That's more like it!
Astronomy Thread
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That's more like it!
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Give me a mega moon
We didnt' get a collection of supermoon pics did we?
Well, I went and scoured (more like a quick browse) for some pics! I tried to make sure its was
2016's supermoon and not a previous year's pic used in an 2016 article, sometimes I couldn't tell, …but it was still a supermoon![hide]
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The one with the pyramid is my fave so far though these two are a close tie
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@Dr.:
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The one with the pyramid is pretty neat.I like the Statue of Liberty using the Spirit Bomb myself.
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I like the Statue of Liberty using the Spirit Bomb myself.
LOL. I didn't realize it looked like the Spirit Bomb.
It would be so awesome if Moon were so close to Earth to appear really so huge. But it would also be a very greeeat problem.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39451401
Last week, SpaceX made history by successfully reusing an orbit-class booster rocket, and landing it once again on their drone platform in the Atlantic. Booster rockets, especially the first stages, are always the most expensive part of space vehicles, so this really does mark a new era in the science of space flight. Bravo!
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AUGUST 21ST
For the first time in 99 years a total solar eclipse can be seen from coast to coast across North America! This website gives a very helpful explanation of what a solar eclipse is and where to best experience it.
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how
Not all states will experience solar eclipse totality where the moon completely blocks out the sun but every state should at least get a partial eclipse. I live in Maryland so I won't see a total solar eclipse but I looked it up and voila…
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/bethesda
Anyone else in Maryland can look at that to see how much of an eclipse we'll get. I say it's about 85%. Cool!
Everyone in North America look out for AUGUST 21ST!!!
This will be my first solar eclipse.
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Also, helpful video of solar eclipse passing through America and how states will be affected.
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Yep! I'm psyched for it, I'll be travelling down to Nashville the weekend before just to catch this. Hoping to purchase a nice camera before then so I can get good photos to remember it by~
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Hmmm….yeah, I thought about travelling down further south for this event but I heard hotels are already jacking up prices on the 21st because of the expected influx of customers in certain states. Plus, I know parks and open touristy spaces are going to be super crowded.
But how cool would it be to see a total solar eclipse and not have to go super out of the way to see it!? Hmmm....still deciding if I want to be in Maryland or not for it...
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An optimal viewing site is like twenty minutes from my house; they're having a party for it in the town square.
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I'm lucky enough to have an old friend who lives in Nashville and offered to host me and my girlfriend. I heard that hotels started booking up months ago because people are coming not only from out of state but from foreign countries, too.
Who knows? Maybe the Supreme Court will uphold the Muslim Ban before then and lots of rooms will open up?
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Oh no! But my brother is returning from Korea in August! :P
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http://www.space.com/36925-alien-megastructure-star-dimming-again.html
Interstellar debris? Dust cloud? Weird astrophysics?
I'm not saying it's aliens, but…
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I wanted to be an astronomer im more leani g toward chemical egineering.
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Juno says hello to the Great Red Spot.
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All of these images are fucking fantastic. Here's one of my favorites:
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For anyone who'll be able to view the solar eclipse on Monday (whether total or just partial), here's something you can make to safely look at the sun during the times when it's partially eclipsed (and thus, still not safe to look at directly):
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I ordered some glasses on Amazon a couple days ago.
Damn glasses are expensive and I think the prices have gone further up since then…
Also, here's a solar eclipse computer to help you figure out how much of an eclipse you'll be getting by your location.
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reads solar eclipse will be in 2 days, on Monday … thinks wait shouldn't it be 3 since its Friday. Checks today's date
yeah I do remember its the 19th ... BUT for some reason thought it was a Friday, not Saturday. Somehow I lost a day X__X ah well.
I'm in a partial eclipse region AND its forecasted to be mostly cloudy here so likely not see anything and will be viewing total eclipse on comp . -
I used the CNN tracker since the Navy one wouldn't cooperate.
I'm at the blue dot.
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If it doesn't rain, I'm in a pretty good position.
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I used the CNN tracker since the Navy one wouldn't cooperate.
I'm at the blue dot.
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If it doesn't rain, I'm in a pretty good position.
I'm jeaulous, Ubiq.
if I may ask, what city/town are you in/near?After posting this I went to Weather.com and searched for cities/towns near Nantahala Nat. Forest. Area near Sweetwater and Gatlinburg are expected to be mostly sunny on Mon. for most the day. BUT for Gatlinburg they're going to get partly cloudy around 4 pm and for rest of evening. While Sweetwater will be 'mostly sunny' for that afternoon.
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It'll be about 85% eclipsed where I am. Everywhere is out of eclipse glasses though so I won't be able to look directly at it. The weather is good today and hopefully it stays clear.
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I read on multiple sights(just to make sure the claim is legitimate) that #14 welding glasses or higher can be used as a substitute for eclipse glasses. Don't use anything that will magnify the sun's intensity(ie anything with a lens) or else the welding glasses could shatter!
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On the ONE day I don't want cold overcast weather, that's what I get. I can't even tell where in the sky the sun is supposed to be (and no, it's not because it's a total eclipse <_< ). I'm sad.
Edit: For a few minutes, right around the peak, the sun did peek out. Glad I got to see that!
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Anybody have a Crimson Behelit on them? Now is your chance to join the Godhand since the Eclipse is here.
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I got about 85 percent going on right now! There was a stupid cloud in the way but now it's gone.
This is pretty sweet~
I can only imagine how awesome it looks for people who are getting a total eclipse.
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Right as it was getting good this humongous cloud came and eclipsed it…RIP
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Had some clouds. Was only in the 85% zone and couldn't see much of anything covering the sun. It did get a bit darker but I don't know how much of that was the eclipse and how much was the sun. I tried the pinhole thing but I imagine because of the clouds I didn't get much of any shadows to have it work.
Edit: I did take some pictures and managed to get some reflections that seem to show the partial eclipse though, so that's something.
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I didn't think to get a filter for the camera. Just took a few snapshots with the cellphone which came out pretty trippy looking. The last one is during totality.
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Perfect weather for it here.
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well fuckity fuck fuck! I go the times wrong. Add to that insomnia was in high gear last night so I didn't fall asleep until 7-8 am and just now woke up.
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Yeah, that was really cool! The observatory had good weather basically the whole time, and 20+ people showed up, so it was pretty great! Had 75% maximum coverage here in New Mexico. There were also some good sunspots on the sun today, which is lucky considering we're near solar minimum right now. Got some good pics: [HIDE]Maximum eclipse here (taken through a telescope eyepiece): Picture of totality, taken from a NASA livestream from Montana:
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Here's my really crappy photo I took when the eclipse was near its peak in my area. I took it on my cellphone through my eclipse glasses.
[hide][/hide]It looked much better when you saw it with your own eyes (with glasses on).
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Cassini arrives at the gates of Valhalla all shiny and chrome tomorrow morning.
Here's some things to remember it by:
https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/165331742919/cassini-spacecraft-top-discoveries
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Two neutron stars colliding, in other words a kilonova. It seems that this is the explanation on where most of the gold and silver was created in the universe.
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For those of you in the US (especially western US), Australia, and Asia (especially Eastern Asia): total lunar eclipse tonight/tomorrow early morning! As this article points out, it's a "Super Blue Blood Moon" (as in, a supermoon, a blue moon, and a lunar eclipse all at once, though it being a supermoon at least isn't that big of a deal).
Unfortunately, those in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and South America will mostly or entirely miss out, as this page shows; however, there'll be another lunar eclipse in July that, in turn, the US will completely miss and most of those same places will have a better view, as shown here. (Sadly, Eastern US and South America just don't get that much for either one.) Luckily, the entirety of North and South America will see the one next January.
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I woke up early enough to view it … but it was partial cloudy at the very beginning and got cloudier. So I didn't see anything live. I had to watch online to view it.
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Ah, that's a shame. The weather affecting cool things like this is just the worst. :getlost:
I've got some decent pictures here. Not great, since they're taken with a cellphone camera through binoculars, but still surprisingly okay: [HIDE]These first two were taken shortly after totality began, around 5:55 AM MST:
And these next two were taken around max totality, 6:30 AM MST, when the sky was quite a bit lighter:
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NASA has launched a new rover for Mars: https://amp.space.com/40498-nasa-mars-insight-lander-launch.html
This time, the solar powered robot will deploy a sensor to measure Mars's seismic activity and get a general picture of the interior structure of the planet. Scientists call Mars a Goldilocks planet because it is just similar enough to Earth to be interesting to study. One interesting question they'll be considering is why Mars seems to have stopped its planetary differentiation phase prematurely. They'll also gain valuable information about the frequency and magnitude of marsquakes, which will be important to understand before establishing future human colonies.
The deployed sensor will be sensitive enough to detect vibrations on the angstrom scale - as small as a hydrogen atom!
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@DarinaPax:
BS Money making scheme l
Reported for 15 characters of scam.
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Reported for 15 characters of scam.
That's two of us (so far) that's reported this ad bot. … is it just me or recently has there been a massive influx of them lately?
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That's two of us (so far) that's reported this ad bot. … is it just me or recently has there been a massive influx of them lately?
Must be that season for bots to pop up and cause some trouble online.
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NASA has launched a new rover for Mars: https://amp.space.com/40498-nasa-mars-insight-lander-launch.html
This time, the solar powered robot will deploy a sensor to measure Mars's seismic activity and get a general picture of the interior structure of the planet. Scientists call Mars a Goldilocks planet because it is just similar enough to Earth to be interesting to study. One interesting question they'll be considering is why Mars seems to have stopped its planetary differentiation phase prematurely. They'll also gain valuable information about the frequency and magnitude of marsquakes, which will be important to understand before establishing future human colonies.
The deployed sensor will be sensitive enough to detect vibrations on the angstrom scale - as small as a hydrogen atom!
Insight has safely touched down! Apparently, Curiosity is supposed to be able to make a rendezvous with it in the near future. Yay, science!
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Insight has safely touched down! Apparently, Curiosity is supposed to be able to make a rendezvous with it in the near future. Yay, science!
Yay! Let's hope anything else will go also smoothly.
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If you live in the Americas, Europe, or western Africa, you're in luck! This weekend, on the evening of Sunday the 20th or early morning of Monday the 21st (depending on where you live), there will be a total lunar eclipse (also known as a "blood moon") that will be visible in your area, either for its entirety or for the most interesting parts. Other areas will also be able to see at least some parts of the eclipse. See here for more details (where you can also enter your city or ZIP code to find out how much of the eclipse will be visible, and what times it will begin and end): https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2019-january-21 Note: Australia and most of Asia will entirely miss this eclipse, unfortunately, since it'll be daytime, and thus facing away from the Moon, in those locations at the time of the eclipse. However, you can still use the site to check when the next eclipses will happen for you! These same areas will have a partial lunar eclipse and an annular/partial solar eclipse later this year (in July and December, respectively).
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Another awesome eclipse! Got some great pictures: Beginning of totality, from my own telescope:[HIDE][/HIDE] From a campus 'scope (higher magnification):[HIDE][/HIDE] Maximum eclipse:[HIDE][/HIDE] Partial eclipse after end of totality:[HIDE][/HIDE] Also snagged a couple of good pictures of other objects during this time. Namely, the Orion Nebula:[HIDE][/HIDE] and the Pleiades:[HIDE][/HIDE]
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Back in the '60s, NASA made a deal with MGM to produce a documentary covering the Apollo 11 mission using a high resolution 70MM camera; the film eventually fell through but the footage was preserved in NASA's archives all those years.
A documentary was made using it and is out in theaters now.
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For everyone who didn't saw it yet. A pretty mindblowing video of the lifecycle of the universe: