Facepalm wrote:Perhaps he wants to look at Uranus?Deckard1 wrote:Try to get into a different hobby, like watching Corrie, Eastenders or Emmerdale, or golf or any sport which involves tapping a ball around. Much less geeky and ultimately more important than looking at the solar system and the universe. Which is pointless.
You fuckers are going to make me buy a telescope. I don't know if my relationship can handle any more geekery. If I walk in with an astronomy set it might be the final nail.
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Registered 9 years agoDirtbox wrote:
It looks amazing but the thing that always gets me is the amount of light that can be seen from the planets surface due to all those street lamps and cities.
Thought I'd share this. What the stars look like from the ISS.
http://vimeo.com/38409143
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Registered 11 years agoDeckard1 wrote:
I've been laying the groundwork for years, I mention it every six months or so. The prices seem to have come down quite a bit too.
You fuckers are going to make me buy a telescope. I don't know if my relationship can handle any more geekery. If I walk in with an astronomy set it might be the final nail.
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That's lovely. It's odd how alien the planet looks at night. Liked the last sequence, showing electrical storms on earth and the milky way above, just before the sun rises.
Thought I'd share this. What the stars look like from the ISS.
http://vimeo.com/38409143
I'd like to slow the whole thing down x50 and have it as a desktop.This post is unsuitable for those with a high rumour-sensitivity.
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Hah! Like that thing did anything other than set me on course to piss away years playing fucking games! Educational! HAH!
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Keep staring at it then.
3.7 billion miles away:
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Registered 11 years agoBremenacht wrote:
You probably could. Convert the flv to a wmv and use the Dreamscene hack. It'd be a massive file though.
That's lovely. It's odd how alien the planet looks at night. Liked the last sequence, showing electrical storms on earth and the milky way above, just before the sun rises.
I'd like to slow the whole thing down x50 and have it as a desktop.
Or snap a selection of frames and line them up for the wallpaper changer to animate.
edit: woah
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Registered 11 years agoWhat I don't understand about that is how is it suddenly visible to the naked eye again? It's not like it could hide behind something or got closer. Did a wizard do it?+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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What’s got the world of astronomy excited about the new study is that the researchers have captured “light echoes” from the Great Eruption bouncing off dust a hundred light-years away from the system.
Echoes! How do they know!?
There's a link in that first article to the explanation -
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Registered 5 years agoJust had a lovely session. Found a club, astronomy 4 everyone that meets just outside Guilford. Took a drive out there and they had some awesome skies. Very friendly bunch of people, gave me some good tips and laid on tea and coffee which is always appreciated on a cool night.
Saw some outstanding sites. M42 was particularly attractive, Jupiter and the Pleiades were astounding as well.
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Registered 9 years agoGood time to have a look at Mars right now if you have clear skies.
South west sky, bright red, cant miss it.gif)
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Registered 9 years agoUsed my sisters refractor last night 50mm with a 1.5x barlow and I was amazed how much of Jupiter I could see after fiddling around.
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Registered 11 years agoIf this wasn't such an intellectual thread, I'd assume you meant of his sister.....
He said he can't attach a camera to it. Being able to attach an SLR is a must for me - I'm assuming there are adapters? -
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Moon with 25mm Plossl
Barlow Shot
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