kent_white Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Cheese said: 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/ Wow! Some of the new Juno pictures of Jupiter are amazing too! https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23803 Quote
gonzo Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 8 hours ago, kent_white said: Wow! Some of the new Juno pictures of Jupiter are amazing too! https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23803 Looks a bit breezy on there. Quote
SatanGreavsie Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 Japanese craft Hyabusa2 sampling from the surface of an asteroid 200M miles away to grab samples that land back here in December: Quote
gonzo Posted September 30, 2020 Posted September 30, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/science-environment-54337779?__twitter_impression=true Quote
Zico Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Mars at its biggest and brightest on Tuesday https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54483853 Quote
Zico Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Mars looking pretty red tonight, just up from the moon Quote
MickyD Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 I've never known Mars be visible for quite so long. Fairly sure it's been visible since about June or July. Quote
gonzo Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, MickyD said: I've never known Mars be visible for quite so long. Fairly sure it's been visible since about June or July. Happens roughly every two years. Comes really close every 16-17 years. Quote
superjohnmcginlay Posted November 25, 2020 Author Posted November 25, 2020 There’s a decent app called sky view which does this augmented reality thing. Shows you where all the constellations and planets are on the screen of the phone as you look round. Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 6 hours ago, gonzo said: Happens roughly every two years. Comes really close every 16-17 years. Wonder if NASA will coincide there efforts to get there with it being closer? Quote
gonzo Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: Wonder if NASA will coincide there efforts to get there with it being closer? Definitely. Theres a bit about it on the NASA website 👍👍 Quote
gonzo Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 5 hours ago, superjohnmcginlay said: There’s a decent app called sky view which does this augmented reality thing. Shows you where all the constellations and planets are on the screen of the phone as you look round. Just dowloaded that and one called star walk 2 The latter seems a bit better. Little lad loved it. Mars is currently directly above the moon. Quote
superjohnmcginlay Posted November 25, 2020 Author Posted November 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, gonzo said: Just dowloaded that and one called star walk 2 The latter seems a bit better. Little lad loved it. Mars is currently directly above the moon. Will have a look at that 👍🏻 Quote
Zico Posted November 25, 2020 Posted November 25, 2020 I've got sky map Point it at the sky and it tells you what you're looking at Quote
gonzo Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 Both mercury and venus proper visable near the sunrise. Be sharpish for mercury, wont be there long. Quote
SatanGreavsie Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 prepare for December 21st - sounds like it needs a bit of planning/timing but would be great through binoculars or a small scope: Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 21 December 2020 - skyatnightmagazine Quote
Dimron Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 All I get on my roof are bloody pigeons https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/18/man-becomes-millionaire-as-1400000-meteorite-crashes-through-roof-13613820/ Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 That's some find. Mind you, that one at the end at 40kg would do some bloody damage. Quote
MancWanderer Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 14 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: I've got sky map Point it at the sky and it tells you what you're looking at Downloaded that earlier. Looks really good. Hoping for a clear night tonight to properly test it Quote
Zico Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 On 25/11/2020 at 08:38, MickyD said: I've never known Mars be visible for quite so long. Fairly sure it's been visible since about June or July. this explains all https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/why-is-mars-sometimes-bright-and-sometimes-faint Quote
gonzo Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Dimron said: All I get on my roof are bloody pigeons https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/18/man-becomes-millionaire-as-1400000-meteorite-crashes-through-roof-13613820/ Do you set your dog on them as well? Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 48 minutes ago, Dimron said: My ferrets take care of pigeons Ow do Seth. Quote
Dimron Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 I lost one a couple of years ago and he was found after he chased some teenagers across a garden during a barbeque... poor bugger was hungry Quote
kent_white Posted December 1, 2020 Posted December 1, 2020 This is awful! https://www.universetoday.com/149029/the-arecibo-observatory-platform-has-collapsed/ Quote
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