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Dec. 30th, 2010 08:34 pmThis morning, as I was driving down I-5 in the wee hours of pre-dawn, I stared at the crescent moon and a very bright planet before me. It was so bright that I could see it well after the sun had risen and the sky was blue. I kept looking for/at it until I was no longer facing south. Darn it, needing to watch the road while driving! Not knowing what planet it was, I searched for visible planets, and discovered it was Venus. Then, I read this tidbit:
•During dawn Thursday morning, spot the waning crescent Moon with Venus to its left. Can you follow Venus with your unaided eyes right through sunrise?
Much to my nerdy glee, that was exactly what I was doing! It's as if today was super-nerd day, since I ended the day in nerd-dom as well. Getting near Phoenix, I was really starting to get tired. After passing 411th, 355th, and 339th Avenues, which are out in the middle of nothing, I started watching the odometer and doing mental math to figure out if there was rhyme and reason for having numbered avenues so far out. Freeway exits go as far as 103rd Ave, but I'm not sure about the actual streets since I'm never on that side of Phoenix. My calculations told me there are 8 streets per mile, so I had to keep checking. Eventually I realized that doing the math was keeping me awake. That, or my coffee from 3 hours earlier finally kicked in.
Hmmm, to lug my suitcase and bags out of the car, or to just go to bed.
•During dawn Thursday morning, spot the waning crescent Moon with Venus to its left. Can you follow Venus with your unaided eyes right through sunrise?
Much to my nerdy glee, that was exactly what I was doing! It's as if today was super-nerd day, since I ended the day in nerd-dom as well. Getting near Phoenix, I was really starting to get tired. After passing 411th, 355th, and 339th Avenues, which are out in the middle of nothing, I started watching the odometer and doing mental math to figure out if there was rhyme and reason for having numbered avenues so far out. Freeway exits go as far as 103rd Ave, but I'm not sure about the actual streets since I'm never on that side of Phoenix. My calculations told me there are 8 streets per mile, so I had to keep checking. Eventually I realized that doing the math was keeping me awake. That, or my coffee from 3 hours earlier finally kicked in.
Hmmm, to lug my suitcase and bags out of the car, or to just go to bed.
