Time."

Note: She be waxing nice and gibbous already -- don't wait until Thursday!

HAVE A HOWLIN' GOOD TIME!

 

[audrey]

Sardog,

What's civil twilight?

 

[post'r boy]

definition

civil twilight....According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, civil twilight is defined to begin in the morning, and to end in the evening when the center of the Sun is geometrically 6 degrees below the horizon. This is the limit at which twilight illumination is sufficient, under good weather conditions, for terrestrial objects to be clearly distinguished; at the beginning of morning civil twilight, or end of evening civil twilight, the horizon is clearly defined and the brightest stars are visible under good atmospheric conditions in the absence of moonlight or other illumination. In the morning before the beginning of civil twilight and in the evening after the end of civil twilight, artificial illumination is normally required to carry on ordinary outdoor activities. Complete darkness, however, ends sometime prior to the beginning of morning civil twilight and begins sometime after the end of evening civil twilight.
Sunrise and sunset conventionally refer to the times when the upper edge of the disk of the Sun is on the horizon, considered unobstructed relative to the location of interest. Atmospheric conditions are assumed to be average, and the location is in a level region on the Earth's surface