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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:27 am
by BlueHour
Happy Harvest Moon! Damn she is full and bright tonight! I'm going to go sit outside under the stars, unfortunately I missed Saturn/Venus.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
I'm going to look for Uranus (near the moon) with my telescope if I can just find my damn lenses.
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:11 pm
by fujee
Had a look at the beautiful clear moon through my binoculars tonight, pretty special even just to see something so familiar in greater detail. I love that impact crater on the bottom left hand quarter, so cool
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:29 pm
by fujee
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:10 pm
by Cupz
Can someone recommend me a good space documentary?
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:47 pm
by WeHadNormality
Cupz wrote:Can someone recommend me a good space documentary?
The Through the Wormhole TV Series (narrated by Morgan Freeman) is really good and covers loads of stuff.
Shadow of The Moon is a great doc about NASA's manned missions to the Moon.
Also, Nostalgia for the Light (2010). Not strictly a doc about the universe but more about humanity. Well worth a watch though:
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:42 pm
by Mexicola
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:33 pm
by WeHadNormality
^^ Photo's look great.
Comet Ison is visible to the naked eye atm. Spotted it on my walk to work at 6ish this morning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25001732
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:42 pm
by fujee
Gorgeous, will keep an eye out for this tomorrow morning when I walk to work.
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:39 am
by paul
Cupz wrote:Can someone recommend me a good space documentary?
did i miss it - cuz i see plenty of tips of the hat to Sagan? if i did, delete, however - if you want the definitive armchair guide to all things Space, then: COSMOS. read the book first, then get the videos. i watched every single episode first run with my dad. i was 9 years old, its was 1979 and we had 4 channels. next to football on Sunday, the only thing i ever saw worth my time was PBS (public TV here in the states). i cherish those memories. later in college i rented the entire series on VHS and watched them all in my apartment. now, i have recently purchased the entire set on DVD so one day i can watch them with my baby boy...
Carl Sagan simply nailed it the first time - but if the turtle necks and corduroy blazers are too much - then the good news is Neil DeGrasse Tyson is doing the remake of COSMOS right now as we speak. it will be very cool and very fresh but like all things vintage and from my childhood - nothing compares to the original.
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:43 pm
by fujee
Any of you highlanders spotted the Aurora Borealis? It's been seen as low as Essex recently.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gall ... a-borealis
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:15 pm
by A_Northern_Soul
I didn't see it - too much light pollution down by the docks where I live, but a photographer I know got a lovely shot from just along the East Lothian coast:
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:20 pm
by fujee
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:55 pm
by Mexicola
More confirmation starting to come in now. Let's see the Creationists explain
thisone away then...
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:02 pm
by fujee
They will always have the "well God made that too" excuse. Some people love the feel of wool on their eyes I tell ya.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:24 pm
by fujee
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:30 pm
by Mexicola
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 5:17 pm
by fujee
Lovely view of Mars last night, with a full Moon also.. pretty special.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:41 pm
by Mexicola
fujee wrote:Lovely view of Mars last night, with a full Moon also.. pretty special.
Correct. Stunning wasn't it? Too close to the full Moon for a good view through the scope but I had a look couple of nights ago. Too full of man-flu to get out there tonight though
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:07 pm
by uf0party
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/miss-r ... d=23316736
"Turn your gaze to the stars tonight for an eerie and spectacular view of the “blood moon.” At 12:53 a.m. ET, the Earth will begin to position itself between the sun and the moon for the first of a series of four total eclipses to conclude in September 2015."
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:50 am
by Hemulen
It's a pity the Moon is already setting where I live. I guess I'll just watch this one on the internet.
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2014/04/ ... ive-event/
http://live.slooh.com/
