06.13.07

New Lattitudes…

Posted in India at 23:15

So last night I went up on the roof of our apartment building to look at the stars, armed with this month’s star charts for both northern and southern hemispheres.  Got to see some stars I’ve never seen before since they are not visible in the US.

At first Pratik and I climbed up on the huge, concrete, box-shaped water tank for an even better view.   But then the parents came up and were nervous about this.  So we got down.  A few minutes later, my host dad received a call from a friend.  He had been looking out his window across the way and seen two people up on the water tank.  He wanted to warn us that there may be burglars in the vicinity.  Yeah, about that…

Even from just the roof, the view was spectacular.  I’m really glad I took Astronomy last summer, and that I paid attention.

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