Westwind Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Three Galaxies over New Zealand Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Mackinven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Even managed a shooting star in the photo! Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I don't see it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 If you look in the upper centre-right of the photo you can see that white line, could be a shooting star, or a plane, or possibly a satellite, although I bet the exposure time for the photo would have seen a much longer line if it was a sat, and if it was a plane, I think it would be intermittent due to the blinking navigation lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhang Bhang Duc Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 If you look in the upper centre-right of the photo you can see that white line, could be a shooting star, or a plane, or possibly a satellite, although I bet the exposure time for the photo would have seen a much longer line if it was a sat, and if it was a plane, I think it would be intermittent due to the blinking navigation lights. Satellites can appear to "blink" in long-exposure photos - their brightness isn't constant from a fixed point on the ground. Used to love observing the SMC with my telescope - the bright globuar cluster 47 Tucanae was in the same field of view. Wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I had to look up SMC so astronomy is obviously over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 That is an amazingly beautiful pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhang Bhang Duc Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I am going to reboot this thread, just give me a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Take your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terran Borealis Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Just as a question, what is y'all's favorite constellation? My favorite is Orion because it points to many other interesting constellations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligent Holograms Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I've missed this thread. Can't say I have a favourite constellation, I try to look for the Plough whenever I look up at night purely for the fact that it's one of the only ones that I recognise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Huts Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Orion sure is a great old friend. I like Cassiopeia a lot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 *nods* Orion. My daughter says she wants a Nebula for her birthday though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Give her the best nebula ever: The Eagle Nebula Westwind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God-Emperor Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Perty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediobogdum Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Or as they say here in Texas "Real purdy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New People Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 BBD, do you have any favorite crackpot theories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terran Borealis Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Is anyone bringing out their telescopes to view the supermoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 As Neil deGrasse says “The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle,” Tyson explained. “Sometimes it’s closer, sometimes it’s farther away. Every month, there is a moment when it is closest. Occasionally, that moment when it is closest coincidences with a full moon. People are calling that a super moon, but there’s super half moons. Every month one of those phases is the closest. I don’t hear people saying like ‘super crescent, super half moon.’” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhang Bhang Duc Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 Sorry, in France at the moment - will catch up as soon as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 WHat you want to do? I may be helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westwind Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Give her the best nebula ever: The Eagle Nebula *nods* Yeah, that's the one she wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terran Borealis Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 As Neil deGrasse says Yes, that's completely true. But when most people say supermoon, they mean the night when the Perigee and Full Moon occur together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkesia Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Actually when most people say supermoon, they mean the mythical thing that gets passed around facebook all the time. I got so tired of pasting links to explain the reality and telling people it's not what they think, that I just ignore the posts about it now. You would think that after so many hoaxes about it, people might start thinking it strange that no one has seen one of these enormous moons before. Or the companion hoax that says Mars will appear the same size as the moon. Makes me want to facepalm hard enough to see stars... Elegarth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Actually when most people say supermoon, they mean the mythical thing that gets passed around facebook all the time. I got so tired of pasting links to explain the reality and telling people it's not what they think, that I just ignore the posts about it now. You would think that after so many hoaxes about it, people might start thinking it strange that no one has seen one of these enormous moons before. Or the companion hoax that says Mars will appear the same size as the moon. Makes me want to facepalm hard enough to see stars... Basically this. As I had explained to several people in RL, if you want to see the moon bigger, go to a beach and catch the moon rise or the moon down...The "super" moon we had can still be seen through the hole on a straw and while I love astronomical observation and people getting connected to it, I also think they should know the right non-mythical non-magical non-made-up facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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