God-Emperor Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Thanks for playin' though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consular Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What a horrid name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Tell me 'bout it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhang Bhang Duc Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Biden is only a temporary name. The final name will be decided by the International Astronomical Union - and they have rules for the naming of new asteroids, dwarf planets etc. Politicians are verboten, so don't worry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I wasn't. I'm just surprised that's even it's nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yeah, just using that simpleton's name temporarily is an insult to that dwarf planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 It's an insult to all dwarf planets. Hell, to all planets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 It's an insult to all dwarf planets. Hell, to all planets.Is just an insult. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Not period. Exclamation point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consular Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Any eclipses upcoming BBD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Can you say 'blood moon' ? Meanwhile.... Help Map the Red Planet: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/citizen-science-salon/2014/04/02/help-map-red-planet-nasas-martian-citizen-science-initiative/#.U0ct4KhdVrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhang Bhang Duc Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Any eclipses upcoming BBD? Total eclipse of the Moon on April 15. Visible in its entirety from the USA. Totality starts at 07:06 UT and finishes at 08:24 UT. Partial phase starts at 05:58 UT and ends at 09:33 UT. Total lunar eclipses are always nice to watch, seeing what colour the Moon will be when eclipsed. No equipment necessary, just a pair of eyes. I remember observing one once and looking to the south and seeing a nice display of the aurora australis which had been masked until then by the Moon's brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consular Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Oh excellent. NASA or an observatory will hopefully stream it live, then I can have a look from down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Where's down here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Total eclipse of the Moon on April 15. Visible in its entirety from the USA. Totality starts at 07:06 UT and finishes at 08:24 UT. Partial phase starts at 05:58 UT and ends at 09:33 UT. Total lunar eclipses are always nice to watch, seeing what colour the Moon will be when eclipsed. No equipment necessary, just a pair of eyes. I remember observing one once and looking to the south and seeing a nice display of the aurora australis which had been masked until then by the Moon's brightness. Those are alot harder to get a good view of compared to the northern ones. I've only seen them from photos taken on the ISS. Even made a video of them like 2 years ago. Three Cheers for Public Domain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberillia Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I do hope BBD forgives me answering instead but take a look at this fine website Archsium!http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhang Bhang Duc Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Those are alot harder to get a good view of compared to the northern ones. I've only seen them from photos taken on the ISS. Even made a video of them like 2 years ago. Three Cheers for Public Domain! True, there's not much land around the magnetic latitudes where the aurora australia would be visible from. Invercargill, where I lived, was about 46S geographic, but 55S geomagnetic. Interestingly, the third, southernmost island of New Zealand, Stewart Island, is known as Rakiura in Maori. Translates as "glowing skies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consular Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I do hope BBD forgives me answering instead but take a look at this fine website Archsium! http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html Mhmm, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 So disapointing last night. I look out the window and see stars....go outside and see clouds. Clouds above, but none toward the horizon. So no eclipse viewing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consular Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Yeah I got... erm... distracted... and missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Prime Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I plain forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 erm... distracted... Is that what they call it these days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huangshi Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Schrodinger cat's is usually overused and misunderstood anyway And the funniest thing is that it was a joke in the first place. Schrodinger invented the thought experiment to disprove the very ideas that it represents: he hoped to show that the theory was completely absurd, because logically speaking, how can a cat possibly be both alive and dead? It's extremely ironic that it has become so ubiquitous that it is practically a faux-intelligence catchphrase-- "Hey, look at me, I have a Schrodinger's Cat T-Shirt, I'm smart and knowledgeable!" When in fact most of the high school students who do that sort of thing don't even know the finer points of the theory it was invented to make fun of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I enjoyed the use of Schrodinger's Cat as a story element in the Dan Simmons Endemion books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Astronomy Picture of the Day: Waterton Lake Eclipse http://129.164.179.22/apod/ap140417.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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