Re: tOfficial Astronomy Thread

[Jake from State Farm]

You can't make this stuff up. Well, I guess you could, but this is better.

Probing Uranus Is Top Priority This Decade, U.S. Science Advisors Say

and they're going to bend over backwards to make sure it remains a priority

[MiamiSpartan]

You can't make this stuff up. Well, I guess you could, but this is better.

Probing Uranus Is Top Priority This Decade, U.S. Science Advisors Say

and they're going to bend over backwards to make sure it remains a priority

Don't expect this to happen overnight. It is going to take a long effort to penetrate Uranus enough to get where we want to be.

[Trapper Gus]

It calls for a spacecraft that will orbit Uranus and map its gravitational and magnetic fields. The orbiter would circle Uranus for several years and deliver an atmospheric probe into the planet’s hydrogen sulfide-rich skies.

Looks like Uranus has a lot of stinky gas.

[Floyd Robertson]

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[Floyd Robertson]

For those of us who still live here...

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[Floyd Robertson]

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[Trapper Gus]

For those of us who still live here...

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I saw one of those "blood moon" eclipses on the western horizon one morning on my way to work, scared the crap out of me.

[Floyd Robertson]

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The meteor shower was expected to peak next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and that's good news for metro Detroiters. The National Weather Service said Wednesday and Thursday was expected to remain mostly sunny and dry, before clouds move in Friday. The Eta Aquariids continue through May 27.

[tGreenWay]

I wonder if people who faint at the sight of blood should stay indoors with their curtains closed. And ffs, do not drive during those hours.

[kingstonlake]

Jupiter and Mars I believe

[MiamiSpartan]

Jupiter and Mars I believe

I think Venus/Jupiter and Mars, actually.  Venus and Jupiter are  virtually on top of each other, but Venus would be the brightest.  Jupiter may add to the size of it from our viewpoint. Neptune is there, but isn't going to be visible to the naked eye, I dont think.

[kingstonlake]

was wondering. Quick look I thought Venus was more on the horizon to the left. On Marco Island and not a star in the sky. Just those two planets.

[tGreenWay]

was wondering. Quick look I thought Venus was more on the horizon to the left. On Marco Island and not a star in the sky. Just those two planets.

You should stay there, Florida man.

[kingstonlake]

was wondering. Quick look I thought Venus was more on the horizon to the left. On Marco Island and not a star in the sky. Just those two planets.

You should stay there, Florida man.

To long of a commute for Mrs Greenway.

[tGreenWay]

You should stay there, Florida man.

To long of a commute for Mrs Greenway.

Sounds like you’ve learned about Mrs. GreenWay’s 2-wine bottle mobile limit. When the second bottle is empty it’s time to pull over for the day.

[MiamiSpartan]

Big announcement coming today from the Event Horizon Telescope team, the group that imaged the first black hole a few years ago. Speculation (despite warnings to please don't speculate) is that they may have imaged the black hole at the center of our own galaxy (though a few years ago, that's the one that people thought they were going to show, so who knows?).

[The Pantry]

[Nordic]

Anyone see anything or too cloudy?

[Nordic]

Gave it a half-assed look out the window. Didn't see anything. But found this.

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[Trapper Gus]

https://scitechdaily.com/seventeen-modes-to-discovery-webb-space-telescopes-final-commissioning-activities/

[Floyd Robertson]

6:45PM tonight

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[The Pantry]

What’s up in the night sky: June 2022

[MiamiSpartan]

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Was up in Cocoa Beach last week and saw this out on the launch pad (from quite a distance, of course).

Exciting stuff. The first launch of the SLS, the most powerful rocket ever built, and the rocket that will take humans back to a soundstage in Hollywood--err, I mean "the moon"--is on track for possibly as early as late August.

[Floyd Robertson]

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Space is apparently an immensely massive place.

[tGreenWay]

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Space is apparently an immensely massive place.

But where does it end, Floyd? Does it end? And if not, how is this possible?
That’s the question I find hardest to wrap my head around. Infinite space.

[Floyd Robertson]

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Space is apparently an immensely massive place.

But where does it end, Floyd? Does it end? And if not, how is this possible?
That’s the question I find hardest to wrap my head around. Infinite space.

Want your mind blown some more? Space is still expanding. If that's true, what is it expanding into? What is it displacing?

[Trapper Gus]

Last estimate I remember is 93 billion Light Years, we can only see about 14 billion of those as the universe is only about 14 billion years old.

[tGreenWay]

But where does it end, Floyd? Does it end? And if not, how is this possible?
That’s the question I find hardest to wrap my head around. Infinite space.

Want your mind blown some more? Space is still expanding. If that's true, what is it expanding into? What is it displacing?

[MiamiSpartan]

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Space is apparently an immensely massive place.

What an incredible image, and only the beginning. An area of space the size of a grain of sand if held at arms length. It is a little hard to wrap my head around it being real, as it looks like it should be a drawing or something.

[Trapper Gus]

But where does it end, Floyd? Does it end? And if not, how is this possible?
That’s the question I find hardest to wrap my head around. Infinite space.

Want your mind blown some more? Space is still expanding. If that's true, what is it expanding into? What is it displacing?

nothing at all, it is just getting bigger.

a metaphor for knowledge over a lifetime

[Rocinante]

Fake News

[Nordic]

Pretty cool. Zoom in on some of the parts at the top.


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[Nordic]

Amazing view

[Rick Saunders]

Space is apparently an immensely massive place.

But where does it end, Floyd? Does it end? And if not, how is this possible?
That’s the question I find hardest to wrap my head around. Infinite space.

No no no. Haven't we done this? Space is finite. Finite but unbounded. This is an intellectual community so let's get our incomprehensible language straightened out.

[Nordic]

There is NOVA documentary about the JWST on PBS right now. S49E10 The Ultimate Telescope

[kingstonlake]

What’s the flickering star in the western sky just to the left of the Big Dipper?

[MiamiSpartan]

What’s the flickering star in the western sky just to the left of the Big Dipper?

The Big Dipper is in the Northern sky. I guess it ends up just a little West of North in the wee hours.

Either way, the Google Sky Map app is helpful in finding that stuff out.

[AvgMSUJoe]

What’s the flickering star in the western sky just to the left of the Big Dipper?

The Big Dipper is in the Northern sky. I guess it ends up just a little West of North in the wee hours.

Either way, the Google Sky Map app is helpful in finding that stuff out.

northern sky**


**-beyond Clare/West Branch

[kingstonlake]

What’s the flickering star in the western sky just to the left of the Big Dipper?

The Big Dipper is in the Northern sky. I guess it ends up just a little West of North in the wee hours.

Either way, the Google Sky Map app is helpful in finding that stuff out.

Hey man, I was barely awake! Let the dogs out to pee lol. BD was in the lower NNW sky. Flicker star/planet seem to be almost due west. I’ll check that app out.

[Nordic]

Welp. We're fucked.

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