At 02:34 PM 5/30/02, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > >Go out tonight > > >Probably can do it from my dinnerroom window - it faces North, >and Deneb will have an elevation of about 50 deg during >its transit, around 20:00 :-) > > >and look up at the Milky Way through Cygnus, and you will > >see that it seems to be divided into two parallel streams by the "Cygnus > >Rift", which is where the clouds block the light of stars behind them in > >our Galaxy. > > >Oh, the night probably won't be too clear for me to >notice _that_! :-)
If you can see the Milky Way at all from where you live, the dark lane will be impossible to miss. If not, that's why I included the links to the pictures. ;-) (I am quite sure I wouldn't be able to see it tonight from where I live, as it has been raining and is scheduled to do so off and on until at least Sunday night/Monday morning, and, though no water is actually coming down right now, the clouds don't show any signs of breaking up, either.) -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
