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09/12/2005 06:38:48 PM · #1 |
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09/12/2005 07:11:37 PM · #2 |
Someone sent me that link last week. I actually sent them two photos:
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09/12/2005 07:16:59 PM · #3 |
[quote=strangeghost] Someone sent me that link last week. I actually sent them two photos:
Hmm, I'm thinking about giving you some friendly competition :-)
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11/03/2005 04:23:00 PM · #4 |
| Well, it's not exactly a contest, but some of you nighthawks might want to take stab at capturing some of the more-numerous-than-usual fireballs associated with the Taurid meteor stream. |
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11/03/2005 05:38:38 PM · #5 |
| Last Friday night Kirbic and I observed with a good sized group under dark skies about 30 miles south of Madison, and there were an unusually high number of bright meteors that night as well. I missed most of them, being glued to my camera and Mars, but I counted the gasps at one point that evening and recorded a record rate! |
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11/03/2005 05:47:49 PM · #6 |
| They're supposed to continue through the 10th or so ... good to know it's not just more government hype ... : ) |
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11/28/2005 05:24:19 PM · #7 |
| OK! -- here's a new and rare challenge: photograph Shadows of Venus. |
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11/28/2005 06:04:18 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
OK! -- here's a new and rare challenge: photograph Shadows of Venus. |
It won't win any ribbons, but well worth trying. Just the sort of thing I'm likely to spend an evening on! |
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11/28/2005 09:00:37 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
OK! -- here's a new and rare challenge: photograph Shadows of Venus. |
It won't win any ribbons, but well worth trying. Just the sort of thing I'm likely to spend an evening on! |
Well, you'll get a special unofficial ribbon from me if you pull it off -- I think there's way too much light pollution to try around here. Good luck! |
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11/28/2005 09:06:06 PM · #10 |
Ooooh, sounds like a definite challenge! Now, then, let's conjure up some clear skies, eh?
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03/12/2006 01:11:35 PM · #11 |
| Here's your (very) early heads-up for the upcoming Solar Maximum. |
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02/23/2009 03:39:28 PM · #12 |
Got this in last week's NASA email -- this satellite has a 95MP sensor (array)!
Originally posted by NASA Science News:
The Kepler telescope is specially designed to detect the periodic dimming of stars caused by transiting planets. Some star systems are oriented in such a way that their planets cross in front of their stars, as seen from our Earthly point of view. As the planets transit, they cause their stars' light to slightly dim, or wink. The telescope can register changes in brightness of only 20 parts per million.
"If Kepler were to look down at a small town on Earth at night from space, it would be able to detect the dimming of a porch light as somebody passed in front," said James Fanson, Kepler project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
To accomplish this feat, Kepler will use the largest camera ever launched into space, a 95-megapixel array of charged couple devices or "CCDs." |
Message edited by author 2009-02-23 15:40:15. |
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02/23/2009 06:02:45 PM · #13 |
Ahhhh old thread alert. Thought I was going mad.
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02/23/2009 06:07:56 PM · #14 |
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02/23/2009 06:13:58 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by marbo:
Ahhhh old thread alert. Thought I was going mad. |
Hey, I almost used one last posted-to in 2003 ... ;-) |
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02/26/2009 06:04:25 PM · #16 |
| NASA sent out this "pretty sky alert" about another astro-op -- a close conjunction of Venus and the crescent Moon, tomorrow evening (Friday, 2/27/09). |
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02/28/2009 02:51:51 PM · #17 |
Moon, Venus, and streetlight.
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02/28/2009 03:33:58 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Moon, Venus, and streetlight.
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Aaaaaaaagh! The Venusians are coming, the Venusians are coming! |
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03/17/2009 06:06:45 PM · #19 |
| According to this article from NASA, construction on the ISS will be visible with home telescopes over N. America later this week. |
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03/17/2009 06:11:55 PM · #20 |
I used to be an Astro Photog, but that was a long time ago ;-)
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03/17/2009 06:16:43 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Moon, Venus, and streetlight.
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Aaaaaaaagh! The Venusians are coming, the Venusians are coming! |
maybe this is good thing that Venusians are visiting us ... i always imagined that fleet of great space battleships of yamamoto class
filled with beautiful woman on all decks are ... harvesting us. :-) |
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03/17/2009 06:36:46 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by goc:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Moon, Venus, and streetlight.
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Aaaaaaaagh! The Venusians are coming, the Venusians are coming! |
maybe this is good thing that Venusians are visiting us ... i always imagined that fleet of great space battleships of yamamoto class
filled with beautiful woman on all decks are ... harvesting us. :-) |
Why would the Venusians name a class of battleships after a Japanese Admiral? |
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03/17/2009 06:45:29 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by vxpra:
Why would the Venusians name a class of battleships after a Japanese Admiral? |
argh. i knew it ... no bad intensions or prejudices here ... it is the name of the powerful vessel/gun in starcraft pc game ... it's all my imagination. sorry. |
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03/19/2009 10:38:24 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by goc:
Originally posted by vxpra:
Why would the Venusians name a class of battleships after a Japanese Admiral? |
argh. i knew it ... no bad intensions or prejudices here ... it is the name of the powerful vessel/gun in starcraft pc game ... it's all my imagination. sorry. |
I knew the source.....sometimes I just like to be difficult. :) Of course the question remains Why would the Venusians name a class of battleships after a Japanese Admiral?
Message edited by author 2009-03-19 10:41:03. |
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03/19/2009 04:09:48 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by vxpra:
Of course the question remains Why would the Venusians name a class of battleships after a Japanese Admiral? |
:-) i don't know ... maybe because it's AWESOME ? :-))) |
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