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babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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I just have to point out http://spaceweather.com. I realize that it's satellite tracking, but with the ISS at -4.0 right now and the supply ship coming up behind it at 0.5, I figured it's a good time to be able to go look at something in the sky.

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babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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Jekub posted:

Then I worked out that by zapping the light sensor on top of the streetlight with a 5mW green laser I could turn it off, which kept me amused for hours.

I hear putting out lights with a pellet gun (or .22 [or .308, if you're drunk and crazy]) works well too. I'm lucky enough to live in a place where the "observatory up the mountain" complains enough to get rid of all the white street lights. We've had the milky way cast shadows on moonless nights here before. Pictures cannot do it justice.

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