Re: tOfficial Astronomy Thread

[steveschneider]

From Charlevoix

Great photo.

[Floyd Robertson]

Someone thought it was a good idea to let the UAE in on the space exploration game.

Mars Mission From United Arab Emirates Embarks on 7-Month Journey

Some people say we should have maybe sabotaged it.

[MiamiSpartan]

From Charlevoix

Very cool!

[MiamiSpartan]

An asteroid passed by at only about 1,000 miles from earth on Sunday...the closest ever that didn't hit us.

It shows how hard it is to detect these. No one knew anything about it until it was already past. Bruce Willis and company wouldn't have even had time to scramble a space shuttle.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/08/18/an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-tesla-just-made-the-closest-fly-by-of-earth-on-record/amp/


But no worries, if it had hit it would likely have broken up in the atmosphere and caused little, if any, damage.

[Floyd Robertson]

But no worries, if it had hit it would likely have broken up in the atmosphere and caused little, if any, damage.

Sure. That's easy to say now. After it moved on in it's quest to crash into something.

[CORNER BLITZ]

85 megapixel image of the moon - https://i.redd.it/b50snz6ltfj51.jpg

This is my latest effort to show you how our moon looks through a telescope. It was done by using a telescope at 2000mm and capturing 24,000 individual photos. 4 panels with 6,000 photos each (my camera works at crazy high framerates) allowed me to take the best frames where the atmosphere disturbed the image the least and combine them, stitching together a mosaic of all the images. This allowed me to get crazy details and contrast on a relatively noise-free image.

If you want to learn more about what kind of gear I use to take my photos, I put together a little youtube video walking through it.


To see more of my work, links to less compressed versions, and the behind the scenes of this stuff- check out my insta @ cosmic_background

[Watch Out Pylon!]

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I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that orange cloud is super fucking toxic.

[Nordic]

Landing needs a little work. I had to look up what that was and found this. 

The satellite is based on the DFH-3B bus that features a phased array antenna for navigation signals and a laser retroreflector, and also is equipped with an apogee propulsion system for final orbit insertion

My guess is the antenna array is to geolocate tik tok user for the laser beam

[Heat Miser]

Ordered a Meade Infinity 102mm telescope yesterday. Gonna try some astrophotography with tMrs.

[Nordic]

Do we have a different definition of 'telescope'?

[Robert J Sakimano]

anyone see the sun this morning?

I was on my bike heading east and it was so large on the horizon, it took up the width of the road as it was first rising. I guess the wildfires out west are impacting its appearance, as well, as it had this really pinkish-orange haze around it.

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

anyone see the sun this morning?

I was on my bike heading east and it was so large on the horizon, it took up the width of the road as it was first rising. I guess the wildfires out west are impacting its appearance, as well, as it had this really pinkish-orange haze around it.

Insane that y’all are getting that. We had similar air quality to Beijing at some point but it’s gotten better.

[Watch Out Pylon!]

was like this yesterday too. Smog alert for all of Michigan.*

*Not officially. I'm just saying there's smoke covering the state.

Jesus, look at the air quality in the PNW.

https://aqicn.org/map/michigan/

[Robert J Sakimano]

anyone see the sun this morning?

I was on my bike heading east and it was so large on the horizon, it took up the width of the road as it was first rising. I guess the wildfires out west are impacting its appearance, as well, as it had this really pinkish-orange haze around it.

Insane that y’all are getting that. We had similar air quality to Beijing at some point but it’s gotten better.

it is pretty crazy.

[The Pantry]

Been watching Mars on clear mornings the last couple weeks. A bit southwest of vertical at 6am.

Mars is at its closest to Earth until 2035.

[kingstonlake]

Mars got that glow.

[tGreenWay]

Mars got that glow.

I’m worried about Mars. It was looking really good all summer, but that long trek to get so close to earth must’ve wiped it out, because it’s looking really pale. It just doesn’t have that Red Menace presence that it usually has. Somethings wrong.

[Nordic]

Mars got that glow.

I’m worried about Mars. It was looking really good all summer, but that long trek to get so close to earth must’ve wiped it out, because it’s looking really pale. It just doesn’t have that Red Menace presence that it usually has.  Somethings wrong.

Rona?

[The Pantry]

Mars got that glow.

I’m worried about Mars. It was looking really good all summer, but that long trek to get so close to earth must’ve wiped it out, because it’s looking really pale. It just doesn’t have that Red Menace presence that it usually has. Somethings wrong.

Haven't watched in a few days. Was quite red for weeks.

[tGreenWay]

I’m worried about Mars. It was looking really good all summer, but that long trek to get so close to earth must’ve wiped it out, because it’s looking really pale. It just doesn’t have that Red Menace presence that it usually has.  Somethings wrong.

Rona?

Could be. If it got closer than six light years apart from some other space object, there could be an outbreak of galactic proportions.

[tGreenWay]

I’m worried about Mars. It was looking really good all summer, but that long trek to get so close to earth must’ve wiped it out, because it’s looking really pale. It just doesn’t have that Red Menace presence that it usually has. Somethings wrong.

Haven't watched in a few days. Was quite red for weeks.

Agreed. Very easy to pick out in the sky even if you didn’t know where to look. Now? Not so much. Been that way for several days now. Weird.

[The Pantry]

Haven't watched in a few days. Was quite red for weeks.

Agreed. Very easy to pick out in the sky even if you didn’t know where to look. Now? Not so much. Been that way for several days now. Weird.

There's a Doppler effect to sound. Not certain but think it applies to light also.

[tGreenWay]

Agreed. Very easy to pick out in the sky even if you didn’t know where to look. Now? Not so much. Been that way for several days now. Weird.

There's a Doppler effect to sound. Not certain but think it applies to light also.

Think I might ask someone at Abrams what might be responsible. I’ll let you know if you’re right.

[tGreenWay]

New observations indicate asteroid Apophis still has a chance to hit earth in 2068. We older Swillers will (likely) already be gone, but if it hits, you youngsters are going to have a very bad day. But don’t worry, it will only be a couple of seconds before all of humanity is toast.

https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-apophis-remains-a-threat-to-hit-earth-in-2068-1845496002/amp

[CORNER BLITZ]

New observations indicate asteroid Apophis still has a chance to hit earth in 2068. We older Swillers will (likely) already be gone, but if it hits, you youngsters are going to have a very bad day. But don’t worry, it will only be a couple of seconds before all of humanity is toast.

https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-apophis-remains-a-threat-to-hit-earth-in-2068-1845496002/amp

It'll look pretty cool before that though

[DWags]

New observations indicate asteroid Apophis still has a chance to hit earth in 2068. We older Swillers will (likely) already be gone, but if it hits, you youngsters are going to have a very bad day. But don’t worry, it will only be a couple of seconds before all of humanity is toast.

https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-apophis-remains-a-threat-to-hit-earth-in-2068-1845496002/amp

New observations indicate asteroid Apophis still has a chance to hit earth in 2068. We older Swillers will (likely) already be gone, but if it hits, you youngsters are going to have a very bad day. But don’t worry, it will only be a couple of seconds before all of humanity is toast.

https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-apophis-remains-a-threat-to-hit-earth-in-2068-1845496002/amp

I'd be 107. My kids would be like in their 70's. Which would suck. My grandkids would be in their 40's and 50's. Shit. Hope it misses.

[Floyd Robertson]

This will kinda blow your mind.

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[Floyd Robertson]

Have you all heard of the Beaver Moon?

Yeah, me neither.

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[AvgMSUJoe]

Sounds like a 70's position.

[MiamiSpartan]

Have you all heard of the Beaver Moon?

Yeah, me neither.

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Prior to the last maybe 5 years or so, I only knew of one moon. THE moon. Now they have to give some special name to it every month. Seems like some damn Jupiter-envy. "Let's call it a differen type of full moon every month so that we can pretend we have a shit ton of moons, too."

[Floyd Robertson]

Have you all heard of the Beaver Moon?

Yeah, me neither.

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Prior to the last maybe 5 years or so, I only knew of one moon. THE moon. Now they have to give some special name to it every month. Seems like some damn Jupiter-envy. "Let's call it a differen type of full moon every month so that we can pretend we have a shit ton of moons, too."

lol

I think harvest moon is the only legit named moon.

[tGreenWay]

Interesting article about what would happen if earth suddenly got sucked into a black hole. Basically, the last few seconds of our lives would suuuuuuuck. (And we would get stretched out the same way the word suck was just now.)


Paywall, but Forbes allows four free articles/month.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/10/15/what-would-we-experience-if-earth-spontaneously-turned-into-a-black-hole/

[MiamiSpartan]

How To Witness Astronomy’s Once-In-A-Lifetime Planetary Alignment On December 21

[DWags]

Interesting article about what would happen if earth suddenly got sucked into a black hole. Basically, the last few seconds of our lives would suuuuuuuck. (And we would get stretched out the same way the word suck was just now.)


Paywall, but Forbes allows four free articles/month.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/10/15/what-would-we-experience-if-earth-spontaneously-turned-into-a-black-hole/

Would my unit get bigger? That would be a really cool last five seconds.

[Nordic]

Interesting article about what would happen if earth suddenly got sucked into a black hole. Basically, the last few seconds of our lives would suuuuuuuck. (And we would get stretched out the same way the word suck was just now.)


Paywall, but Forbes allows four free articles/month.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/10/15/what-would-we-experience-if-earth-spontaneously-turned-into-a-black-hole/

Would my unit get bigger?  That would be a really cool last five seconds.

Go dick first for the greatest effect

[tGreenWay]

Interesting article about what would happen if earth suddenly got sucked into a black hole. Basically, the last few seconds of our lives would suuuuuuuck. (And we would get stretched out the same way the word suck was just now.)


Paywall, but Forbes allows four free articles/month.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/10/15/what-would-we-experience-if-earth-spontaneously-turned-into-a-black-hole/

Would my unit get bigger? That would be a really cool last five seconds.

Longer than your wildest dreams, but finer than frog hair. You’d die wishing you had a pencil dick.

[Floyd Robertson]

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The link tells you how to make a moon-phase calendar.

Please, no jokes about moon phases.

[Watch Out Pylon!]

[The Pantry]

Northern Lights could be visible this week in Michigan: Here’s why and when

[Nordic]

Did two dudes just #chitchat for 10hrs waiting for this launch? That is some Tour de France level announcing.

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