& arrival time - whether I'm going, home or elsewhere - is comfortingly subjective.Įvery night ends with a skyward glance. you can specify location, time of year and time of day to get an accurate chart. a quick nighttime glimpse skyward moves my spirit to a tranquil spot. Heres a quick astronomy lesson to help make your next night under the. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the transit, wherever I'm going. Heavyfoot goes by in a red blur of tail lights. As before, the Interactive Sky Chart shows two customizable views of the naked-eye night sky for any date, time, and location: A full-sky view shows the Moon, as well as all the bright stars and planets visible to the naked eye for a given time and location. "Now days," I don't drive using only parking lights, but I still drive slow, I slow even more in the face of bright, oncoming, fast moving halogen headlights, & if someone behind me is clearly "dying" to pass, I pull over & smile to myself when Mr. And when you call up the Interactive Sky Chart on your mobile device, it’ll work there too. Of course, there were fewer cars, they drove at slow speeds (there was no rush to get anywhere!), there weren't as many visitors in those days, & such commonplace courtesies reflected ways that were little known outside the community.
With respect to night vision, Chas, I suspect that you remember the "days" when most cars were driven at night with their "parking lights," and if a driver were using "headlights," he / she would turn them off when there was oncoming traffic - passing each other using only parking lights to guide the way.