Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:03 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir ... 32?SThisFB
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:57 pm
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:31 pm
Nabbed my first ever, hazy, wobbly, low-to-the-horizon look at Saturn through the 'scope tonight.
Mind...........blown........
Mind...........blown........
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:44 pm
Jealous mate, bet that was an experience. Have you checked out the Orion nebula yet?
This is an 18inch Dobsonian so obviously a lot clearer than smaller scopes, but how awesome does that look!
This is an 18inch Dobsonian so obviously a lot clearer than smaller scopes, but how awesome does that look!
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:22 am
It's even amazing with a pair of crappy binoculars. All you have to do is put your mind in the right space.fujee wrote:Jealous mate, bet that was an experience. Have you checked out the Orion nebula yet?
This is an 18inch Dobsonian so obviously a lot clearer than smaller scopes, but you how awesome does that look!
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:02 am
Yup - the Orion Nebula looks incredible through it, although an 18" Dob is going to show it a damn sight better than my 8" does. (Matron).
Really got me stoked to get out into a PROPER dark sky site now. My back garden is pretty good - well away from street lights, but it's not the same as the middle of the New Forest / Purbecks.
Really got me stoked to get out into a PROPER dark sky site now. My back garden is pretty good - well away from street lights, but it's not the same as the middle of the New Forest / Purbecks.
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:05 pm
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:14 pm
23rd of June, a good night for a full moon it seems.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/is-biggest- ... bYkQIl5mc0
http://earthsky.org/tonight/is-biggest- ... bYkQIl5mc0
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:45 am
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:07 am
http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/06 ... age-aliens
Broadcast the image of your choice to aliens.
Broadcast the image of your choice to aliens.
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:48 am
Rare planetary alignment on the 29th. Make of it what you will. This person did...
http://1043mabovethesea.wordpress.com/2 ... july-29th/
http://1043mabovethesea.wordpress.com/2 ... july-29th/
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:57 am
Incredible...
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:40 pm
Heard about this!! So amazing. Just always makes me wanna listen to the Cosmos theme..ah, Vangelis.fujee wrote:Incredible...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Lwj_ybVno
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:15 am
I can't WAIT ten years for this telescope to be in operation. 10 times sharper than Hubble? Man.
http://www.gmto.org/index.html
http://www.gmto.org/index.html
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 2:52 pm
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:21 pm
12 billion miles from home. So long little fella. Take care. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24026153
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24026153
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:27 pm
Incredible, and a nice bookend to my first original post in this threadWeHadNormality wrote:12 billion miles from home. So long little fella. Take care.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24026153
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:48 pm
Allow me to get my trenchcoat and sunglasses a moment..
We'll chase the Universe and dance on Saturn's Rings....
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:42 am
Oh YES! I too remember seeing saturn for the first time through my telescope! It was awesome!Mexicola wrote:Nabbed my first ever, hazy, wobbly, low-to-the-horizon look at Saturn through the 'scope tonight.
Mind...........blown........
I love to watch the rings twist/tilt/change! (When seeing it over the course of days-nights/weeks/months.) It's so hard to find Saturn with my old, cheap telescope but when/if I find it, it's always worth the search!
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:29 pm
Harvest Moon tonight, Venus visible to the naked eye and Saturn visible through binoculars.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... unter.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... unter.html