Space Dudes

[Tonge moor green jacket]

5 minutes ago, kent_white said:

This is awful!

 

https://www.universetoday.com/149029/the-arecibo-observatory-platform-has-collapsed/

Oh dear.

Was listening to something on the wireless the other day. Some radio listening doofer somewhere (USA I think) was well over 2 acres in area, with thousands of panels on it, each the size of a small car iirc. 

It had just had a lift installed to save the chaps going up stairs higher than the statue of liberty. 

Could pick up a signal weaker than a snowflake's. 10‐³² of a unit (whatever they were measured in). Watches etc would greatly interfere. 

[Winchester White]

Science blows my mind. How the fuck the boffins do this space stuff is unreal.  I wish I could understand the physics and love watching space programmes on TV but I always end up confused yet in awe of it all.

Every now and again I love to rewatch the earth comparison videos on NASA and even YouTube to show how utterly insignificant our planet is.

[kent_white]

1 hour ago, Winchester White said:

Science blows my mind. How the fuck the boffins do this space stuff is unreal.  I wish I could understand the physics and love watching space programmes on TV but I always end up confused yet in awe of it all.

Every now and again I love to rewatch the earth comparison videos on NASA and even YouTube to show how utterly insignificant our planet is.

Try PBS Space Time on YouTube if you like that type of thing. It will blow your mind!

[gonzo]

https://news.sky.com/story/third-monolith-found-on-california-mountain-following-utah-and-romania-discoveries-12149697

 

Monoliths delivered from outerspace. Or dicks pissing about?

[MancWanderer]

On 01/12/2020 at 22:31, kent_white said:

Try PBS Space Time on YouTube if you like that type of thing. It will blow your mind!

Wow!! My brain hurts. That said he reminds me of Professor Denzil Dexter from The Fast Show, particularly when he’s taking about quantum mechanics, do the past and future exist, etc

[MancWanderer]

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

https://news.sky.com/story/third-monolith-found-on-california-mountain-following-utah-and-romania-discoveries-12149697

 

Monoliths delivered from outerspace. Or dicks pissing about?

Bizarre!! Why do it and then take it away?

[gonzo]

On 01/12/2020 at 21:17, Winchester White said:

Science blows my mind. How the fuck the boffins do this space stuff is unreal.  I wish I could understand the physics and love watching space programmes on TV but I always end up confused yet in awe of it all.

Every now and again I love to rewatch the earth comparison videos on NASA and even YouTube to show how utterly insignificant our planet is.

KY scuti and beetlejuice particular faves

[Youri McAnespie]

56 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Bizarre!! Why do it and then take it away?

Because it retains the mystique?

If they left them they'd probably be discovered to have been knocked-up in someones garage with 4x2, MDF and blackboard paint...

[kent_white]

3 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Wow!! My brain hurts. That said he reminds me of Professor Denzil Dexter from The Fast Show, particularly when he’s taking about quantum mechanics, do the past and future exist, etc

If you look through the playlists he'll take you through it from the beginning on different topics.

It's hard to pick up the thread half way through - as you have to have tried to wrap your head around ones that have come before first. 

I listen to them at bedtime - they relax me for some reason? 😀

[Tonge moor green jacket]

5 hours ago, gonzo said:

https://news.sky.com/story/third-monolith-found-on-california-mountain-following-utah-and-romania-discoveries-12149697

 

Monoliths delivered from outerspace. Or dicks pissing about?

Vaccine freezers.

[MancWanderer]

48 minutes ago, kent_white said:

If you look through the playlists he'll take you through it from the beginning on different topics.

It's hard to pick up the thread half way through - as you have to have tried to wrap your head around ones that have come before first. 

I listen to them at bedtime - they relax me for some reason? 😀

I’ll give it a go. Joining half way through is like listening to someone philosophising during and acid trip

[MancWanderer]

On 03/12/2020 at 07:54, gonzo said:

https://news.sky.com/story/third-monolith-found-on-california-mountain-following-utah-and-romania-discoveries-12149697

 

Monoliths delivered from outerspace. Or dicks pissing about?

3 more have appeared in the UK

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

3 more have appeared in the UK

Whereabouts?

[Zico]

2 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

3 more have appeared in the UK

Crop circles for 2020

[MancWanderer]

Dartmoor, Glastonbury and Isle of Wight iirc

[MickyD]

That isn’t “The UK” it’s Darn Sarf 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Jupiter/saturn conjugation now low in the South West.

Slightly apart, duller just above the brighter.

Close up more tomorrow. 

Last visible instance of this was 800 years ago, so don't bank on seeing it again.

Some speculation that this event was the 'star of bethlehem' when the little fella was born.

Edited December 20, 2020 by Tonge moor green jacket

[MickyD]

36 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 

Last visible instance of this was 800 years ago, so don't bank on seeing it again.

 

Thing is, I’ve seen Haley’s Comet, Hale-Bopp Comet and that won’t buy me a pint of lager.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Thing is, I’ve seen Haley’s Comet, Hale-Bopp Comet and that won’t buy me a pint of lager.

I’ve seen a house fly

[MancWanderer]

49 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Jupiter/saturn conjugation now low in the South West.

Slightly apart, duller just above the brighter.

Close up more tomorrow. 

Last visible instance of this was 800 years ago, so don't bank on seeing it again.

Some speculation that this event was the 'star of bethlehem' when the little fella was born.

Just seen it. Due to the light pollution I can only see the moon and one other shiny thing. That Sky Map app that Zico recommended is ace and confirms it’s Jupiter/Saturn

[Guest]

54 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Jupiter/saturn conjugation now low in the South West.

Slightly apart, duller just above the brighter.

Close up more tomorrow. 

Last visible instance of this was 800 years ago, so don't bank on seeing it again.

Some speculation that this event was the 'star of bethlehem' when the little fella was born.

Thanks for the reminder; yes, can see it

[Casino]

All I can see in the whole sky back of our house are 3 white things

[gonzo]

Little lad has been counting down the day for it.

Got him a telescope for xmas and bought him an actual star.

[MancWanderer]

12 minutes ago, gonzo said:

bought him an actual star.

Brilliant. Gonna do that for the grandkids

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Once bought a piece of the moon for some friends.