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Mike Weasner

@mweasner

Amateur astronomer (ETX-70AT, ETX-90RA, ETX-105PE, ETX-125AT, 8in LX200-ACF, PST, 3in Newtonian, SkyShed POD)

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Bird enjoying Oracle snow!

A little birdie told me it snowed in Oracle.

For those who know Dr. Clay Sherrod, here's his Christmas present from his daughter, made (she said) in his likeness.

CalSky.com sent me ISS-Sun Crossing alert for 31 Dec. Forecast partly cloudy sky. (ISS orbit boost scheduled soon?)

About 1" of snow here in Oracle. View from my Live Webcam (http://www.weasner.com/webcam/index.html):

Another photo of #Monsoon2012 dust storm ~35 miles west of Oracle. Definitely moving north.

#Monsoon2012 dust storm by Picacho Peak as seen from Oracle (35 miles away).

This is the #Monsoon2012 storm that just passed through Oracle & dropped 0.3"rain in 15 minutes.

#Monsoon2012 storms occurring west of Oracle right now.

Sunset after Friday's Oracle #Monsoon2012 storm. iPhone panorama South thru Northwest.

ISS image captured w/ 8" LX200-ACF & D7000 DSLR. Details at http://www.weasner.com/co/Reports/2012/08/29iss/index.html

Photo of double rainbow with lightning over Oracle, AZ, from this evening's #Monsoon2012 storm.

Venus & moon about 1 hour after sunrise & 7 hours before start of today's Venus occultation. #moonwatch

Discovered this postcard in a collection of Chicago's 1933 World's Fair items my mother had saved.

Nice little #Monsoon2012 shower west of Oracle. From my live webcam:

Photo montage from Sunday's solar eclipse as seen from Cassiopeia Observatory. #astronomy #solareclipse

& I took almost simultaneous photos of Copernicus from ~930mi apart. Cross your eyes to merge into 3D view.

Sunday night's #ISS pass as imaged in 8" LX200-ACF w/ D7000 DSLR.

If you don't know what graupel looks like, here is a photo of some that just fell in Oracle, 2mm-5mm.

Daytime Venus & Crescent Moon. Venus easy to see. Photo taken 1534 MST, from Oracle, AZ, with D7000 DSLR, 300mm lens.