Stargazin..vs.. Mosquitos

[dpab]

Man is it ever bad this year for those friggan little suckers , I am determined to try and not let them bug me .But thats okay , seems everytime I have plans it rains.
For those that care ...why did Noah bring 2 mosquitos on board?

clear skies and no mosquitos

[dmill1220]

Hi dpab,
I have the same problem up here, even though I know it doesn't matter, I hate to see large insects, especially those flying beetles land on my 12 inch mirror, never mind my face! as far as Noah,
Shame on him for bringing them along!
But I'll bite why did he?

Dennis

[dpab]

Its not a joke ...its just a simple thing to ponder on ...thats all.
when you say up here ...where are you ?
Geeze up here in Edmonton Alberta, its almost 10.30pm before you see Venus and almost 11 before you can polar align on Polaris , because of the long days.deep sky stuff is basically done for a few months
Those people farther north must be putting away the scopes in the land of the midnight sun.
The NLC season is here, interesting ,but not good for stargazin.

[dmill1220]

Dpab,
You are definetly farther north than I am.
Im at latt N 43, 03.25 long W 071 12.72.
the heavy rains, flooding and, an early spring, has made the bugs here real bad, the tick population is now worse than ever, thanks to a decrease in Snow fall amounts this past winter.

Normally I just use a can of OFF repellant ,making sure that I do not get any on my hands, but I still have to check for ticks now, with the warmer weather, I usually remove at least 5 or more from my clothing after an observing session.
Another big problem this year is the huge amount of pollen in the air, it just gets everywhere, I have a Deep blue Pick up truck that is all green by the end of the day, You can see clouds of pollen in the air, its not the kind of early summer to bring out the 12 inch dob with all that pollen floating around.

Dennis