Astronomy picture o' the day

Post by **xistence** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:36 am

Daddyo wrote:Wow nice one. I guess the sun is fatter than the moon.

just a little bit

Post by **data_ghost** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:04 am

its growing!

whose been feeding it mars bars....

Post by **Daddyo** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:28 pm

There's a good meteor shower tonight http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observin ... 77449.html & http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008 ... iddawn.htm

You're looking for the perseid constellation where the meteors will appear to be coming from, try this site to see where that is relative to you http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/

The timing of the peak isn't very good for Europe (in daylight) but should still see them at night around now.

Post by **data_ghost** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:52 pm

yeah i know, an awesome meteor shower too, about 80meteors per hour. but oh look! there are clouds covering every part of the heavens tonight! how wonderful!

Post by **Daddyo** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:11 pm

You must have sent some of your London fog over here

Post by **Daddyo** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:38 pm

Land for sale

As you can see this plot has a quiet and secluded neighborhood. In today's world, location is everything! No neighbors as far as the eye can see. Wireless internet access comes standard*.

This is a limited offering, plots are going fast! Act now and you'll receive a pair of 1 way passes for the next flight out**.

* Ping may be up to 240 seconds
** Return trips are currently under development

Post by **TRON.dll** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:59 pm

I looked up in the sky just now and I was all wtf....

lol.

One of your shuttles to Mars, Daddyo?

Post by **data_ghost** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:22 am

Daddyo wrote:Land for sale
As you can see this plot has a quiet and secluded neighborhood. In today's world, location is everything! No neighbors as far as the eye can see. Wireless internet access comes standard*.

In the small print: warning 2 thirds of all spacecraft have failed to reach mars, this company does not take responsibility for failed arrival at mars by the
great galactic goul

Post by **Daddyo** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:17 am

It's crazy when those spacecraft actually last years past their time too, like the rovers on mars that just wont quit, or the voyager spacecraft (v'ger?). Interesting article.

Did you wake up in the middle of a field Tron.dll with a rib missing?

Post by **TRON.dll** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:29 am

Daddyo wrote:It's crazy when those spacecraft actually last years past their time too,

When I read that, I immediately thought of my old computer, lol.

Interesting article.

Well, it's Wikipedia, lol.

Post by **xistence** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:14 am

wikiwhat? wuts that?

Post by **Daddyo** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:42 pm

The below photo was taken at the high energy facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Supposedly they were testing a new star wars laser system and the caps shorted out. There was a time jump of about 6 hours that occured in a fraction of a second, and was captured here in this photograph.

Post by **TRON.dll** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:28 pm

Daddyo wrote:There was a time jump of about 6 hours that occured in a fraction of a second, and was captured here in this photograph.

Lol, kinda like that Futurama episode.

Post by **data_ghost** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:34 pm

X-Rays from the Cat's Eye Nebula

the classic, horsehead nebula

Post by **data_ghost** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:25 pm

just a taster of what we missed because of those BLOODY CLOUDS! arr ill kill them all! :p