Re: tOfficial Astronomy Thread

[Robert J Sakimano]

Went out and looked for the blood moon.

Couldn't see it. Mostly clear but there are some clouds. Gonna head out soon, anyway. Should see it then.

[Floyd Robertson]

Went out and looked for the blood moon.

Couldn't see it. Mostly clear but there are some clouds. Gonna head out soon, anyway. Should see it then.

I've been able to get some good views of it since 5am. Pretty cool. Hope the the clouds disperse over there.

[The Pantry]

Saw it for a few seconds in the car. Moon was just starting to reappear. The crescent was on top.

[Trapper Gus]

Watched it from when it was about half ellipse until full ellipse.

Say a blood moon ellipse a few years ago on the horizon, when the moon looks bigger, and it was amazing.

[Trapper Gus]

https://www.cnet.com/science/space/4-1-billion-nasa-moon-rocket-stuck-outside-as-a-dangerous-storm-moves-in/

[The Pantry]

https://www.cnet.com/science/space/4-1-billion-nasa-moon-rocket-stuck-outside-as-a-dangerous-storm-moves-in/

Very easy to gamble with OPM

[Trapper Gus]

https://www.cnet.com/science/space/4-1-billion-nasa-moon-rocket-stuck-outside-as-a-dangerous-storm-moves-in/

Very easy to gamble with OPM

The solid boosters are nearing their expiration date, didn't know that was a thing but it was noted in an article, so if they can't go now, they may have to rebuild the whole thing.

[Trapper Gus]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane at the pad and is on track for its first test flight next week, a top official said Friday.

[MiamiSpartan]

TO THE MOON, ALICE! I mean, Artemis.

Successful launch overnight!!!

[Trapper Gus]

Near Launch Sequences start at about 3 hours in on this Youtube

[Trapper Gus]

So if anyone watched the NASA launch feed my family's opinion is they should have used the Buzz Lightyear voice for their launch poem.

[The Pantry]

So if anyone watched the NASA launch feed my family's opinion is they should have used the Buzz Lightyear voice for their launch poem.

You mean, Tim Allen. Yeah, that woulda been cool.

[Trapper Gus]

So if anyone watched the NASA launch feed my family's opinion is they should have used the Buzz Lightyear voice for their launch poem.

You mean, Tim Allen. Yeah, that woulda been cool.

Couldn't decide, three different voice actors have done it. Allen of course is best known.

[Trapper Gus]

https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-exploration-science-business-galaxies-83bed779651f9346b9efa55806f11dc0

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating Big Bang.

Astronomers said Thursday that if the results are verified, this newly discovered throng of stars would beat the most distant galaxy identified by the Hubble Space Telescope, a record-holder that formed 400 million years after the universe began.

[The Pantry]

Fireballs, bright Mars, and a big moon will dazzle in December’s night sky

[Floyd Robertson]

Mars rising over the moon last night. This guy is a great follow on IG.

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[Floyd Robertson]

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[Jake from State Farm]

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I'm surprise no one has photoshopped R2D2 into the picture where the round thing is

[MiamiSpartan]

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Insight going out of sight.

[DWags]

The exhaust formation to the left of this is crazy. Spartan head.

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[MiamiSpartan]

MSU buried (not planted) seeds 100 years ago that they still dig up on occasion.  MSU launches seeds into orbit.

Is it any wonder that it was in MIchigan where people were damn near rioting over not being able to buy their seeds at Home Depot during covid?

[Trapper Gus]

MSU buried (not planted) seeds 100 years ago that they still dig up on occasion.  MSU launches seeds into orbit.  

Is it any wonder that it was in MIchigan where people were damn near rioting over not being able to buy their seeds at Home Depot during covid?  

Plus one for the reference to the Beal Garden secret seed stash.

[Floyd Robertson]

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[Floyd Robertson]

I saw Buzz Aldrin turned 99 today. That's really not related to anything here, but it's something. Speaking of the old days in the space program...

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EDIT: Correction, Buzz Aldrin turned 93.

[Floyd Robertson]

Something tells me this is an accident waiting to happen.

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Chernobyl in space, yay.

[Trapper Gus]

You may not associate space travel with the Energy Department. But you should -- because nuclear power systems developed here have made dozens of truly amazing interplanetary research missions possible.

The Energy Department’s Office of Space and Defense Power Systems and its predecessors, in tandem with the National Labs and private industry partners, have developed and provided radioisotope power systems to NASA for use in numerous long-term missions, from Voyagers 1 and 2 to the Mars rovers. These compact, reliable systems provide basic mission fuel and keep critical spacecraft components warm enough to function in the cold, dark reaches of deep space.

Although relatively simple, these systems have powered some of the most successful and inspiring missions in U.S. space program history. Explore our interactive timeline of these missions, above, and read on to learn more about the “space batteries” that made them a reality.

Despite what you see in movies and TV shows, there are only two practical ways to supply electrical power for multi-year space missions: the sun’s rays or heat generated by natural radioactive decay. Radioisotope power systems -- which directly convert heat generated by the decay of plutonium-238 into electric power -- use the latter, and are essential for long missions to distant parts of the solar system, where solar-powered space travel may be impractical or impossible.

https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-nuclear-power-space

[Floyd Robertson]

You may not associate space travel with the Energy Department. But you should -- because nuclear power systems developed here have made dozens of truly amazing interplanetary research missions possible.

The Energy Department’s Office of Space and Defense Power Systems and its predecessors, in tandem with the National Labs and private industry partners, have developed and provided radioisotope power systems to NASA for use in numerous long-term missions, from Voyagers 1 and 2 to the Mars rovers. These compact, reliable systems provide basic mission fuel and keep critical spacecraft components warm enough to function in the cold, dark reaches of deep space.

Although relatively simple, these systems have powered some of the most successful and inspiring missions in U.S. space program history. Explore our interactive timeline of these missions, above, and read on to learn more about the “space batteries” that made them a reality.

Despite what you see in movies and TV shows, there are only two practical ways to supply electrical power for multi-year space missions: the sun’s rays or heat generated by natural radioactive decay. Radioisotope power systems -- which directly convert heat generated by the decay of plutonium-238 into electric power -- use the latter, and are essential for long missions to distant parts of the solar system, where solar-powered space travel may be impractical or impossible.

https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-nuclear-power-space

Hmmm. Well, who looks a bit stupid now.

[Trapper Gus]

https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-nuclear-power-space

Hmmm. Well, who looks a bit stupid now.

It is only because I am a fan of the movies...

https://sciencevshollywood.com/staying-warm-with-a-box-of-radiation-on-the-martian/

Don't know much about this proposed nuclear "rocket" but ideas for this sort of thing have been around from the 1960's.

[MiamiSpartan]

Considering that we have nuclear reactors on subs and warships, putting one on a rocket that will mostly be in space seems like as safe a place as any. A chernobyl in space wouldn't harm anyone/anything other than the rocket and what's on it, right? Maybe something in orbit that passes by if the meltdown happened there.

[Floyd Robertson]

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[Trapper Gus]

A couple of articles - first one is more about physics - a math theory about dark energy proposed which solves the disconnect between Einstein & QFT

https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-discover-a-new-approach-for-solving-the-bizarre-dark-energy-mystery/

The next one about a possible observation by The Webb of the first stars in the universe.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/astronomers-say-they-have-spotted-the-universes-first-stars-20230130/

[tGreenWay]

A couple of articles - first one is more about physics - a math theory about dark energy proposed which solves the disconnect between Einstein & QFT

https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-discover-a-new-approach-for-solving-the-bizarre-dark-energy-mystery/

The next one about a possible observation by The Webb of the first stars in the universe.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/astronomers-say-they-have-spotted-the-universes-first-stars-20230130/

Whenever I see anything posted re: Einstein I believe it’s QFT.

[Trapper Gus]

A couple of articles - first one is more about physics - a math theory about dark energy proposed which solves the disconnect between Einstein & QFT

https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-discover-a-new-approach-for-solving-the-bizarre-dark-energy-mystery/

The next one about a possible observation by The Webb of the first stars in the universe.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/astronomers-say-they-have-spotted-the-universes-first-stars-20230130/

Whenever I see anything posted re: Einstein I believe it’s QFT.

Quantum Field Theory

[Trapper Gus]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.

https://apnews.com/article/science-hawaii-chile-planets-c176ea4bbee4fda4e996884802e47141

[Trapper Gus]

These articles keep popping into view, typically some anti- science type posting that the "big bang" didn't happen.

Don't know yet if these are data anomalies or real, but the theory will need reworking for expansion if real.

AP Reports Webb is Finding Oddities

[The Pantry]

Moon was good this morning. Full tomorrow morning.

[Floyd Robertson]

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[DWags]

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I don’t think that’s a good thing.

[Floyd Robertson]

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I don’t think that’s a good thing.

IDK, it could solve a lot problems, like an end to worries about climate change.

[Floyd Robertson]

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