Supernova Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I have been thinking there are some people very intrested in my Moon and Sun pics, also some intrest in the future involved with Astronomy. So I thought it would be a good idea to have this spot for talking about the subject. Rules 1/ no mucking about :-) 2/ no mucking about :-) 3/ post anything to do with future events you find intresting. So to start. The Moon. http://www.gmto.org/ http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ If Admin think this is not a good idea then please let me know Post edited by: Supernova, at: 2009/12/18 16:47<br><br>Post edited by: Supernova, at: 2009/12/18 17:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Love this idea it might also serve as a naming source for some new birds.<br><br>Post edited by: Greywings, at: 2009/12/18 17:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Did any of you see this story and the photos? all-sky cameras has photographed a never before seen phenomenon: colliding auroras that produce explosions of light. The must-see images have solved a long-standing mystery of Northern Lights. Get the full story from Science@NASA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearllyn Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 This is a great idea Bernie - I deep forgetting about meteor showers - now maybe I'll have someone to remind me!! Looking forward to seeing some Saturn pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Jill thought it was a carp idea :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillyBeanz Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 You big fat liar you! Anyway - what do I know about fish? I said I didn't understand it and said that I couldn't talk about something in the future - I'm not Gypsy Rose Lee - you sent me a 1 million word dissertation to read before I could join your thread!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Not so much of the fat ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4308242.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillyBeanz Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Mmm - space ships - what about aliens - can I talk about them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I would be interesting in seeing your pictures Bernie! I love your space photography. I may even drag out my telescope... when it gets warmer that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Not only is it a great thread Bernie, now you have a Bernie folder on my computer so I could save the sites and go back to look at them when I can think clearly. Thanks, will get back to you after I have actually read the articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 JillyBeanz wrote: Mmm - space ships - what about aliens - can I talk about them?Hardly worth it because they don't exist, but you can if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearllyn Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Supernova wrote: Hardly worth it because they don't exist, but you can if you want to. Hmmm...that maybe sounds like a whole nother thread! Surely in this vast Universe we can't be the only ones?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 I beleive there is life out there but not visiting us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Cool Thread and topic Bernie. Thanks for starting this. :-) Do you have proof we haven't been visited? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Thanks Dan, I don't have proof but if you think nothing can travel faster than light [670, 616, 629 mph] it would take 4.5 years to get to our closest star in Alpha centauri. Our fastest object is going to Pluto now at 50,000MPH and it will take another 10 years. Nothing has been discovered that can support life at the extremes. If life out there can build a ship to travel at the speed of light then they have already been here or cant be bothered because the Earth is a spec of cosmic dust in the vast universe. The largest object known is the same diameter and circumference as the orbit of Mars around the Sun. That is big. We cant see it with big telescopes but when it goes Supernova We will know about it!! Time travel is not going to happen in the future because if it was why have they not been back yet? We cant even get to Mars yet! Yes there is life out there, I have no doubt, but to evolve like we have, no, we where lucky to get this far that is because our planet has been stable for a long time, That is changing even now. I don't think we will get out of our solar system before our Sun engulfs our Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Thanks for all the data. Just "Fold Space". Then any place is just a hop away and back home in time for dinner. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Had a bash at taking some shots of the Sun today but not very good, I can see the new Sun spots but the camera cant pick them up very well. The atmosphere is a bit duff. If you look to the center of the 4 black dots you can see the new sun spot It is about 3 times the size of our Earth Post edited by: Supernova, at: 2009/12/19 17:14<br><br>Post edited by: Supernova, at: 2009/12/19 17:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 A WARNING!!!!! DONT!!! EVER!!! look at the Sun with a Telescope it will blind you. My scope is very special, it cost a fortune. For the tecies it picks up the red light of hydrogen alpha with a wavelength of 656.3nm (1nm = 1 billionth of a meter) All other light is filtered out. That is why I can look directly at the sun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Great Sun photo's bernie!! I have followed SOHO for years: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 danmcq wrote: Great Sun photo's bernie!! I have followed SOHO for years: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html I have updated the last shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 This is what it should look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Totally love the thread Bernie!!!!! Great sun shots!!!! :kiss: More, more, more!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearllyn Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Wow Bernie thats awesome. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillyBeanz Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Those pictures of the sun are absolutely beautiful. I do confess I don't understand any of it - but I can appreciate gorgeous photos! Thanks for these Bernie x I am really enjoying the fact the you and Dan SEEM to know what you are talking about - I might learn something!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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