Showing posts with label the sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the sky. Show all posts
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Sunday, November 8, 2015
A pre-dawn planetary show over East 3rd Street
Local astronomy buff Felton Davis writes in this morning ...
Fantastic pre-dawn lineup of planets in the east over 3rd Street: Jupiter in Leo, Mars and Venus in Virgo, and last but not least the waning crescent Moon coming up just before the Sun.
Meanwhile, you can check out some photos of the 2nd Avenue Star Watchers right here.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
X marks the spot above 1st Avenue
Monday, October 27, 2014
[Updated] Things that you might be able to briefly see streak across the sky this evening
On the East Coast? You might see the #Antares launch to @Space_Station tonight at 6:45pm ET http://t.co/mOT13ggfmS pic.twitter.com/1fTczDdfYY
— NASA (@NASA) October 27, 2014
And despite the rumors, it is NOT a promo for "Interstellar."
Updated
Ah, NASA aborted the launch... "due to a boat downrange in the hazard area."
We'll attempt to launch #Antares tomorrow at 6:22pm ET.
Learn more about #Cygnus: http://t.co/6Bo6KBRWnG pic.twitter.com/jDLpmZ9rgN
— NASA (@NASA) October 27, 2014
Previously on EV Grieve:
A look at NASA's Minotaur Rocket streaking across the East Village sky
H/T EVG reader Steven
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
[Updated] Today in maybe-strange things hovering in the sky
EVG Roving Photographer Bobby Williams happened to have his camera pointed down Tribeca way… when THIS appeared…
Non-plausible theories welcome.
Updated 2:37 p.m.
Thanks to the several readers who sent along this alert from the NYPD…
A private architecture firm will conduct height surveys of buildings in Manhattan today, Sunday, April 20th, and tomorrow, Monday, April 21st. The architectural height surveys will consist of a large balloon aloft approximately 800 feet today from 11 a.m. until 8:15 p.m. in the vicinity of Chrystie and Stanton Streets, and tomorrow from 7 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. in the vicinity of East 58th Street and Sutton Place.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
We keep posting photos of the sky
Sunday, September 22, 2013
That early-morning sky
Monday, August 19, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
What the hell was that?
We waited to post these photos until we spoke with NASA, NORAD, the U.S. Military and the World Weekly News.
Bobby Williams took these photos from his East Village apartment last night. Here is his description via email: "This flew by about 9:38 pm. Heading north then turning east."
Aside from anything related to the Hoboken Hoof or Amanda Bynes (just getting those guesses out of the way!), any ideas what this is/was?
Labels:
East Village skyline,
mysteries,
the apocalypse,
the sky,
UFOs,
WTF
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Golden eye
Bobby Williams took this photo late yesterday afternoon, between the
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Comet spotting with East Village resident Felton Davis
You can often find East Village resident Felton Davis stargazing on Second Avenue and East Third Street. However, he had to travel down to Battery Park last Wednesday to see the comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS.
He shared some photos and his story with us.
"It was a cold night, with a strong wind coming down over the Hudson, that made long-exposure photos very difficult. Comet Panstarrs 2011 last appeared about 100 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs. As it came around the sun last week, it was visible first in Buenos Aires and New Zealand, but took its time arriving in the northern hemisphere."
"As an amateur photographer, I have to confess that I was not able to get everything into one good photo. I could take a picture of the sunset with the Statue of Liberty on the left, and the crescent moon in the center. I could take a pretty good close-up of the moon. And of course every time the seagulls swooped over, I thought they must have sighted it. After all, birds live in the sky, and so must know whenever something unusual is about to appear!"
The comet is stil not visible here...
The comet is above the clouds... (That is Felton using the arrow!)
And at last.
"The comet finally appeared below the moon, with a tail extending up and slightly to the left. Only timed exposures of at least three seconds revealed the tail. It will rise higher in the days to come, but also grow fainter as it recedes from us on its long journey to the edge of the solar system."
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
More double rainbows!
The above shot is from Paul Dougherty outside his window this evening at 5:35. He quickly quickly collaged it together ... "the most perfect rainbow I've seen, going from 14th & 1st Ave to the waterside towers in Williamsburg."
...and a shot a reader sent along from Midtown...
Earlier!
Somewhere over the double rainbow on 14th Street
Cool shot from earlier this evening via @pauljonwallace.
Triple bonus points for the double rainbow shot from this vantage....
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Somewhere over Fifth Street
The weekend sky theme continues ...
I will now not ruin the moment by playing something by Rainbow, though I thought about it.
I will now not ruin the moment by playing something by Rainbow, though I thought about it.
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