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Leap second to happen today.
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Leap second to happen today.
December 31, 2016 at 8:36 am
Good article here:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy...nd-longer/

You can watch it "live" here:

http://www.time.gov/
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RE: Leap second to happen today.
December 31, 2016 at 8:39 am
Cool! I am going to watch that instead of the bouncing ball. I am 57. I need all the time I can get.
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RE: Leap second to happen today.
December 31, 2016 at 9:24 am
(December 31, 2016 at 8:39 am)chimp3 Wrote: Cool! I am going to watch that instead of the bouncing ball. I am 57. I need all the time I can get.

Remember, it occurs at 11:59:60 UT (Universal Coordinated Time), and so, if you're on the East Cost, it will happen just before 7 PM this evening.  And, so, you can watch both events!!
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RE: Leap second to happen today.
December 31, 2016 at 11:10 am
Is it Leap Second Saving Time?
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December 31, 2016 at 11:13 am
(December 31, 2016 at 8:39 am)chimp3 Wrote: Cool! I am going to watch that instead of the bouncing ball. I am 57. I need all the time I can get.

You don't get more time, you just die one second earlier by calendar time. Tongue
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December 31, 2016 at 11:18 am
(December 31, 2016 at 11:13 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(December 31, 2016 at 8:39 am)chimp3 Wrote: Cool! I am going to watch that instead of the bouncing ball. I am 57. I need all the time I can get.

You don't get more time, you just die one second earlier by calendar time. Tongue
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RE: Leap second to happen today.
December 31, 2016 at 11:24 am
Also, Mars & Neptune will be very close in tonight's sky:

[Image: Mars-Neptune-panel.jpg]

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy...-years-eve

A 10x50 pair of binoculars should bag Neptune.  I own a 15x70 pair, but they are hard to hold steady by hand; well worth the investment, though.
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December 31, 2016 at 12:07 pm
THE RAPTURING!!!!!!!

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At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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December 31, 2016 at 12:10 pm
Wish scientists could invent a leap presidential term.
Poetry by Brian37(poems by an atheist) Also on Facebook as BrianJames Rational Poet and Twitter Brianrrs37  I also have a new blog here at https://www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog
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December 31, 2016 at 12:11 pm
What do you think this one is?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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