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Title text: If you live in Los Angeles (around 33°52'N, roughly the latitude of Hermosa Beach) the black hole in V404 Cygni passes over you each day. On Christmas Day it will be directly overhead around 2pm.

It's been said already, but with the sun overhead, you are still under at least one star

This is also why radio astronomers have more regular hours than other wavelengths.

I actually went outside in the daylight and looked up. And thought about it. And remembered doing that same thing as a child over a half century ago. This is one of Randall's sweet ones.