SatanGreavsie Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, kent_white said: Probably Venus or Jupiter? They are the ones easiest to spot from earth. I can see either Ursa Minor or Ursa Major too (not sure which one) so it could be Polaris? Either way it's amazing. Wish I knew more about the night sky. Went through a stage if wanting to buy a telescope but it seems daft when I live in a cloudy Astley Bridge and not an always clear Arizona Venus. Polaris isn't that bright. This shows the sky on that day https://theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-c2020f3-mercury-venus-mars-jupiter-saturn-uranus-neptune-pluto&localdata=51.48|0|Greenwich%2C+United+Kingdom|Europe%2FLondon|0&obj=c2020f3&h=03&m=10&date=2020-07-05#ra|5.028773591610367|dec|30.08175568208413|fov|20 The group that looks like an Ursa is the Pleiades Edited July 22, 2020 by SatanGreavsie Quote
kent_white Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 6 hours ago, SatanGreavsie said: Venus. Polaris isn't that bright. This shows the sky on that day https://theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-c2020f3-mercury-venus-mars-jupiter-saturn-uranus-neptune-pluto&localdata=51.48|0|Greenwich%2C+United+Kingdom|Europe%2FLondon|0&obj=c2020f3&h=03&m=10&date=2020-07-05#ra|5.028773591610367|dec|30.08175568208413|fov|20 The group that looks like an Ursa is the Pleiades Apart from that I was bang on though! Thanks Satan 😁 Quote
MickyD Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 Pleiades = seven sisters but I can only ever count six. Maybe my eyes are shitter than whichever star-gazer named that constellation. Quote
kent_white Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 55 minutes ago, MickyD said: Pleiades = seven sisters but I can only ever count six. Maybe my eyes are shitter than whichever star-gazer named that constellation. The aliens that talk to that Barbara woman are from there as well! Quote
Zico Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 56 minutes ago, MickyD said: Pleiades = seven sisters but I can only ever count six. Maybe my eyes are shitter than whichever star-gazer named that constellation. Maybe one got dimmer like beetleguese Quote
SatanGreavsie Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, MickyD said: Pleiades = seven sisters but I can only ever count six. Maybe my eyes are shitter than whichever star-gazer named that constellation. Leigh White copped off with 4 of them back in 1988, behind the bins at Cape Canaveral. They stole his wallet and commemorative NASA clippercard. Quote
kent_white Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: Maybe one got dimmer like beetleguese I told you it would just be dust. It's always bloody dust! Quote
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) On 20/07/2020 at 19:23, SatanGreavsie said: This a belting view from the ISS - comet turns up about 3 minutes in; watch full screen Anyone know what that explosion type thing is on the earth's surface at about 4.45? It's just to the right of Venus / Plaiedes. Edited July 22, 2020 by Lt. Aldo Raine Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Anyone know what that explosion type thing is on the earth's surface at about 4.45? It's just to the right of Venus / Plaiedes. Good spot. I've watched the same area for the rest of the vid and it brightens several times and seems to be more mobile. As it gets closer it appears to be on the edge of a huge clouded area so I'm going for a thunder storm. Quote
SatanGreavsie Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 30 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Anyone know what that explosion type thing is on the earth's surface at about 4.45? It's just to the right of Venus / Plaiedes. Specular reflection? Like the one the spacecraft Cassini spotted at Saturn's moon Titan, with light reflecting at the perfect angle. When you look at the image, just remember it is a picture of light bouncing off a lake of liquid methane on a moon a billion miles away from Earth, taken by a craft shooting past it at 75,000mph. When we want to, we can do stuff... from a lake of liquid hydrocarbons... Quote
MickyD Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said: Specular reflection? Like the one the spacecraft Cassini spotted at Saturn's moon Titan, with light reflecting at the perfect angle. When you look at the image, just remember it is a picture of light bouncing off a lake of liquid methane on a moon a billion miles away from Earth, taken by a craft shooting past it at 75,000mph. When we want to, we can do stuff... from a lake of liquid hydrocarbons... Saw a documentary about the moon recently where the telescopes were so powerful they picked up the footprints from the last moon landing. Now, where did we leave that Lunar Rover? Strange how they won’t show that and at least one flag. Quote
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 45 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said: Specular reflection? Like the one the spacecraft Cassini spotted at Saturn's moon Titan, with light reflecting at the perfect angle. When you look at the image, just remember it is a picture of light bouncing off a lake of liquid methane on a moon a billion miles away from Earth, taken by a craft shooting past it at 75,000mph. When we want to, we can do stuff... from a lake of liquid hydrocarbons... That's absolutely amazing. Quote
bolty58 Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 14 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Anyone know what that explosion type thing is on the earth's surface at about 4.45? I think it might have been Bolty reading the Transfer Gossip thread. Quote
Rudy Posted September 20, 2020 Posted September 20, 2020 Jamaican woodbine and looking at the stars. Can’t beat it Quote
Morizio Posted September 23, 2020 Posted September 23, 2020 Some asteroid passing quite closely tonight. Apparently the size of a bus but won’t be able to be seen with the naked eye. Passing closer than the altitude of the satellites. Quote
Zico Posted September 23, 2020 Posted September 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, Morizio said: Some asteroid passing quite closely tonight. Apparently the size of a bus but won’t be able to be seen with the naked eye. Passing closer than the altitude of the satellites. Tbf i struggle to see buses down the road, let alone in space Quote
SatanGreavsie Posted September 23, 2020 Posted September 23, 2020 30 minutes ago, Morizio said: Some asteroid passing quite closely tonight. Apparently the size of a bus but won’t be able to be seen with the naked eye. Passing closer than the altitude of the satellites. probably 3 will come along at once after we waited ages Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted September 23, 2020 Posted September 23, 2020 24 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said: probably 3 will come along at once after we waited ages All wearing masks. Quote
Rudy Posted September 23, 2020 Posted September 23, 2020 42 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: Tbf i struggle to see buses down the road, let alone in space Quote
gonzo Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 Anyone see that star really low over to the north east tonight? Quote
Guest Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 Just now, gonzo said: Anyone see that star really low over to the north east tonight? It'll be a planet Quote
gonzo Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, boltondiver said: It'll be a planet Thinking it could be mars 🤔 Wont be mercury and venus is usually close to the moon. Looks a bit dusky as well. This is what no beer on a sunday does. Quote
Guest Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, gonzo said: Thinking it could be mars 🤔 Wont be mercury and venus is usually close to the moon. Looks a bit dusky as well. This is what no beer on a sunday does. Yeah, Mars, I think Not Uranus Quote
Cheese Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 This image is absolutely mindblowing. The moon in front of the Earth, taken from 1,000,000 miles away. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/696/from-a-million-miles-away-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/696/from-a-million-miles-away-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/ Quote
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