草山星空: C/2021 A1(Leonard)彗星雙筒可見（台北市）

updated 12/04 自宅陽台, 12/19培英公園, 12/28中正山觀景台

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彗星（一個夢）

一位少年興高彩烈地
拿著籃球走向球場
往地上運了幾下
高舉投籃
任何人都可以感受到
如初升太陽的活力
然而我跑過一個彎
再回頭少年已消失

坐上計程車
我不知要趕去何方
司機刻意繞了遠路，最終
將車子停在車行前
快速離開駕駛座
彷彿犯了什麼罪逃走
留下錯愕的我
採集證據

穿越車流繁忙的舊街道
黃昏市集人群三兩
忽然故人出現
我們似要找尋什麼
走入路旁一鐵柵欄內的警衛室

窗外傍晚的藍天有些雲彩
我們看見
朦朧的彗星
我拿出相機準備拍照
但我們都覺得
不太容易，我說

無所謂
你出現就好了
在潑灑的墨汁裡
金星、木星與土星漸次
綻放金黃的光芒
胸口口袋的暖暖包
和匿名的山鳥

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12/28 中正山（十八份山、彌陀山）觀景台。彗星太陽離角約39度，亮度約5~5.5等。

The comet A1 above misty Taipei

Pentax K5(mod) w/uv ir-cut, FA31 ,10sec with a center graduated neutral density filter
two frames combined

PM 6:42 彗星在畫面的中央。即將沉入雲層裡。

After several days of cloudy and rainy days, the elevation angle of the comet Leonard is getting lower and lower, soon there will be no chance to see it . I decided to go to Zhongzheng Mountain to try my luck when the sun showed his face in the morning today, a brief clear day.

In the afternoon, I rode my scooter into 十八分 where I like very much. I followed the 登山路 to the parking lot of 中正山. but I found that the view to the southwest of the pavilion was partially blocked by the trees and immediately decided to walk a 500-meter trail to get landscape deck above. Fortunately, I had already planned to climb the mountain, so it was bearable to walk up to the viewing platform with a mountaineering bag carrying about 13 kilograms of equipment. Besides, this one is all stone-level, and the lush bamboo forests along the way are full of greenery.

連續幾天的陰雨天，眼看彗星的仰角越來越低就要沒機會再見到了，今天見太陽露臉便決定上中正山碰碰運氣。下午騎車進入我很喜歡的十八份（*），沿著蜿蜒的登山路上到中正山停車場，發現涼亭西南方的視野部分被樹林遮擋，當下就決定要走五百公尺的步道到上面的景觀台。幸好本來就已經預計要爬山了，所以用登山包背著約十三公斤的設備走上景觀台也還可忍受，況且這一條都是石級，且沿途茂密的竹林綠意盎然。（話說如果要上去觀星還是偕伴較好。此外，記得要帶頭燈，部分山路沒有路燈）

差不多已是固定了的ASTROTRACER 設置，把32L塞得滿滿的。

I set up my camera and wanted to enjoy the scenery. Unexpectedly, the clouds and mists continued to rise from all around, and I felt embarrassed on all sides. It didn’t take long for the sun to disappear into the clouds.

From the east to the northeast of the city, there was a Waterfall cloud like a wall and it slowly came here, the city was submerged by clouds and mist, the sky was almost completely obscured, and only the chirping of mountain birds remained.

It wasn't until almost six o'clock that I gradually saw the lights of the city. The faint red glow in the distance struggled to show through, and the sky was still full of clouds. Suddenly, Venus and Jupiter stick out their heads in sequence, flashing golden light (it’s really Buddha’s light, it’s touching), and then Saturn also appears, and the sky in the direction of the comet suddenly looks like an open window, revealing a few starlight and I quickly pressed the shutter of the camera. Sure enough, comet Leonard appeared at 6:17 in the evening.

This mountain treats me well. (Lucky)

把相機架好正想好好欣賞著風景，未料越山嵐不斷地自四周升起，頗有四面楚歌的感覺，沒多久太陽便消失在雲層中，城市的東至東北方有片很高如牆的雲瀑緩緩向這邊湧來，城市被雲霧淹沒，天空幾也乎完全被遮蔽，僅剩此起彼落的山鳥鳴叫。

一直等到快六點，才逐漸看見城市的燈火，遠方微弱的紅色霞光奮力透出，天空仍佈滿了雲，本以為今天大概沒什麼機會了，正打算收拾器材，心想再撐一下好了，忽然，金星、木星依序探出頭來，閃爍著金黃的光芒（簡直是佛光啊，令人感動），接著土星也出現了，彗星所在的方向的天空突然像面打開的窗戶，露出了幾點星光，趕快按了相機快門，果然彗星出現了，傍晚六點十七分。

這山待我還是好的。（幸運）