Syracuse Astronomical Society Public Viewing

We had a blast at the SAS last night. We saw a comet, Jupiter and 3 moons and a nebula. I did take along a camera with a 11-18mm lens to capture a wide swath of the night sky.

That's the Milky Way running vertically through the center. This is nearly overhead with a slight tip to the east. For you photo junkies out there, this is ISO 1250 F/4.5 11mm manual focus to infinity.

Here's another shot of the Milky Way looking east off the horizon.

Red light is easier on your night vision, so they have red lights inside their observatory building. There's one more public viewing next month, weather permitting. You can find out more about this little slice of amazing on their website. These are best seen in original size on black in a darkened room.

Flooding

Had an errand to make at lunch on Friday and found my short cut closed. Road flooded. Lots of people were cutting through anyways. I wasn't going to try it, I like my car too much and it's pretty low to the ground. That's moving water by the way.

Butternut drive was flooded at both ends, ironically in front of the Manlius DPW and the State DOT garages. Must be the budget cuts.

 All license plates have been blurred out to protect the guilty from disobeying the road closed signs.