Cloudy Nights Short Sleeve T-Shirt
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So I have been watching a bit of Seinfeld recently and couldn't help but come up with a few J. Peterman style pitches. Full disclosure, I actually bought a few things from the J. Peterman catalog in 1990-1991 well before it became famous from Seinfeld, so take that for what it is worth....
The first shipment of shirts should arrive first week of July.
First try...
The Cloudy Nights T-Shirt
(Now with 47% more mystique.)
It was the spring of 1997. Somewhere between the Mojave and a memory, a man named Skip Donnelly sat cross-legged in the back of a rust-orange VW van, peering through a hand-polished 6" Newtonian and waiting for Hale-Bopp to clear the horizon.
He hadn’t slept in three nights. He’d been living off gas station trail mix and a dream. His only companion? A local coyote who seemed to admire his collimation skills.
Skip wore this shirt—or one eerily similar.
It’s Sport Gray, though he’d just call it “night sky gray.” Softstyle fabric with the kind of 65/35 poly-cotton blend you could sleep in on a moonlit truck bed. It absorbed both dew and regret in equal measure. By morning, the comet came. Bright. Relentless. Eternal.
Skip wept.
He never made it back to Phoenix. Some say he followed the comet, westbound. Others claim he founded a secret astronomy club in Taos that meets only during solar minimum.
We can’t say for sure. But we can say this:
You don’t just wear the Cloudy Nights T-Shirt.
You inherit it.
Second try...
The Cloudy Nights T-Shirt
It was 2:17 a.m. in the high desert of New Mexico.
A lonely astronomer stood beside his Dobsonian like a sentry, hand wrapped around a thermos of coffee that had long since gone cold. Above him, Saturn hovered like a jeweled ringbox in a sea of ink. His fingers trembled—not from the chill, but from awe. And the shirt he wore? It wasn’t just a shirt. It was a declaration.
This is that shirt.
Crafted from a supple blend of 65% polyester and 35% cotton, this Sport Gray short sleeve garment has seen things—cosmic things. It breathes like a mountain breeze and fits like the warm memory of your first clear sky chart. The logo is discreet, like a secret handshake at a Messier Marathon. The fit is modern, but forgiving. The cut, understated but purposeful.
Available in sizes Small through 4XL for observers of every focal length and flange distance.
You don’t just wear the Cloudy Nights T-Shirt.
You live in it.
And now the one that makes sense to just about everyone.
Cloudy Nights Short Sleeve T-Shirt – Sport Gray
Show your love for late nights, clear skies, and the community that helps you navigate them both. This official Cloudy Nights t-shirt is printed on a soft, breathable Gildan Softstyle tee in a versatile Sport Gray color. Whether you’re polar aligning at dusk or just grabbing coffee in town, it’s a comfortable way to rep the world’s largest astronomy forum.
Made from a durable 65/35 polyester-cotton blend, this shirt holds its shape and stays comfortable through long nights and many washes. Lightweight, soft, and just structured enough to keep from looking like a wrinkled star chart.
Available in sizes Small through 4XL—because we support big scopes and big style alike.
Material: 65% polyester / 35% cotton
Color: Sport Gray
Fit: Softstyle, modern fit (not boxy)
Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL