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Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by geckzilla » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:00 am

I managed to scroll down to the bottom of the forum to notice this occurrence today. Here are some images with almost any notion of credit long lost to the swift rivers of the the 'net.

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Meteor photo by H. Raab. Happy face added by me. I got carried away with that.


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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Ann » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:29 am

Happy Birthday, Chris, and thanks for the great pictures, geckzilla!

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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Beyond » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:57 am

YEAH!
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by owlice » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:05 am

Happy birthday!!
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by orin stepanek » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:54 am

Happy Birthday Chris :D
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Chris Peterson » Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:32 pm

Thank you all for your greetings!
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Nitpicker » Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:45 pm

And a belated Happy Birthday from me too, with thanks for all your answers to my questions.

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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by geckzilla » Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:31 pm

Chris has survived another revolution around the Sun on our little cosmic haven we call Earth.
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Beyond » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:39 pm

Must have something to do with the 'Colorado Rocky Mountain High' that John Denver sang about.
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Chris Peterson » Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:28 pm

Thanks, all! Thought about doing a nice ride today, but since the temperature hasn't gone above -2°F by noon, I think I'll pass on that. Did ride a couple of days ago with the wind chill in the single digits, and that was still pretty nice. Lots of sun, of course. Will risk 100 km of ice tonight to go out to dinner, though. One way. But we'll stay in town and return tomorrow. Roads should be mostly clear by then.

Keep hoping these cold temperatures will deliver some nice halos and arcs, but I think it's just too dry. I did see a weak 22° halo earlier, with three sundogs. But not good enough I felt like taking a picture, and it's gone now. But I keep checking the sky every so often.
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by orin stepanek » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:14 pm

Have a great day! 8-)
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Ann » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:08 pm

Indeed, Happy Birthday, Chris! It is good to have you here as a resident professional astronomer.

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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by geckzilla » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:13 am

It seems that Chris's birthday is still on this day.
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Ann » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:50 am

Happy Birthday, Chris!

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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Chris Peterson » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:55 pm

geckzilla wrote:It seems that Chris's birthday is still on this day.
It is. I hope, however, to live long enough that equinoctial precession moves it to another day!
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by Beyond » Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:08 pm

Just one more trip around the sun. It's a good thing it takes a year, or we all might get dizzy and fall over.
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Re: Happy Birthday, Chris!

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:21 pm

Another year gone by already? Have a great B-day Chris!
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