Astronomy Toadfish Nerds Unite!

[Swatopluk]

Astronomical events are perfect for weather prediction where I am. If anything of interest happens in the sky, there will inevitably be clouds.

[Sibling DavidH]

Yup - same here.  We didn't get to see a single Draconid, not even a little one. 

[ivor]

Noble people but they love a good joke...  left me here.

[Opsa]

Good, we need you here more than they do, anyway. 

No Draconids here, either. The moon was very bright, though. I went in a corn maze with some friends and we didn't even need flashlights. It was fun!

[anthrobabe]

The moon has been great! Big and bright.

[pieces o nine]

That it has. I've smiled at it every night when leaving work, and again at seeing it higher overhead when arriving back home.

[Opsa]

"Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon... up in the sky..."

[Aggie]

Going to watch the lunar eclipse right now!

[Opsa]

Wow- we're jealous!

The moon is so full and bright and beautiful I can hardly complain, but it is likely to outshine most of the Geminid meteor shower that'll be peaking on Monday and Tuesday. I wonder if you'll see any of them during the eclipse! That would be most awesome.

[Sibling DavidH]

Goddammit, there were too many clouds to see even the brief partial eclipse we should have seen here around 2pm.

I'll look forward to the meteors, thanks for the heads-up.

[Swatopluk]

I did not even notice that an eclipse was announced. But with near 100% reliability any cosmic event will always coincide with cloud cover anyway. With just enough cloudholes to stir vain hopes that this time one is going to see something.

[Sibling DavidH]

This is indeed one of the fundamental laws of nature, like Sod's Law, The Peter Principle and Pottinger's theorem.

[Opsa]

Don't forget that infernal Murphy. Here of course, we had the entire earth in the way of the eclipse.

We're supposed to have clear skies for the next couple of days, so I'll keep an eye out for the Geminids.

[Opsa]

Hey! Anyone gonna try to see the transit of Venus across the sun? Last chance this century!

[Swatopluk]

OK, I know exactly what weather we will have here on that day; even without looking up the forecast.
Apart from that, no chance in the city to see anything.