Attention Astronomy Geeks and Potheads [Archive]

PanterA

07-21-2008, 04:11 AM

All this week you can get an amazing view of Jupiter and its 4 moons.

I had a chance to see it over the weekend. It blew my mind. You can also get a view of saturn if you have a more powerful telescope and a clear sky. Jupiter can be seen by the naked eye, but a decent telescope you can view the moons around it.

enjoy the feeling of self nothingness as you realise just how small your world really is.

Tall_James

07-21-2008, 04:29 AM

Hey, speak for yourself. I'm a real big fish in my really small pond.

PanterA

07-21-2008, 05:15 AM

too bad youre not a "reel big fish" cause then we can skank the night away.

DolaMight

07-21-2008, 05:42 AM

I wish something big would happen for all us Gastronomy geeks. Never does.

PanterA

07-21-2008, 10:05 AM

i guess no ones seen this? its absolutely amazing. tonight, look up. its to the right of our moon. to the naked eye it looks like just another star but if you can get your hands on a telescope its fantastic.

topless_mike

07-21-2008, 10:14 AM

wait, the world isnt flat?

LaBoob

07-21-2008, 10:16 AM

This thread title successfully captured my attention. Thanks PanterA, I will check it out.

PD

07-21-2008, 10:58 AM

i guess no ones seen this? its absolutely amazing. tonight, look up. its to the right of our moon. to the naked eye it looks like just another star but if you can get your hands on a telescope its fantastic.

are you doing this from within NYC?
is it dark enough (not too much light pollution) to see?

djjd

07-21-2008, 11:00 AM

don't forget the Perseid Meteor Showers usually around August 12 - 14

PanterA

07-21-2008, 11:02 AM

yeah man i was on a roof top in brooklyn over the weekend and had a clear view of Jupiter. I wasnt able to view saturn, but my friend said he saw it the night before. it was mind blowing. i was following it for a good 20 minutes, just captivated.

Friday

07-21-2008, 11:25 AM

i will look for this tonight.
my tele is out on long island with my cousin's kids... so it's all naked eye for me :)

burrben

07-21-2008, 12:14 PM

finally a cosmic happening

ChimneyFish

07-21-2008, 12:55 PM

... so it's all naked eye for me :)

Hot.

Is it as clear as Venus was awhile back????

Dan 'Hampton

07-21-2008, 12:56 PM

i guess no ones seen this? its absolutely amazing. tonight, look up. its to the right of our moon. to the naked eye it looks like just another star but if you can get your hands on a telescope its fantastic.

I was watching it out in montauk last week. Wish I had a telescope set up. Only had binoculars to get a good view of the moon with.

PanterA

07-21-2008, 01:32 PM

Is it as clear as Venus was awhile back????nahh, obviously Venus is aot closer. Like i said, to the naked eye it looks like just another star but if you can get a hand on a telescope its actually beautiful.

Mike Teacher

07-21-2008, 02:06 PM

Jupiter has been putting on a beautiful show dancing around the full moon last week. The moon pulls away from it, rising later, but Jupiter is there all night, magnitude -2.7 is the scientific way of saying really bright, Venus is brighter, but now sets soon after the sun, this winter it will dominate sunsets.

The four moons Pantera describes are called the Galilean moons, because, hey, these were the four he could make out with his scope. Galileo documented the motion of these moons, drew diagrams of their changing positions. Jupiter has dozens of moons we now know, and more we dont.

You need good binocs or a small telescope to see the moons, but they are a wonderful sublime sight; four little bits of lights lined up around a disc, not a point of light like a star, but a visible, oval-ish disc. My small scope can resolve belts on Jupiter and the Great Red Spot. You can see these moons move night by night. Amd you can see its oval [oblate spheroid] coz Jpiter is a big ball of gass that rotates so fast it bulges out.

So, naked eye, look south, all night. That bright star isnt. Its jupiter. How can you tell? It doesnt blink like the stars do. Its not a point of light, but a teeeeeensy disc.

=

You dont need anything but eyes to enjoy the summer sky; and yes, its Perseids and other Meteor Shower time, you can see shooting stars any night, but august and summer are great, especially after midnight. Lawn chair and a location away from lights where you can see a big chunk of sky = you Will see a meteor ever once in a while. They happens all the time, the showers are just us pasing through the debris trail left by a comet, but there plenty of shit out there and a rock the size of a grain of sand becomes a nice blaze of light when it hits our air at a few miles per second and vaporizes.

And that slow moving, unblinking light? One of hundreds of satellites orbiting us, maybe the ISS. Maybe some space junk reflecting the sun, maybe the Zeta Reticulans. Theyre up there, you can see em all the time. Maybe not the Zetans.

=

39 years ago yesterday humans first landed on the moon. No one remembers. Bummer.

I spend a lot of nights staring up at the sky.

PanterA

07-21-2008, 02:25 PM

i had to keep moving the scope to keep it in sight. i couldnt believe how fast it was moving.

thanks Mike for helping out here. It was really surreal to see. I have a question, with all the moons surrounding Jupiter, what keeps them from colliding? you would think the the gravitational pull from all these massive objects would pull them closer to each other.

I'll hang up and listen for the answer...

cougarjake13

07-21-2008, 04:48 PM

can someone just post some pics??

Friday

07-21-2008, 05:12 PM

can someone just post some pics??

ladies and gentlemen.... The Lazy American, personified.

ahhdurr

07-21-2008, 09:31 PM

Mike - what kind of telescope will get you in that close - you say it's 'small' but just wondering.

I have a very basic one that looks like this

<img src = "http://www.mastermindtoys.com/store/Assets/thumb_images/76099.gif">

I don't recall being able to make out details on Jupiter. Saturn on the other hand has always been great to see ... the rings are so pronounced.

You know what's always been really nice is the full moon on a clear winter night... even with a smaller telescope.. wow!

I'm glad this was posted b/c I haven't pulled it out in awhile and it's mind blowing how such massive objects travel silently and with such massive precision. All I have to do when I'm looking at these things is say "I'm actually looking at this planet ... not a picture that's the actual thing." and it's tremendous.

Along these lines - one of my favorite quotes (paraphrased) from Ron you'll hear from time to time is "you start thinking about it -we're stuck here .. . and you start getting claustrophobic"

Mike Teacher

07-22-2008, 01:04 AM

Edmund Astroscan (http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3002001&sid=google&cm_mmc=google-_-cpc-_-edmu-_-astroscan&bhcd2=1216716311)

Its small, it works, its portable, none of the useless bells and whistles.

I can watch the clouds and moons of Jupiter, the rings of saturn, the andromeda galaxy, and my neighbors.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/luna4.jpg

Taken by holding a camera up to the eyepiece real steady

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/luna10.jpg

The eclipse photo sequence below was shown on CNN

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Eclipse_28Aug07_MikeBlack2.jpg

Direct telephoto, no scope: Venus and Saturn, you can see they are discs, not points

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Venus_Saturn_2a.jpg

Moon, Venus, Saturn

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Saturn_Moon_Venus1.jpg

Venus, Mars, Jupiter Conjunction at Sunrise [made a few astronomy websites]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/planet_trio.jpg

Orion

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/orion3.jpg

M42, Orion's Nebula, the clouds you see are a stellar nursery where stars are being born.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/m42_1.jpg

ahhdurr

07-22-2008, 02:01 AM

Your neighbors? Have you ever dropped this one into casual conversation? "I've seen the rings on youranus... hahaha"

Thanks for the info on your equipment. From the quality of your pics I'd do well to upgrade.

ahhdurr

08-11-2008, 07:33 PM

Was checking Jupiter and the four moons all all last week - really amazing. Very relaxing to sit out with the telescope and view. I took a pic actually - my first astronomy picture - I'll post it later.

Furtherman

10-03-2008, 06:57 AM

Was checking Jupiter and the four moons all all last week - really amazing. Very relaxing to sit out with the telescope and view. I took a pic actually - my first astronomy picture - I'll post it later.

I always thought, and had seen pictures, of Jupiter as a giant ball of orange and white.

Not so much anymore...

NEW JUPITER IMAGE: Sharpest View Ever From Earth (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081002-jupiter-sharpest-photo.html)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/images/081002-jupiter-sharpest-photo_PIN.jpg

Jupiter is kinda scary!

ahhdurr

10-03-2008, 07:12 AM

I always thought, and had seen pictures, of Jupiter as a giant ball of orange and white.

Jupiter is kinda scary!

I seem to always remember a giant eye in the upper right. Just out there looking at you...
http://www.geocities.com/paperbag3/jupiter.jpg

My god - it's full of stars.

(the bottom right with the arrow pointing to it is pretty accurately how I've ever seen Jupiter with its four moons through my telescope)

Furtherman

10-31-2008, 07:37 AM

I seem to always remember a giant eye in the upper right.

How about a killer SPACE EYE!

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/10/081030-arp147-galaxies-02.jpg

The Hubble Space Telescope went back online, and it was just in time to warn us about the deadliest threat we've faced so far — the giant Eye In Space. Here it is, staring out at us from a mere 400 million light years away.

NASA officials say the Eye is just a curiously shaped galaxy, but it's just passed through another galaxy — the ring-shaped blue "mouth" below — leaving chaos, and a mass of new stars, in its wake.

I wonder how many civilizations were wiped out when that happened?

Furtherman

10-31-2008, 12:56 PM

For Halloween...

The Witch Head Nebula (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1209.html)

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/284887main_image_1209_226-170.jpg

Witch Head Nebula
As the name implies, this reflection nebula associated with the star Rigel looks suspiciously like a fairytale crone. Formally known as IC 2118 in the constellation Orion, the Witch Head Nebula glows primarily by light reflected from the star. The color of this very blue nebula is caused not only by blue color of its star, but also because the dust grains reflect blue light more efficiently than red. A similar physical process causes Earth's daytime sky to appear blue.

ahhdurr

10-31-2008, 04:06 PM

How about a killer SPACE EYE!

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/10/081030-arp147-galaxies-02.jpg

I wonder how many civilizations were wiped out when that happened?

Impressive.

Furtherman

11-10-2008, 06:40 AM

http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/images/phot-39-08-normal.jpg

Anyone who has wondered what it might be like to dive into a pool of millions of distant galaxies of different shapes and colours, will enjoy the latest image released by ESO. Obtained in part with the Very Large Telescope, the image is the deepest ground-based U-band image of the Universe ever obtained. It contains more than 27 million pixels and is the result of 55 hours of observations with the VIMOS instrument. (http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/pr-39-08.html)

Click here for a very cool zoom feature which will show you even thousands of more galaxies. (http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/phot-39-08_zoom.html)

Aggie

11-10-2008, 06:47 AM

Very cool! I honestly didn't know how colorful it was!!

Bossanova

11-10-2008, 07:34 AM

You know, I take offense that Pantera thought most pot heads would be into this thread. Not all pot heads look at the bullshit moon sir. We play video games and listen to trippy music maaaaaaaaaaaaaan

Gvac

11-23-2008, 06:33 PM

Can anyone here recommend a decent but fairly inexpensive telescope or pair of astronomical binoculars? Venus and Jupiter are in the southwest sky this month, and I understand next week they'll be right next to the moon.

ahhdurr

11-23-2008, 06:59 PM

Can anyone here recommend a decent but fairly inexpensive telescope or pair of astronomical binoculars? Venus and Jupiter are in the southwest sky this month, and I understand next week they'll be right next to the moon.

Mike the Teacher had a great suggestion once ... I'll try to dig that post up for ye.

Gvac

11-23-2008, 07:00 PM

Mike the Teacher had a great suggestion once ... I'll try to dig that post up for ye.

You da man!

Thanks!

keverlast

11-23-2008, 07:10 PM

Kewl, Hey we had the chance to view the Meteor over western canada last thursday. What an awesome site to see, a first for me and something i will never forget.

ahhdurr

11-23-2008, 07:11 PM

You da man!

Thanks!

Edmund Astroscan (http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3002001&sid=google&cm_mmc=google-_-cpc-_-edmu-_-astroscan&bhcd2=1216716311)

Its small, it works, its portable, none of the useless bells and whistles.

I can watch the clouds and moons of Jupiter, the rings of saturn, the andromeda galaxy, and my neighbors.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/luna4.jpg

Taken by holding a camera up to the eyepiece real steady

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/luna10.jpg

The eclipse photo sequence below was shown on CNN

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Eclipse_28Aug07_MikeBlack2.jpg

Direct telephoto, no scope: Venus and Saturn, you can see they are discs, not points

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Venus_Saturn_2a.jpg

Moon, Venus, Saturn

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Saturn_Moon_Venus1.jpg

Venus, Mars, Jupiter Conjunction at Sunrise [made a few astronomy websites]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/planet_trio.jpg

Orion

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/orion3.jpg

M42, Orion's Nebula, the clouds you see are a stellar nursery where stars are being born.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/m42_1.jpg

there ya go budday. Good to see you back.

Gvac

11-23-2008, 07:13 PM

Sweet!

Thanks so much...and it's good to be back.

Furtherman

11-24-2008, 07:00 AM

Kewl, Hey we had the chance to view the Meteor over western canada last thursday. What an awesome site to see, a first for me and something i will never forget.

Was it THIS ONE?!

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_2aX-784sw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_2aX-784sw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Incredible.... although I think I would have run for the hills seeing something that bright. I'll have to keep a look out to see if anyone finds a meteorite.

Furtherman

11-24-2008, 07:52 AM

The hunt is ON! (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5610a4a7-2be9-4ac1-a95a-7db3af0badeb)

The fireball, which streaked through the darkening skies for five seconds at about 4:30 p.m. PST on Thursday, likely weighed between one and 10 tonnes and shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 700 kilometres wide.

"It was somewhere between the size of a chair to the size of a desk," says Alan Hildebrand, planetary scientist at the University of Calgary. "This one was pretty spectacular . . . something like this radiates like a billion-watt bulb. It's a pretty bright light in the sky." Hildebrand says the meteor may have broken into hundreds of smaller meteorites that likely landed in central Saskatchewan near the border with Alberta. And that poses a challenge for those out hunting for the pieces.

reillyluck

11-24-2008, 08:00 AM

The hunt is ON! (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5610a4a7-2be9-4ac1-a95a-7db3af0badeb)

it might have been the weed last night, but i was looking up at the clouds and was saying to myself "wow, those clouds look like something just shot through them" cuz there was two streaks in the sky. Totally wicked maaaaaaaaaaan.

ahhdurr

11-29-2008, 01:37 PM

dude. what in the west sky? I think it's west. I would bet the big one's Jupiter... what's the other bright one - directly in line with it?

reillyluck

11-29-2008, 01:38 PM

dude. what in the west sky? I think it's west. I would bet the big one's Jupiter... what's the other bright one - directly in line with it?

jupiter and venus, maaaaaaaan.

Gvac

11-29-2008, 01:40 PM

Tomorrow night the moon will be right between both of them!

I gotta get a telescope!

ahhdurr

11-29-2008, 01:44 PM

jupiter and venus, maaaaaaaan.

oooh.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k142/newmanruby/homer-ooh.gif

Thanks reilly.

And the weird thing is - Jupiters hella futher but much bigger to the nyuude eye.

ahhdurr

11-29-2008, 01:45 PM

Tomorrow night the moon will be right between both of them!

I gotta get a telescope!

it's like a celestial Grasso fantasy.

a cosmic sexual ballet.

reillyluck

11-29-2008, 01:45 PM

love pot talk...

its insane to know that two people arent in the same place, yet can see the same thing. whooooaaaa.

ahhdurr

11-29-2008, 01:47 PM

love pot talk...

its insane to know that two people arent in the same place, yet can see the same thing. whooooaaaa.

I'm going back outside to smoke and watch.:smoke:

(a cigar ;))

rly.

Gvac

11-29-2008, 01:53 PM

oooh.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k142/newmanruby/homer-ooh.gif

Thanks reilly.

And the weird thing is - Jupiters hella futher but much bigger to the nyuude eye.

The brighter one is Venus.

reillyluck

11-29-2008, 04:15 PM

click this link to see the details for Monday night!!! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081128/sc_space/spectacularskyscenemondayevening)

EffMeBoobs

11-29-2008, 04:27 PM

I noticed Jupiter and Venus while we were driving to my in-laws for Thanksgiving. Lou was like, "oh those are just planes." Then I realized they weren't moving and googled it and found out what they were. So fucking cool.

ahhdurr

11-30-2008, 08:51 AM

click this link to see the details for Monday night!!! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081128/sc_space/spectacularskyscenemondayevening)

I might call the police to tell them about UFO's now.:lol:

KingGeno

11-30-2008, 08:53 AM

Video of a Solid Rocket Boosters travel from outer space back to earth. Pretty interesting. Wait for it. It is travelling to space, and starts its descent at the 1:45 mark.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FVUcW-4C18U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FVUcW-4C18U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

ahhdurr

11-30-2008, 08:59 AM

Video of a Solid Rocket Boosters travel from outer space back to earth. Pretty interesting. Wait for it. It is travelling to space, and starts its descent at the 1:45 mark.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FVUcW-4C18U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FVUcW-4C18U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Bitchin

Thanks.

Furtherman

12-01-2008, 08:37 AM

The Universe Literally Smiles on Australia

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/11/sydneysmile.jpg

For stargazers everywhere, the challenge of interpreting the constellations can be a tricky one. What exactly could the belt of Orion or the Gemini twins be trying to tell us? Lucky for those in the Southern Hemisphere, then — this Monday they're getting a huge break. Venus, Jupiter, and our old friend the Moon are about to arrange themselves over Australia in a pattern that is unmistakable.

GvacMobile

12-01-2008, 01:31 PM

The crescent moon, Jupiter, and Venus are all together in the S-SW sky right now. It's absolutely breathtaking.

Hottub

12-01-2008, 01:33 PM

I tried to take a few pictures. I just have a snapshot camera, so they prolly won't be very good.

midwestjeff

12-01-2008, 01:33 PM

It's not even dark yet, dude.

GvacMobile

12-01-2008, 01:37 PM

It's not even dark yet, dude.

It is in the civilized world.

midwestjeff

12-01-2008, 01:38 PM

It is in the civilized world.

If you only knew how true that is.

GvacMobile

12-01-2008, 01:44 PM

Talk about perspective. When I look at something like this I realize how stupid and meaningless most of the shit we worry about really is.

Hottub

12-01-2008, 01:45 PM

So true.

Gvac

12-01-2008, 02:09 PM

Get Outside And Look At This, People! It's Absolutely Amazing And Beautiful.

brettmojo

12-01-2008, 02:20 PM

Fucking clouds.

BlackSpider

12-01-2008, 02:31 PM

Get Outside And Look At This, People! It's Absolutely Amazing And Beautiful.

I just went and looked.
I had to go down the block so people at my apartments didn't call the cops on me
for looking in their windows.
I saw it for three minutes, then a giant slow moving cloud blocked my view.
But it was still great...:thumbup:

reillyluck

12-01-2008, 02:33 PM

i cant find the fucking moon!!!!!!

Gvac

12-01-2008, 02:34 PM

You waited to long, Ms. Luck. The clouds have moved in and the moon and planets are very close to the horizon now.

midwestjeff

12-01-2008, 02:35 PM

i cant find the fucking moon!!!!!!

Wow.

You are soooooo high.

BlackSpider

12-01-2008, 02:36 PM

i cant find the fucking moon!!!!!!

Are you looking up...?

reillyluck

12-01-2008, 02:36 PM

Wow.

You are soooooo high.

hey shouldnt you not be acknowledging my posts!?!?!?! :wink:

reillyluck

12-01-2008, 02:36 PM

Are you looking up...?

hahahahahaha...yes. way too many clouds by me!

BlackSpider

12-01-2008, 02:38 PM

hahahahahaha...yes. way too many clouds by me!

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

reillyluck

12-01-2008, 02:39 PM

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

theres a board member here. not gonna mention their name, but i always have that song in my head when he posts. weird. whooo could it beeeeeeee?

Gvac

12-01-2008, 02:42 PM

theres a board member here. not gonna mention their name, but i always have that song in my head when he posts. weird. whooo could it beeeeeeee?

mikeyboy?

reillyluck

12-01-2008, 02:43 PM

mikeyboy?

no its usually "walkin' on sunshine" when i read his.

Gvac

12-01-2008, 02:45 PM

no its usually "walkin' on sunshine" when i read his.

Hahaha!

Cuz it's gay, right?!

Hottub

12-01-2008, 02:53 PM

A cold front is moving through, and the whole sky is obscured by clouds. I'm glad I got to see it when I did.

reillyluck

12-01-2008, 02:56 PM

A cold front is moving through, and the whole sky is obscured by clouds. I'm glad I got to see it when I did.

oh sure rub it in.

Furtherman

12-02-2008, 06:42 AM

Furtherman

12-02-2008, 06:51 AM

The hunt is ON! (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5610a4a7-2be9-4ac1-a95a-7db3af0badeb)

Searchers find remains of fireball meteor

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Searchers have found the remains of a 10-ton meteor that produced a dramatic fireball in the skies over the Canadian Prairies this month, researchers said on Friday.

Thousands of meteorite fragments have been found densely strewn over a 20-square-kilometre (8 square mile) area south of the community of Lloydminster on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, according to the University of Calgary.

Searchers have been scrambling to find the remains of the meteor since it streaked across the sky in the early evening of November 20, producing a fire ball that shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 700 km (435 miles) wide.

Furtherman

12-02-2008, 08:37 AM

OGC

12-02-2008, 08:46 AM

i cant find the fucking moon!!!!!!

The moon isn't the big yellow one.

reillyluck

12-02-2008, 10:19 AM

Furtherman

12-03-2008, 01:47 PM

http://cache.boston.com/universal/bigpicture/v838.gif

In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our galaxy. The star, called V838 Monocerotis, has long since faded back to obscurity, but observations of a phenomenon called a "light echo" around the star have uncovered remarkable new features over the following years (this animation covers two years' time). The light echo is light from the earlier explosion echoing off dust surrounding the star. Light from the outburst traveled to the dust and then was reflected to Earth. Because of this indirect path, the light arrived at Earth months after light from the star that traveled directly from the star.

KingGeno

12-11-2008, 05:39 AM

I checked out Journey to the Edge of the Universe on National Geographic (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/journey-to-the-edge-of-the-universe-3023/Overview)this weekend. It was really really great. Top notch graphics, information, and great narration from Alec Baldwin. I highly recommend it.

Next airing on Nat Geo is Thursday, December 11th at 8:00PM EST.

Furtherman

12-11-2008, 08:22 AM

http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/biggestfullm.jpg

It's no illusion. Some full Moons are genuinely larger than others and this Friday's is a whopper. Why? The Moon's orbit is an ellipse with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other: see diagram. In the language of astronomy, the two extremes are called "apogee" (far away) and "perigee" (nearby). On Dec. 12th, the Moon becomes full a scant 4 hours after reaching perigee, making it 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2008.

A perigee Moon brings with it extra-high "perigean tides," but this is nothing to worry about, according to NOAA. In most places, lunar gravity at perigee pulls tide waters only a few centimeters (an inch or so) higher than usual. Local geography can amplify the effect to about 15 centimeters (six inches)--not exactly a great flood.

Okay, the Moon is 14% bigger, but can you actually tell the difference? It's tricky. There are no rulers floating in the sky to measure lunar diameters. Hanging high overhead with no reference points to provide a sense of scale, one full Moon looks much like any other.

The best time to look is when the Moon is near the horizon. That is when illusion mixes with reality to produce a truly stunning view. For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, low-hanging Moons look unnaturally large when they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects. On Friday, why not let the "Moon illusion" amplify a full Moon that's extra-big to begin with? The swollen orb rising in the east at sunset may seem so nearby, you can almost reach out and touch it.

http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/biggestfullm.gif

Whiskeyportal

12-11-2008, 08:27 AM

need some shrooms for this one.

Furtherman

12-18-2008, 11:49 AM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/3118704696_7fe3dac754_b.jpg

That’s a Hubble image of Jupiter and its moon Ganymede, just before the satellite dips behind the planet’s disk. It was taken in April of 2007 but just released today. Ganymede is about the same size as Mercury! If Jupiter weren’t there, Ganymede might be considered a planet on its own. It would be visible to the naked eye, too.

ecobag2

12-29-2008, 02:46 PM

ecobag2

01-29-2009, 03:09 PM

Out there in NJ looking at it now. Very clear night - cold but Venus is shining nicely.

Friday, January 30
Moon/Venus, 6:12 a.m.
The thin Crescent Moon passes north of Venus at about 6 a.m. on Friday, but neither object will visible at that time for North American or European observers. Instead, look to the western heavens just as it gets dark on Thursday and Friday evenings.

skyscraper

01-29-2009, 05:25 PM

I'm surprised no one picked up on this. but recently NASA detected the presence of methane on Mars. There are 3 ways methane is produced: 2 ways are geolocial in nature, and the other is biological. If they can determine that Mars' methane is produced biologically, they will know that there is life there presently, not just possibly some time in the distant past, as they currently think.
So the answer to the age-old philosophical of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe could be being answered with an interplanetary fart.

Furtherman

02-05-2009, 09:48 AM

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/greencomet/Jack-Newton1_strip.jpg

Green Comet Approaches Earth! (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/04feb_greencomet.htm?list1295694)

And no one is worried!? Fools!

Furtherman

02-06-2009, 07:46 AM

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/medium/heic0901a.jpg

This very deep image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4921 along with a spectacular backdrop of more distant galaxies

Click here for a large view.... wow... check out all the different kinds of galaxies in this shot - it almost doesn't look real. (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/heic0901a.jpg)

brettmojo

02-06-2009, 03:32 PM

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/medium/heic0901a.jpg

This very deep image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4921 along with a spectacular backdrop of more distant galaxies

Click here for a large view.... wow... check out all the different kinds of galaxies in this shot - it almost doesn't look real. (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/heic0901a.jpg)
Can anyone look at that and seriously believe we're unique and alone in the universe?

skyscraper

02-06-2009, 04:18 PM

Can anyone look at that and seriously believe we're unique and alone in the universe?

unique, yes.
alone, no.

Furtherman

02-20-2009, 09:26 AM

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/greencomet/Jack-Newton1_strip.jpg

Green Comet Approaches Earth! (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/04feb_greencomet.htm?list1295694)

And no one is worried!? Fools!

Monday! It comes!

An odd, greenish backward-flying comet is zipping by Earth this month, as it takes its only trip toward the sun from the farthest edges of the solar system.

The comet is called Lulin, and there's a chance it can be seen with the naked eye — far from city lights, astronomers say. But you'll most likely need a telescope, or at least binoculars, to spot it. The best opportunity is just before dawn one-third of the way up the southern sky. It should be near Saturn and two bright stars, Spica and Regula.

On Monday at 10:43 p.m. EST, it will be 38 million miles from Earth, the closest it will ever get, according to Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object program.

The story behind the comet is more intriguing than its appearance — the greenish tinge may be hard for many to discern. The color comes from a type of carbon and cyanogen, a poisonous gas.

Lulin was discovered by a Chinese teenager two years ago. It still has many of its original gases — gases that are usually stripped away as comets near the sun. Unlike most comets viewable from Earth, this one hasn't been this close to the sun before, Yeomans said.

While all the planets and most of the other objects in the solar system circle the sun counterclockwise, Lulin circles clockwise, said NASA astronomer Stephen Edberg. And thanks to an optical illusion, from Earth it appears as if the comet's tail is in the front as the comet approaches Earth and the sun.

"It essentially is going backwards through the solar system," he said.

It came from the outskirts of the solar system, 18 trillion miles away. Once it's made the journey around the sun, Lulin will gain enough speed to escape the solar system, Edberg said.

Snoogans

02-20-2009, 09:30 AM

Furtherman is a panicky pete

In 1910, many people panicked when astronomers revealed Earth would pass through the cyanogen-rich tail of Comet Halley. False alarm: The wispy tail of the comet couldn't penetrate Earth's dense atmosphere; even it if had penetrated, there wasn't enough cyanogen to cause real trouble. Comet Lulin will cause even less trouble than Halley did. At closest approach in late February, Lulin will stop 38 million miles short of Earth, utterly harmless.

Furtherman

02-20-2009, 09:32 AM

Furtherman is a panicky pete

Oh yea? Well I'm going to lock myself in the XM Studios on Sunday and come Monday morning, I'll be able to wear your clothes!

You'll see!!!

Furtherman

04-06-2009, 11:23 AM

http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/04/090403181503.jpg

At the center of a new image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand.

Furtherman

05-15-2009, 02:36 PM

Award-winning space photographer Thierry Legault traveled to Florida to take this picture of the Space Shuttle Atlantis passing in front of the sun.:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/05/Thierry-Legault2.jpg

That little speck on the bottom right? Atlantis and Hubble meeting in the sunshine.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/05/Thierry-Legault1.jpg

jessicaduh

05-15-2009, 02:48 PM

incredible.

Furtherman

05-20-2009, 06:29 AM

The stars at night, are big and bright...

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Furtherman

07-24-2009, 01:21 PM

Glorious galaxy with an eye and spiralling spokes spotted 50 million light years away by Spitzer Space telescope (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1201829/Glorious-galaxy-eye-spiralling-spokes-seen-50-million-light-years-away-Spitzer.html)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/24/article-1201829-05D1C9A2000005DC-229_634x617.jpg

This is right out of Stargate - it reminded me of something - The Eye Of Horus!

http://www.artyfactory.com/egyptian_art/egyptian_hieroglyphs/images/wedjat_eye.jpg

cougarjake13

07-24-2009, 04:01 PM

Glorious galaxy with an eye and spiralling spokes spotted 50 million light years away by Spitzer Space telescope (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1201829/Glorious-galaxy-eye-spiralling-spokes-seen-50-million-light-years-away-Spitzer.html)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/24/article-1201829-05D1C9A2000005DC-229_634x617.jpg

This is right out of Stargate - it reminded me of something - The Eye Of Horus!

http://www.artyfactory.com/egyptian_art/egyptian_hieroglyphs/images/wedjat_eye.jpg

and right now on their version of the internet, a species of life is posting a pic of our galaxy wondering if theres life in there

brettmojo

07-24-2009, 07:04 PM

Glorious galaxy with an eye and spiralling spokes spotted 50 million light years away by Spitzer Space telescope (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1201829/Glorious-galaxy-eye-spiralling-spokes-seen-50-million-light-years-away-Spitzer.html)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/24/article-1201829-05D1C9A2000005DC-229_634x617.jpg

This is right out of Stargate - it reminded me of something - The Eye Of Horus!

http://www.artyfactory.com/egyptian_art/egyptian_hieroglyphs/images/wedjat_eye.jpg
Well... Now we know where the aliens that built the pyramids came from.

Furtherman

07-29-2009, 01:18 PM

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/07/504x_devilstower_pacholka.jpg

It's no wonder the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind chose the Devil's Tower National Monument as the place to make first contact with humanity. The sky above offers a clear and startling vision of the cosmos.

Most geologists believe that Devil's Tower in the Black Hills of Wyoming was formed by a hardened plume of lava that never broke through to the surface. Unlike most national monuments, visitors are allowed to climb Devil's Tower and get an extraordinary view of the night sky. In this view of the Milky Way, we can see strands of the Pipe Nebula:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/07/504x_pipe2_lodriguss.jpg

As well as the red glow of the Lagoon Nebula to the right of the Tower:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/07/504x_m8_vanderhaven.jpg

Furtherman

08-19-2009, 10:15 AM

GregoryJoseph

09-09-2009, 04:42 PM

Jupiter has been visible in the low southeastern sky this past week or so.

Even with simple binoculars you can see 4 of its moons.

Furtherman

09-09-2009, 04:55 PM

Jupiter has been visible in the low southeastern sky this past week or so.

Even with simple binoculars you can see 4 of its moons.

Mike The Teacher has awesome video of Jupiter taken from his backyard.

GregoryJoseph

09-09-2009, 04:57 PM

Mike The Teacher has awesome video of Jupiter taken from his backyard.

Where?

weekapaugjz

09-09-2009, 05:00 PM

Jupiter has been visible in the low southeastern sky this past week or so.

Even with simple binoculars you can see 4 of its moons.

jupiter was at it's brightest a little over a week ago. i think i read somewhere that it was going to be the brightest to us on earth until sometime in the 2400's.

Furtherman

09-09-2009, 05:03 PM

Where?

It's on his Facebook page. I wish he would post it here, but that's been rare lately. I'll check to see if he put on youtube tomorrow then let you know.

GregoryJoseph

09-09-2009, 05:04 PM

It's on his Facebook page. I wish he would post it here, but that's been rare lately. I'll check to see if he put on youtube tomorrow then let you know.

Thank you.

I do not have a Facebook account.

Furtherman

09-09-2009, 05:08 PM

I know. He's one of the few that puts on some really interesting, educational stuff on there. I wish he'd bring that back here, the board needs some cool stuff.

Lady Resin

09-09-2009, 05:08 PM

Thank you.

I do not have a Facebook account.

It's suppose to a rainy and cloudy day tomorrow. I doubt we can see it in this area.:sad:

~Katja~

09-09-2009, 05:11 PM

Thank you.

I do not have a Facebook account.
you are missing out. Even my mom has one these days.

it is also on his flicker http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblackphotos/

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Aggie

09-10-2009, 10:38 AM

"Space Butterfly"

It won't let me link the pictures but Hubble took some AMAZING pics...click on slideshow. They don't even look real they're so beautiful!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2629817/Hubbles-best-picture-yet.html

Furtherman

09-10-2009, 10:42 AM

It's on his Facebook page. I wish he would post it here, but that's been rare lately. I'll check to see if he put on youtube tomorrow then let you know.

I didn't see any on youtube so check out the flicker link Katja posted.

Furtherman

09-10-2009, 10:53 AM

"Space Butterfly"

It won't let me link the pictures but Hubble took some AMAZING pics...click on slideshow. They don't even look real they're so beautiful!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2629817/Hubbles-best-picture-yet.html

Those are some awesome pix Aggie.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/09/09/science/09hubble_600.jpg
The Hubble's new Wide Field Camera 3 peered into one of the more crowded places in the universe in this view of a small region inside the globular cluster Omega Centauri, which has nearly 10 million stars

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/09/09/science/30064640.JPG
A so-called planetary nebula, it is also known as the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula. What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2009/09/09/0909HUBBLE/30064730.JPG
One of the larger conglomerations of mass in the universe, a cluster of galaxies known as Abell 370 was observed with the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys on July 16. Abell 370 is one of the first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, in which the warping of space by the cluster's gravitational field distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it. This is manifested as arcs and streaks in the picture (for example the prominent arc known as the "dragon" galaxy, on the right-hand side), which are the stretched images of background galaxies 10 billion light-years away.

GregoryJoseph

09-29-2009, 03:33 PM

Jupiter is below the moon right now, shining brightly.

With a decent pair of binoculars you can see several of its moons.

It's a breathtaking sight.

~Katja~

09-29-2009, 03:39 PM

Jupiter is below the moon right now, shining brightly.

With a decent pair of binoculars you can see several of its moons.

It's a breathtaking sight.
I have the perfect view of it from my front door, if I only had binoculars

MIKEYDAKEN

09-29-2009, 03:40 PM

Jupiter is below the moon right now, shining brightly.

With a decent pair of binoculars you can see several of its moons.

It's a breathtaking sight.

very nice. thank you for that update

GregoryJoseph

09-29-2009, 03:40 PM

I have the perfect view of it from my front door, if I only had binoculars

I actually stopped at a telescope shop on my way home from work tonight.

There were so many choices with prices varying from a hundred dollars to several thousand that I wound up coming home empty handed, relying once again on my 7x50 binoculars.

JohnCharles

09-29-2009, 03:41 PM

I actually stopped at a telescope shop on my way home from work tonight.

There were so many choices with prices varying from a hundred dollars to several thousand that I wound up coming home empty handed, relying once again on my 7x50 binoculars.

It's hard for me to imagine that there is an actual telescope shop.

Those words don't go together as well as pet shop.

GregoryJoseph

09-29-2009, 03:44 PM

It's hard for me to imagine that there is an actual telescope shop.

Those words don't go together as well as pet shop.

Actually it's a camera/binocular/telescope store.

Great place.

Been there for YEARS.

JohnCharles

09-29-2009, 03:46 PM

Actually it's a camera/binocular/telescope store.

Great place.

Been there for YEARS.

Do they have good spotting scopes?

I'd like to get a new one.

JohnCharles

09-29-2009, 03:48 PM

I wish it weren't cloudy tonight.

GregoryJoseph

09-29-2009, 03:48 PM

Do they have good spotting scopes?

I'd like to get a new one.

They've got everything.

JohnCharles

09-29-2009, 03:49 PM

They've got everything.

I may have to stop in there while in the region soon.

GregoryJoseph

09-29-2009, 03:49 PM

I may have to stop in there while in the region soon.

In the immortal words of the Staples Singers, "I'll Take You There."

JohnCharles

09-29-2009, 03:50 PM

In the immortal words of the Staples Singers, "I'll Take You There."

If it isn't playing in the car, I will be disappointed.

vjr97

09-29-2009, 04:42 PM

whats the star/planet that's on the lower corner/next too the moon? its visable tonight

GregoryJoseph

09-29-2009, 05:25 PM

Jupiter is below the moon right now, shining brightly.

With a decent pair of binoculars you can see several of its moons.

It's a breathtaking sight.

See above.

PapaBear

09-29-2009, 06:43 PM

I managed to see 3 of the moons.

Furtherman

10-22-2009, 08:27 AM

Now THIS is PERSPECTIVE. That's how big Jupiter is!

Sometimes the planets line up in such a way that you can see Earth and Jupiter in the same wide-angle shot. That is, if you were aboard the Mars Global Surveyor on May 22, 2003. When the Mars Orbiter Camera snapped this unique view, Earth was 86 million miles away, and Jupiter was 600 million miles away.

http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/10/earth_jupiter_550-thumb-550x206-26267.jpg

http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/10/earth_jupiter_100-thumb-550x1625-26268.jpg

Here's a closeup of Earth from that shot, where you can almost see North and South America.
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/10/earth_americas250-thumb-330x152-26270.jpg

Here is how the planets lined up:

http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/10/orbits-thumb-550x548-26269.jpg

Aggie

10-22-2009, 08:47 AM

WOW! That's really amazing!

GregoryJoseph

10-22-2009, 12:24 PM

If Jupiter was hollow you could put 1,300 Earths inside it.

Snoogans

10-22-2009, 12:43 PM

If Jupiter was hollow you could put 1,300 Earths inside it.

Thats funny, Hippo is hollow and once put 1300 strips of bacon inside

GregoryJoseph

10-26-2009, 02:58 PM

What's next to the moon?

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Why that would be JUPITER!

It's gorgeous tonight.

boosterp

10-26-2009, 03:06 PM

3 planets and our moon. (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091022.html)

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr245/la_porte_dv/3PlanetsMoonLabel_seip900.jpg

Furtherman

10-26-2009, 06:47 PM

What's next to the moon?

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Why that would be JUPITER!

It's gorgeous tonight.

Yes! I was checking it out too. If you have a telescope, great viewing!

hurlmon

11-16-2009, 10:51 AM

This year's Leonid meteor shower will peak at 4 a.m. Tuesday over the United States

more info here (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/16/nasa.leonid.meteors/index.html)

Furtherman

12-11-2009, 07:12 AM

Faint Star Orbiting the Big Dipper's Alcor Discovered (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210000851.htm)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/12/091210000851.jpg

Furtherman

12-11-2009, 09:56 AM

Incredible VISTA of the cosmos (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/11/incredible-vista-of-the-cosmos/)

Astronomers with the European Southern Observatory have just revealed the first images from their new telescope called VISTA: the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy.

The pix are amazing, and you can zoom in! Check 'em out.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2009/12/vista_flamenebula.jpg

topless_mike

12-11-2009, 10:17 AM

Incredible VISTA of the cosmos (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/11/incredible-vista-of-the-cosmos/)

The pix are amazing, and you can zoom in! Check 'em out.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2009/12/vista_flamenebula.jpg

call me crazy,
but that looks like Falcor on the bottom, even with the curly hair.

maybe the Nothing is coming for us...

Furtherman

12-21-2009, 08:00 PM

100 epic images from Hubble Space Telescope (http://coolvibe.com/2009/100-epic-images-from-hubble-space-telescope/)

http://coolvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/hubblem104.jpg

http://coolvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/hubblenebula2.jpg

http://coolvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/toadpolegalaxy.jpg

Furtherman

12-28-2009, 06:53 AM

Furtherman

01-27-2010, 06:28 AM

Mars is zooming in for a close approach to Earth this week, offering backyard astronomers their best views of the red planet until 2014. (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100125-mars-closest-earth/)

On January 27 Mars will pass within 61 million miles (98 million kilometers) of Earth—close enough for well-equipped sky-watchers to make out details on the Martian surface.

topless_mike

01-27-2010, 07:17 AM

i gots my telescope ready to go for tonite.

Furtherman

01-29-2010, 06:24 AM

Mars and the full moon pair up to provide a grand celestial spectacle tomorrow night.

The red planet, now 62 million miles from Earth, will be at its brightest this year as it lines up opposite the sun. At around 9pm, Mars will be above and to the left of the moon, about the length of an outstretched fist away. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/28/mars-full-moon)

Article is from yesterday, so this is tonight.

hanso

01-29-2010, 01:53 PM

Constellation Orion

Orion, often referred to as "The Hunter," is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the largest, most conspicuous, and most recognizable constellations in the night sky

For around the next three weeks is good viewing for it.
Look low in the south east sky just after night fall.
Look for 3 stars that make the belt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)

vjr97

01-29-2010, 02:08 PM

wheres jupiter,venus,mars at in the night sky?

cougarjake13

01-30-2010, 07:03 AM

wheres jupiter,venus,mars at in the night sky?

up there near uranus

cougarjake13

01-30-2010, 07:05 AM

maybe it was just around my neck of the woods but last night when i looked up and saw the moon and mars there seemed to be a giant halo around the moon and mars in the sky

maybe itwas the way the light was hitting clouds or something

PapaBear

01-30-2010, 09:18 PM

maybe it was just around my neck of the woods but last night when i looked up and saw the moon and mars there seemed to be a giant halo around the moon and mars in the sky

maybe itwas the way the light was hitting clouds or something
It might be an old wive's tale, but I always heard (not in Tampa) that a halo around the moon means a big snow storm was coming the next day. One did. Just not in Tampa.

cougarjake13

02-01-2010, 01:36 PM

It might be an old wive's tale, but I always heard (not in Tampa) that a halo around the moon means a big snow storm was coming the next day. One did. Just not in Tampa.

interesting

Furtherman

03-30-2010, 06:22 AM

This is very cool.

Imagine our solar system was a music box. What would it sould like?

Check it out here. Solar beat. (http://www.whitevinyldesign.com/solarbeat/)

You can adjust the tempo too.

Snoogans

04-21-2010, 05:02 PM

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93599?fp=1

In the pre-dawn hours of April 22 (1:00 - 3:00 am), be sure to look up. If you do, you'll likely be treated to a spectacular celestial show in the form of the Lyrids meteor shower.

Why bother to wake up at an ungodly hour to gaze at the sky? Several reasons. First, the Lyrids shower was, according to Meteor Showers Online, first observed at least 2,600 years ago, making it the oldest of any meteor shower. Secondly, viewers have a small chance "to get a glimpse of some dazzling fireball meteors from a completely different meteor swarm."

cant wait for this

weekapaugjz

04-21-2010, 05:27 PM

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93599?fp=1

cant wait for this

Nice. Its clear here tonight. I didn't get to see the ones in nov or dec because of weather.

StanUpshaw

04-21-2010, 05:30 PM

Just for shits, be sure to check the MUFON Database (http://www.mufon.com/mufonreports.htm) to see if there is a peak in reports that night. I make it a habit to check on nights with either celestial events or fireworks. Inevitably there is a huge bump in sightings.

Snoogans

04-21-2010, 05:37 PM

Just for shits, be sure to check the MUFON Database (http://www.mufon.com/mufonreports.htm) to see if there is a peak in reports that night. I make it a habit to check on nights with either celestial events or fireworks. Inevitably there is a huge bump in sightings.

i check this site alot actually, especially for my area

brettmojo

04-22-2010, 05:40 PM

The sky here is so clear tonight that even with the moon out you can still see satellites flying by. Plus with the moon out when the hit just the right angle they shine brighter than any star in the sky for about 10 seconds. Freakin' awesome.

hanso

05-02-2010, 06:09 PM

Kevin

05-02-2010, 06:15 PM

Miracles up in this bitch.

StanUpshaw

05-02-2010, 06:20 PM

I can't believe this just fucking happened, but I was watching the video above, and I nearly broke out in tears when I started thinking about people like Newton and Galileo and how much they deserve to see those things.

Furtherman

05-12-2010, 10:16 AM

After abusing a weekend pass on tomfoolery with Uranus, Jupiter has been demoted and is now on latrine duty.

Jupiter Loses A Stripe (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18889-jupiter-loses-a-stripe.html)

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/05/500x_jupiter_seb_fade_panel_wesley_pix.jpg

A.J.

05-12-2010, 10:18 AM

After abusing a weekend pass on tomfoolery with Uranus, Jupiter has been demoted and is now on latrine duty.

Jupiter Loses A Stripe (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18889-jupiter-loses-a-stripe.html)

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/05/500x_jupiter_seb_fade_panel_wesley_pix.jpg

A tiger can't change its stripes...but a planet can!

Furtherman

05-14-2010, 06:45 AM

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1005/IguacuNight-Labeled-tafreshi_900.jpg

Explanation: The arc of the southern Milky Way shone brightly on this starry night. Captured on May 4, in the foreground of this gorgeous skyview is the rainforest near the spectacular Iguaçu Falls and national park at the border of Brazil and Argentina. Looking skyward along the Milky Way's arc from the left are Alpha and Beta Centauri, the Coalsack, the Southern Cross, and the Carina Nebula. Sirius, brightest star in planet Earth's night sky is at the far right. Brilliant Canopus, second brightest star in the night, and our neighboring galaxies the Large and Small Magellanic clouds, are also included in the scene. For help finding them, just slide your cursor over the image. Much closer to home, lights near the center along the horizon are from Argentina's Iguazú Falls International Airport.

Gutter

05-14-2010, 07:13 AM

hehehehe......coalsack.

but seriously.....thats cool.

Furtherman

06-14-2010, 08:33 AM

A comet with an atmosphere the size of Jupiter comes close to Earth.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/06/500x_michael-jacger-2009r120100606telelrgbweb_1275850175.jpg

This glimmering apparition is Comet McNaught, which is visiting the inner solar system and may become visible with the naked eye by the end of the month. This is the first visit to the solar system by the million-kilometer comet.

Comet photographer Michael Jaeger snapped two amazing images of Comet McNaught the other day, as it makes its approach to our neighborhood. Check out the thin blue gas tail.

hanso

07-19-2010, 03:40 PM

http://www.10pix.ru/img1/4762/1900009.jpg
Water on Mars.

PapaBear

07-19-2010, 10:35 PM

McNaught
I bought one of these the other day. It was just a freaking bun with nothing in it!:furious:

Furtherman

09-20-2010, 12:44 PM

Bright star near moon? It’s Jupiter – closer on September 20 than until year 2022 (http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/bright-star-might-be-planet-jupiter-nearly-closest-since-1963)

http://earthsky.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jupiter_moon_sep21_2010_300.jpg

On September 20, Jupiter is closer to Earth than it has been since 1963. It’s closer than it will be again until the year 2022 at 368 million miles away. On September 21, Earth will pass between Jupiter and the sun. As you can guess, these events – Jupiter near the moon, Jupiter closest to Earth, Earth passing between Jupiter and the sun – are all related.

hanso

09-20-2010, 01:51 PM

When the clock is straight up tonight. Go outside and look straight up.

sailor

09-20-2010, 02:31 PM

Bright star near moon? It’s Jupiter – closer on September 20 than until year 2022 (http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/bright-star-might-be-planet-jupiter-nearly-closest-since-1963)

http://earthsky.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jupiter_moon_sep21_2010_300.jpg

There's no 2022.

PapaBear

09-20-2010, 06:56 PM

I just took a look. I didn't expect it to be that bright. I thought it was Venus. The moon is bright as fuck, too.

Furtherman

10-21-2010, 07:21 AM

Meteors from Halley's Comet rain down on Earth (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39777204/ns/technology_and_science-space/)

Halley's Comet won't zoom near Earth again for another 50 years, but the ice ball may still put on a show for some skywatchers this week in the form of a meteor shower.

Astronomers in Canada have snapped photos of meteors that are actually bits of Halley's Comet left behind during its long, looping, 76-year trip around the sun.

Twice a year — in early May and mid-October — Earth plows through this cometary debris field and chunks of Halley's Comet burn up high in our planet's atmosphere, producing a meteor shower.

Furtherman

12-09-2010, 12:23 PM

Spectacular meteor 'fireball' explosion over Britain leaves stargazers buzzing ahead of Geminid space shower (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8190171/Spectacular-meteor-fireball-explosion-over-Britain-leaves-stargazers-buzzing-ahead-of-Geminid-space-shower.html)

Scientists said the major space event, which occurred at 5.35pm, was a likely precursor to the annual Geminids meteor shower, which is considered to be the best display of the year.

Astronomers say next week’s impressive space display will produce up to 60 explosions an hour at its peak. It will combine with the only total lunar eclipse of the year.

sailor

12-18-2010, 02:27 PM

first lunar eclipse (http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1968631/first_winter_solstice_meeting_with_lunar_eclipse_i n_456_years/) during winter solstice in 456 years this monday night.

OGC

12-18-2010, 03:35 PM

first lunar eclipse (http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1968631/first_winter_solstice_meeting_with_lunar_eclipse_i n_456_years/) during winter solstice in 456 years this monday night.

Why can't they schedule these winter solstice lunar eclipses for sometime in the daylight in the summer ? It's too damned cold and dark this time of year ?

Willmore

12-20-2010, 06:41 AM

first lunar eclipse (http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1968631/first_winter_solstice_meeting_with_lunar_eclipse_i n_456_years/) during winter solstice in 456 years this monday night.

http://tacomaatheists.com/files/2009/07/end-nigh1.jpg

spoon

12-20-2010, 11:10 AM

I hear Sailor is in his Saros cycle as well.

PapaBear

12-20-2010, 10:53 PM

It's butt cold out, but the eclipse is pretty cool. I'm hoping my pics turn out. My camera isn't that great.

StanUpshaw

12-20-2010, 11:15 PM

I went out to have a look, but there's nothing but an overcast haze around here.

PapaBear

12-20-2010, 11:20 PM

I went out to have a look, but there's nothing but an overcast haze around here.
Use a fan to blow the pot smoke away.

PapaBear

12-21-2010, 12:51 AM

Best I could do with my camera's limited capabilities, and trying to figure out the manual settings with frozen fingertips...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/DSCN0045a.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/DSCN0044a.jpg

Furtherman

12-21-2010, 05:27 AM

Well done sir!

keithy_19

12-21-2010, 06:56 PM

I went outside at about 3:20 to check it out. It was pretty awesome. But these guys were pissed:

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/mooninites.jpg

Furtherman

12-23-2010, 09:13 AM

Crispy123

12-24-2010, 04:07 AM

that was cool FM!

Alvin

12-26-2010, 06:36 AM

oh ,god , i come so late

Furtherman

03-07-2011, 09:33 AM

This is a video of what a flight to Saturn would look like, using all photographs taken from the Cassini space probe. Pretty cool. The closest we'll get to what it might look like from the bridge of a spaceship.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11386048?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11386048">5.6k Saturn Cassini Photographic Animation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/sv2studios">stephen v2</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

hanso

03-31-2011, 09:54 PM

hanso

04-02-2011, 08:53 PM

Mission To Mercury: Messenger Probe Makes First Ever Orbit

The solar system's innermost planet got its first ever photo close up this week, as NASA's "Mercury Messenger" probe began broadcasting images back to Earth. The spacecraft entered Mercury's orbit on March 17th, where it will stay for at least the next year, snapping shots of the surface for study back home.

Google it!

PapaBear

04-02-2011, 09:24 PM

Google it!
I think I'll start saying this instead of posting links, myself. Make people work!

hanso

04-03-2011, 06:07 AM

I think I'll start saying this instead of posting links, myself. Make people work!

What is c&p here is the same on url. There is more on G-news.

Furtherman

04-05-2011, 11:08 AM

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2011/04/teidesky_casado_3000.jpg

This absolutely stunning image was taken in Spain's Canary Islands by astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado. The image combines nine different photos and reveals the band of our Milky Way galaxy in a way our unaided eyes never could. (http://io9.com/#!5788950/this-is-why-our-galaxy-is-called-the-milky-way)

A NASA astronomers explains how this photo reveals the full glory of the Milky Way:

In a clear sky from a dark location at the right time, a faint band of light is visible across the sky. This band is the disk of our spiral galaxy. Since we are inside this disk, the band appears to encircle the Earth. The above spectacular picture of the Milky Way arch, however, goes where the unaided eye cannot. The image is actually a deep digital fusion of nine photos that create a panorama fully 360 across. Taken recently in Teide National Park in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, the image includes the Teide volcano, visible near the image center, behind a volcanic landscape that includes many large rocks. Far behind these Earthly structures are many sky wonders that are visible to the unaided eye, such as the band of the Milky Way, the bright waxing Moon inside the arch, and the Pleiades open star cluster.

Furtherman

06-28-2011, 08:42 AM

OK, this isn't an astronomical event, but since we don't have a Rocket Launch! thread, a lot of us may be able to see this tonight:

Sunset Rocket Launch Tuesday May Surprise East Coast Residents (http://www.space.com/12089-sunset-rocket-launch-east-coast-skywatchers-ors-1.html?kw=FB_Space)

NASA plans to launch a new military satellite from a Virginia spaceport late Tuesday (June 28), a flight that could potentially create a spectacular sight for skywatchers along the U.S. East Coast.

The U.S. Air Force's Minotaur 1 rocket is slated to blast off from a NASA launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at 8:28 p.m. EDT (0028 GMT).

http://i.space.com/images/i/10600/i02/ors-1-visibility.JPG?1309213010

Misteriosa

09-06-2011, 07:34 AM

furie

09-06-2011, 09:32 AM

what's this i hear about a visible supernova this week?

Furtherman

09-06-2011, 09:40 AM

what's this i hear about a visible supernova this week?

How to see the new supernova. (http://www.science20.com/science_20/see_supernova_weekend_your_kids-82131)

Brand-New Supernova Spotted Within Hours, Will Be the Most-Studied Star Explosion Ever (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-08/brand-new-supernova-big-dipper-will-be-most-studied-star-explosion-ever)

Misteriosa

09-06-2011, 09:44 AM

wrong thread >.<

Furtherman

09-06-2011, 09:48 AM

i hate you

:smoke:

furie

09-19-2011, 02:27 PM

hanso

10-16-2011, 05:50 PM

Halley's Comet Meteor Show Due Next Week

"If you step outside before dawn during the next week or so, you might try to catch a view of some "cosmic litter" that has been left behind in space by Halley's Comet: the Orionid meteor shower.

The Orionids can best be described as a junior version of the famous Perseid meteor shower. This year's Orionids show is scheduled to reach its maximum before sunrise on the morning of Oct. 22. The meteors are known as "Orionids" because the fireballs seem to fan out from a region to the north of Orion's second brightest star, ruddy Betelgeuse.

Currently, Orion appears ahead of us in our journey around the sun. The constellation does not completely rise above the eastern horizon until after 11 p.m. local daylight time. At its best, several hours later around 5 a.m., Orion will be highest in the sky toward the south.

The Orionids typically produce around 20 to 25 meteors per hour under a clear, dark sky. Orionid meteors are normally dim and not well seen from urban locations, so you'd do best to find a safe rural location to see the most Orionid activity."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44908882/ns/technology_and_science-space/

disneyspy

10-24-2011, 02:36 PM

in my area we'll be able to see the space station from 6:57 to 7:04 tonight add a minute for the east coast it'll move west to east in the northern sky

disneyspy

10-24-2011, 03:05 PM

i didnt see shit

StanUpshaw

10-24-2011, 04:02 PM

i didnt see shit

You missed it dawg! This tiny speck in the sky glinted a little bit. It was awesome!!!!!!!

PapaBear

10-24-2011, 06:48 PM

I've seen it a few times. It's actually pretty cool, because it moves across the sky at a speed that is different than anything else you normally see.

furie

10-26-2011, 04:07 PM

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/26/science-dwarf-planet-eris.html

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2011/10/26/sm-220-eris-eso1142a.jpg

cougarjake13

10-26-2011, 06:23 PM

looks nice

what does it do ?

PapaBear

10-26-2011, 06:44 PM

looks nice

what does it do ?
It's a dwarf. It collects residuals from Disney.

cougarjake13

10-26-2011, 06:58 PM

It's a dwarf. It collects residuals from Disney.

well done sir

furie

11-14-2011, 07:04 AM

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-05/19/orphan-planets

http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/orphanplanet.jpg

Furtherman

11-14-2011, 07:08 AM

There is a legend that one of these planets - or one that does orbit our sun, but on a different plane than the 9 known plaets - came through our solar system about 18,000 years ago and created such tidal forces on our planet that it almost wiped out humanity.

furie

11-14-2011, 07:27 AM

There is a legend that one of these planets - or one that does orbit our sun, but on a different plane than the 9 known plaets - came through our solar system about 18,000 years ago and created such tidal forces on our planet that it almost wiped out humanity.

Nibiru/Planet X/Nemesis

Misteriosa

11-14-2011, 07:29 AM

Nibiru/Planet X/Nemesis

ugh, ive read SO much consipiracy crap over it :rolleyes:

cougarjake13

11-14-2011, 05:21 PM

There is a legend that one of these planets - or one that does orbit our sun, but on a different plane than the 9 known plaets - came through our solar system about 18,000 years ago and created such tidal forces on our planet that it almost wiped out humanity.

bound to happen again i suppose

keithy_19

11-14-2011, 05:42 PM

bound to happen again i suppose

Bring it on lurking planet. Creeping around like some kind of perv. Fuck off.

cougarjake13

11-14-2011, 05:54 PM

Bring it on lurking planet. Creeping around like some kind of perv. Fuck off.

so ur saying we should re name the planet Sandusky ?

keithy_19

11-14-2011, 06:17 PM

so ur saying we should re name the planet Sandusky ?

The sand planet.

furie

11-20-2011, 04:38 PM

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112424192/large-body-of-water-found-on-jupiters-moon-europa/index.html

http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2011/11/space-111611-004a-617x416.jpg

Furtherman

11-21-2011, 06:44 AM

16 years ago we knew of 8 other planets than our own.

Alien Planet Count Tops 700 Distant Worlds (http://www.space.com/13680-700-alien-planets-kepler-mission.html)

http://i.space.com/images/i/12135/original/tatooine-planet.jpg?1316101720

A.J.

11-21-2011, 06:49 AM

I didn't realize the Federation was going to be THAT big.

furie

12-04-2011, 06:14 PM

http://redux.com/stream/item/2146013/Soar-Over-Asteroid-Vesta-in-3-D

Snoogans

12-04-2011, 06:37 PM

16 years ago we knew of 8 other planets than our own.

Alien Planet Count Tops 700 Distant Worlds (http://www.space.com/13680-700-alien-planets-kepler-mission.html)

http://i.space.com/images/i/12135/original/tatooine-planet.jpg?1316101720

but yet people still thinkin anyone who bleieves one of those other planets could have life is a dope. Awesome

Furtherman

12-05-2011, 07:36 AM

16 years ago we knew of 8 other planets than our own.

[CENTER]Alien Planet Count Tops 700 Distant Worlds (http://www.space.com/13680-700-alien-planets-kepler-mission.html)

...and now today... possibly over 2,000.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has confirmed the discovery of its first alien world in its host star's habitable zone — that just-right range of distances that could allow liquid water to exist — and found more than 1,000 new explanet candidates, researchers announced today (Dec. 5).

The new finds bring the Kepler space telescope's total haul to 2,326 potential planets in its first 16 months of operation.These discoveries, if confirmed, would quadruple the current tally of worlds known to exist beyond our solar system, which recently topped 700.

The potentially habitable alien world, a first for Kepler, orbits a star very much like our own sun. The discovery brings scientists one step closer to finding a planet like our own — one which could conceivably harbor life, scientists said.

"We're getting closer and closer to discovering the so-called 'Goldilocks planet,'" Pete Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., said during a press conference today.

The $600 million Kepler observatory launched in March 2009 to hunt for Earth-size alien planets in the habitable zone of their parent stars, where liquid water, and perhaps even life, might be able to exist.

Kepler detects alien planets using what's called the "transit method." It searches for tiny, telltale dips in a star's brightness caused when a planet transits — or crosses in front of — the star from Earth's perspective, blocking a fraction of the star's light.

The finds graduate from "candidates" to full-fledged planets after follow-up observations confirm that they're not false alarms. This process, which is usually done with large, ground-based telescopes, can take about a year.

The Kepler team released data from its first 13 months of operation back in February, announcing that the instrument had detected 1,235 planet candidates, including 54 in the habitable zone and 68 that are roughly Earth-size.

To date, just over two dozen of these potential exoplanets have been confirmed, but Kepler scientists have estimated that at least 80 percent of the instrument's discoveries should end up being the real deal.

More discoveries to come

The newfound 1,094 planet candidates are the fruit of Kepler's labors during its first 16 months of science work, from May 2009 to September. And they won't be the last of the prolific instrument's discoveries.

"This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.

Mission scientists still need to analyze data from the last two years and on into the future. Kepler will be making observations for a while yet to come; its nominal mission is set to end in November 2012, but the Kepler team is preparing a proposal to extend the instrument's operations for another year or more.

Kepler's finds should only get more exciting as time goes on, researchers say.

"We're pushing down to smaller planets and longer orbital periods," said Natalie Batalha, Kepler deputy science team lead at Ames.

To flag a potential planet, the instrument generally needs to witness three transits. Planets that make three transits in just a few months must be pretty close to their parent stars; as a result, many of the alien worlds Kepler spotted early on have been blisteringly hot places that aren't great candidates for harboring life as we know it.

Given more time, however, a wealth of more distantly orbiting — and perhaps more Earth-like — exoplanets should open up to Kepler. If intelligent aliens were studying our solar system with their own version of Kepler, after all, it would take them three years to detect our home planet.

"We are getting very close," Batalha said. "We are homing in on the truly Earth-size, habitable planets."

http://i.space.com/images/i/13675/original/kepler22b-artwork.jpg?1323101485

This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star.

cougarjake13

12-05-2011, 06:03 PM

so cool but so sad cause i'll never live long enough to ever see mars let alone one of these other earth like planets

one day reality will be im going on vacation to kepler 22 like we say vegas today

hanso

12-05-2011, 08:54 PM

Earth-Like Planet Found In Distant Sun's Habitable Zone

"For the first time, astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope have confirmed a roughly Earth-size planet orbiting a sun-like star in the so-called "Goldilocks" zone where water can exist in liquid form on the surface and conditions may be favorable for life as it is known on Earth.

Along with the confirmed extra-solar planet, one of 28 discovered so far by Kepler, researchers today also announced the discovery of 1,094 new exoplanet candidates, pushing the spacecraft's total so far to 2,326, including 10 candidate Earth-size worlds orbiting in the habitable zones of their parent stars.

Additional observations are required to tell if a candidate is, in fact, an actual world. But astronomers say a planet known as Kepler-22b, orbiting a star some 600 light years from Earth, is the real thing."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-57337039-239/earth-like-planet-found-in-distant-suns-habitable-zone/?tag=mncol;topStories

Snoogans

12-05-2011, 09:12 PM

...and now today... possibly over 2,000.

http://i.space.com/images/i/13675/original/kepler22b-artwork.jpg?1323101485

is there anyway to take a picture of the other side of the planet? If really looks like around the edges of all the brown and shit, that there is alot of blue. It sorta looks like how earth woulda looked from the land side when we had Pangaea. I wonder if the planet has formed very much like earth and just is a bit newer, and so maybe the land hasnt broke apart yet

but, blown up, it also looks like it could just be from the atmosphere glowing.

sailor

12-06-2011, 04:54 AM

is there anyway to take a picture of the other side of the planet? If really looks like around the edges of all the brown and shit, that there is alot of blue. It sorta looks like how earth woulda looked from the land side when we had Pangaea. I wonder if the planet has formed very much like earth and just is a bit newer, and so maybe the land hasnt broke apart yet

but, blown up, it also looks like it could just be from the atmosphere glowing.

"artist's conception"

A.J.

12-06-2011, 05:53 AM

We've found Eden!

http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tos-320-the-way-to-eden-300x225.png

Snoogans

12-06-2011, 06:29 AM

"artist's conception"

oh. well tell them to draw in some water and shit. ice caps. If they are gonna dance it in front of us, at least really make us believe

sailor

12-06-2011, 07:06 AM

oh. well tell them to draw in some water and shit. ice caps. If they are gonna dance it in front of us, at least really make us believe

Their tourism board sucks.

StanUpshaw

12-06-2011, 07:16 AM

so cool but so sad cause i'll never live long enough to ever see mars let alone one of these other earth like planets

one day reality will be im going on vacation to kepler 22 like we say vegas today

Hey look...it's Doesn't Understand Interstellar Distances Man!

cougarjake13

12-06-2011, 08:10 AM

Hey look...it's Doesn't Understand Interstellar Distances Man!

All I'm saying is one day and maybe it's the year 5235 but there
Could be a way to travel to these places and if so it'll suck cause
I'll most likely be dead unless I become like a cyborg

ozzie

12-07-2011, 07:00 AM

Bring it on lurking planet. Creeping around like some kind of perv. Fuck off.

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/774/niburu.jpg

CountryBob

12-07-2011, 07:35 AM

All I'm saying is one day and maybe it's the year 5235 but there
Could be a way to travel to these places and if so it'll suck cause
I'll most likely be dead unless I become like a cyborg

Why not time travel?

newport king

12-07-2011, 08:46 AM

i honestly dont know how anyone can see this shit and honestly think we're the ONLY ones out there.

newport king

12-07-2011, 08:48 AM

its actually depressing knowing the vastness of space, and everything in it, yet how little we really know about it.

furie

12-27-2011, 05:37 PM

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp30/111225comet/

Comet Lovejoy? Did anyone know that a comet was passing by this way?

cougarjake13

12-27-2011, 05:46 PM

Heard something bout a comet that was to be passing close but not affect us
Not sure if it's this one

hanso

12-27-2011, 06:17 PM

...and now today... possibly over 2,000.

http://i.space.com/images/i/13675/original/kepler22b-artwork.jpg?1323101485

Earth-Like Planet Found In Distant Sun's Habitable Zone

"For the first time, astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope have confirmed a roughly Earth-size planet orbiting a sun-like star in the so-called "Goldilocks" zone where water can exist in liquid form on the surface and conditions may be favorable for life as it is known on Earth.

Along with the confirmed extra-solar planet, one of 28 discovered so far by Kepler, researchers today also announced the discovery of 1,094 new exoplanet candidates, pushing the spacecraft's total so far to 2,326, including 10 candidate Earth-size worlds orbiting in the habitable zones of their parent stars.

Additional observations are required to tell if a candidate is, in fact, an actual world. But astronomers say a planet known as Kepler-22b, orbiting a star some 600 light years from Earth, is the real thing."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-57337039-239/earth-like-planet-found-in-distant-suns-habitable-zone/?tag=mncol;topStories

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Found a video on this.

Furtherman

01-12-2012, 10:07 AM

There are more planets than stars. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=exoplanet-census-lensing&WT.mc_id=SA_Twitter_jmtsn)

This is a pretty big "WHOA" moment for humanity.

Snoogans

01-12-2012, 10:08 AM

There are more planets than stars. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=exoplanet-census-lensing&WT.mc_id=SA_Twitter_jmtsn)

This is a pretty big "WHOA" moment for humanity.

awesome. ALIENS ALL OVER

Gutter

01-12-2012, 10:09 AM

There are more planets than stars. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=exoplanet-census-lensing&WT.mc_id=SA_Twitter_jmtsn)

This is a pretty big "WHOA" moment for humanity.

pretty nuts. I'm expecting that there will be some shocking revelations this year about a lot of the exo-planets.

CountryBob

01-12-2012, 10:24 AM

I cant believe that space is ifinite - just blows my mind.

Furtherman

01-12-2012, 10:29 AM

http://www.google.com/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://troll.me/images/ancient-australiens/australiens.jpg&sa=X&ei=gDQPT6K9D8Pg0QGEu_2pAw&ved=0CAsQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNHs5milXQumQY4M67CFWV7tnsNIBA

sailor

01-12-2012, 11:08 AM

I read that today and don't see the big deal. Our star has 8 or 9 planets, why wouldn't there be more planets than stars?

Furtherman

01-12-2012, 11:11 AM

I read that today and don't see the big deal. Our star has 8 or 9 planets, why wouldn't there be more planets than stars?

Because until a few years ago, we had no proof of any other planets around stars. Then we found proof around some stars. Now there could be planets in the billions. That's a huge leap of knowledge in a small amount of time. The process of how we thought planetary systems is constantly being rewritten. They're finding planets now that no one thought could exist.

Snoogans

01-12-2012, 11:16 AM

I read that today and don't see the big deal. Our star has 8 or 9 planets, why wouldn't there be more planets than stars?

BECAUSE WE ARE SO GODDAMN IMPORTANT. HOW DARE THERE BE ANY OTHER PLANETS THAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE US REALIZE WE DONT REALLY MATTER