While interested in astronomy very much, my leisure time doesn't revolve around observing. It's one of many interests. I see the extended daylight as an overall positive, not lost opportunity. On Mar 9, 2013 9:42 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
I do find it surprising that on a astronomy forum people seem glad to lose an hour of night. For working folks it does cut into star gazing time.
Actually, the time change for me has everything to do with astronomy.
Well, observing at least. I get up so early in the morning for work that I have to go to bed around 20:30 every night. In the winter months I can get a good couple of hours in before I have to turn in. As it gets later in the year, I may get an hour observing- or imaging-time in the evening before it’s time to wrap it up. This is the case, now. However, with the time change on Sunday, my evening observing is over. It won’t get dark enough to observe until I go to bed. On the weekends (when I can sleep in until 05:00) this means to get any observing time at all I have to get up at my normal weekday time (02:45-03:00) and observe until it’s time for me to go to work. That will be my routine starting Sunday. When I’m off, I don’t care either way about the time change. I do start to get tired about 22:00 because I’m so used to the early-rise, early-to-bed routine. Oh, just to clue in Ben Franklin, that routine makes you sick, poor and stupid. Hey, I’m not complaining. I do have work. Thankfully, it requires little brain power. Now, if I could just say the same for imaging. Sorry for the crappy weather. I bought a new camera. The weather is supposed to be good tomorrow night and I’ve got a couple of days off. I’ll post pictures if they turn out. If not, I’ll make up some excuse.
Dave On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Agreed, Ann. The S&T article Chuck posted says it all. All this switching costs money, wastes energy and makes people sick. Lets just pick one time and stick with it.
It seems like with so many of our state legislators wanting to "stick it to the feds" that they'd want to pull Utah off of DST just to spite them. But no such luck. Hmmm, maybe if we started a rumor that extra sunlight in the evening is bad for guns, DST would be banned in Utah immediately. :)
As for clocks changing themselves, make sure you get one that was made recently. I've got one I bought a year or so ago and it diligently changes the time when we used to change. So now I have to change it 4 times a year. Oh Vey!
Clear skies,
patrick
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On Mar 8, 2013, at 12:41, Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> wrote:
The issue for people is not a lack of arithmetic skills or even age. It has to do with a change in body rhythms. Studies show it is difficult to adjust ones' internal clocks and compromises immune systems. Think about studies done on people who have to adjust to different shift work and the damage that does to ones' health.
-A
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