The Official Astronomy Thread

Trollheart · 12-11-2020, 06:12 AM

Yeah it's great out here in the bog. The leprechauns can be noisy though, but you just shake your shillelagh at them and they run off, faith so they do, and 'tis no word of a lie true as I'm standin' here.

Mindy · 12-11-2020, 11:41 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEVCDhEyKx0

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dec 2, 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in December 2020? Catch the year's best meteor shower, the Geminids, in the middle of the month. Then witness an extremely close pairing of Jupiter and Saturn that won't be repeated for decades. And mark the shortest day of the year on the northern winter solstice.

OccultHawk · 12-12-2020, 04:49 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ar-system.html

Exploring the Solar System

Mindy · 12-29-2020, 12:54 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGJbIfjzMQk

~~jwb~~ · 12-29-2020, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

You know what's really interesting about astronomy? Sure, it's best if you have a telescope, but with a cheap pair of binoculars you can see some pretty amazing sights if you look at the stars. It's really quite breath-taking. I used to dabble in the smallest way when younger; couldn't even tell you which constellations are which now, but even just seeing that that tiny speck of light in the night sky is actually surrounded by purple and blue and red cosmic dust and looks so different just a little close-up: amazing.

only cool thing I ever saw was when venus went in front of the sun. Used a welders glass to look at it.

Oh, and shooting stars/comets. You can see those with the naked eye in the mountains. They're pretty common.

Mindy · 02-17-2021, 03:43 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXZ2v1yTjfY

Mindy · 08-29-2021, 05:34 PM

**Frownland** · 08-29-2021, 05:44 PM

Pleiades is kewl

Mindy · 08-29-2021, 05:56 PM

cool

^

jadis · 08-29-2021, 11:47 PM

not bad for "middle-aged, hot B-type stars"

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08-29-2021, 11:47 PM	#20 (permalink)
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