TWO GOOD Pictures Of Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3), July 24, 2020, Over New Hampshire As It Bids Farewell.
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This was the 4th time I got to see Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3).
I also saw it last Friday (July 17), this Monday (July 20) & this Tuesday (July 21).
Wow. It is fading fast! Yes, still naked-eye visible & I saw it within seconds of getting out of our Nissan van. But. I was in ‘total’ darkness. No ambient light.
This time I had my ‘new’ Panasonic ZS200 all set up for a 10″ exposure & even tripod mounted. Much easier if you do this at home.
It will cease to be naked-eye within days. It is hurtling away.
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I Got Some GOOD Pictures Of Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3), Last Night, Over New Hampshire.
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With my ‘new’ Panasonic ZS200. First time I had used it with a tripod & on manual exposure. Worked it out, in the fly, in the dark, in the back of our Nissan van.
I was on my own — this being Tuesday night. We had also seen it on Friday & Monday. They felt that they had seen ENOUGH!
Glad I went out.
Today, was a total washout.
Weather permitting I will be back again Thursday — when it will be closest to us.
Seeing it was SPECIAL. Really made me happy.
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Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3): Next 3 Days, The Best; Closest To Earth On Thursday, July 23, 2020.
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From my BOOK (of course) — see below.
Quite literally a HEADS UP. Weather, at least in New Hampshire, is always a factor. So, get out there. Do NOT WAIT for Thursday. Only takes ONE cloud as we have found out. SMILE.
I am going out, right after I post this. Seen it twice — three will be better, four a TREAT.
Enjoy. I am so happy I got to see it. Enjoy. We might not get another for another 23-years!
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Saw Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3) For the 2nd Time, Over New Hampshire, Last Night — Got Pictures.
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Saw it from 3 different places, all within 2-miles of home. 1st was ‘Ridge Road‘, in New Durham, off ‘Prospect Mountain Road‘. That is where we saw it on Friday too. Good spot, high up. BUT, a main road & there are cars going by with their lights on. That kills your night vision.
On the way home, I, serendipitously, discovered two GOOD spots on ‘Prospect Mountain Road’. SMILE. I have been walking that road for 13-years. I know it well. IDEAL. I was out there for 30-minutes & there was NO traffic.
Planning to go out tonight also.
Some Tips.
It is quite high up on the horizon. Above the treeline. Maybe 30°. So, make sure to look up from the horizon. Not much, but a fair amount.
It is FAINT, but once you see it it is naked-eye, but just. Yes, you can see it naked eye. GREAT through binoculars. I am using a VERY OLD pair of 10×50 & it works great.
Between North & North West — closer to N than to NW.
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To See Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3) In New Hampshire — Turn OFF Your Car Lights.
We did go out again Saturday & Sunday. Same place … Ridge Road, in New Durham, off Prospect Mountain Road (about 2-miles from our house).
Yesterday there were about 4 cars.
Today there was about 6 — & some were parked, on the side of the road, with their headlights on!
That is NOT going to help.
There was cloud cover both nights, so NEOWISE was NOT visible.
Even if it was, having car lights on will NOT help. NEOWISE is NOT bright.
YOU NEED NIGHT VISION — i.e., your eyes to get accustomed to the dark. Just like boating at night. Night vision.
So, TURN OFF your car LIGHTS (once you have parked).
This was a Public Service Message.
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What Am I Thinking: HOW & WHY Are We, The ‘Sapiens’, Standing Singularly Alone?
I drove for 9.5 hours, to Acadia & back, Wednesday/Thursday of this week. That gave me a LOT of time to THINK. And this was one of the THINKS that popped into my stack & kept me THINKING.
Evolution, at least within our niche in the world (meaning the ‘Ape’ family (& i.e., Hominoidea)) seems to have STOPPED.
Chimps & gorillas don’t seem to be getting any smarter? Shouldn’t they. That is how we came to be us. We evolved. While I don’t expect chimps to be us, why haven’t they got CLOSER.
Also, within the ‘Homo Erectus‘ family. There were a LOT of splits & we & the Neanderthals lived side-by-side for quite a long time.
NO MORE. We are alone.
How come we haven’t seen a SPLIT?
Worth THINKING about. Well worth THINKING about.
I came home & serendipitously found this book. I have been listening to it, as an Amazon Audible (for FREE), yesterday & today — during my 100-minute walks.
Bingo. The book addresses my concern right up front.
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So, it would appear that this was a GOOD THINK.
I am not done yet. The book hasn’t answered all my questions. But, it has given me more to TH
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We Saw Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3) From New Hampshire, Tonight — Even Got A Blurry Picture.
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We, i.e., Teischan (14) & I, saw it at around 10pm Friday night, from Alton, New Hampshire. We were on ‘Ridge Road’, by the side of ‘Prospect Mountain‘ — about 2-miles from home. It is high up & gets you above the treeline. We lucked out in terms of clouds. Few around, but lots of gaps.
I saw it, through a pair of 10×50 Zeiss binoculars on the VERY 1st look. Couldn’t see it at 1st with just my glasses. Took the binoculars out, put them to my eyes, turned around & looked.
BINGO! It was right there in the middle. Could see the tail clearly. I had to take a double take to make sure. Nope, that was it.
Teischan, though she wears glasses, could see it without the binoculars. After awhile, once my eyes got accustomed (& we had a fair amount of car & bike traffic going by with their lights on), I too could see it naked-eye, BUT it was very faint.
Unless you were looking for it & saw it, it is not something that will catch your eye.
It will get brighter over the next 6-days.
It will be CLOSEST to Earth on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Weather permitting that will be our best shot of seeing it in its full glory.
I was psyched. The DAY my Comet NEOWISE book gets published on Amazon — I get to see it for the 1st time. That was special. I was excited. I was happy.
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THE BOOK On Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3) Now Available On Amazon As A $2 eBook (Any Device, NOT just Kindle)
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Also available from APPLE
for APPLE.
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Two chapters dedicated to Comet NEOWISE.
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Just two examples of what is included.
OK, this is THE BOOK. The only book on Comet NEOWISE. All of $2.
Check it out. You will be pleasantly surprised. SMILE.
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YOU CAN READ it on ANYTHING. Plus, you can get it for APPLE.
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Comet NEOWISE (i.e., C/2020 F3) — THE Book.
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Available now, in Apple, Barnes & Noble, kobo etc.
eBook — BOTH Apple & Android.
Two chapters dedicated to Comet NEOWISE.
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Just two examples of what is included.
It would have been remiss of I NOT to have celebrated our (i.e., Northern Hemisphere) 1st naked-eye visible comet in 23-years.
Work like crazy since July 4 UPDATING my recent (i.e., May 2020) “Comets” book to be NEOWISE specific. So, made a ‘NEOWISE’ edition. It was hectic, BUT fun. I love comets.
Amazon is playing games.
But, it is already available on 7 outlets & as even sold a FEW! SMILE.
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Dr. Guannan Ge, Dartmouth-Hitchcock (Lebanon), The BEST Pain Doctor In New Hampshire?
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I think so.
We met with her this morning, in Lebanon. NO. Not for I. For the wife. She had been referred to her.
When I read her bio — above — I just couldn’t believe what I was reading. Sounded true good to be true. The type of doctor I had been hoping to someday find.
Well, she proved to be as GOOD as what she claimed in the bio — if not better.
IMPRESSIVE.
Young, but sure knows her stuff. Confident, self-assured, poised — but very low-key & non-pushy.
Wow. She actually understands PAIN! She knows the key role the brain & nervous system plays when it comes to pain. WOW. A doctor, at last, that is willing to talk about — even diagnose — central pain (now referred to as ‘Central Sensitization’). She was a revelation.
Over the last 14-year we must have seen at least 8 other so called ‘pain specialist’. They were all, in the end, charlatans. All of them put together (& they were all males) did not have her expertise, acumen & touch.
Wow. I was so impressed. (Have you already kind of got that impression that I kind of liked her?)
Well, I do know a bit about ‘pain’. I have written a book about it. SMILE. Yes, I gave her a copy & she was very gracious in thanking me for it.
I am looking forward to working with her. What a JOY.
Yes, she is native Chinese — in that she was born in China & did some of her schooling there. Great credit to China.
I the past I always tried to find Indian doctors. As of now, I am going to start by looking for Chinese doctors!
She (somewhat) restored my faith in DHMC.
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