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denphone 26-08-2011 09:21
Astronomy
 
Is this the biggest rock ever? Astronomers discover planet made of diamonds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-diamonds.html

Kymmy 26-08-2011 09:34
Re: Astronomy
 
They're a bit behind the scientific community with this headline :rolleyes:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80...t-quadruplets/

denphone 08-09-2011 17:55
Re: Astronomy
 
Supernova dazzles US scientists


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...s-2351327.html

denphone 09-09-2011 18:42
Re: Astronomy
 
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14792580

martyh 09-09-2011 21:47
Re: Astronomy
 
Lucy in the sky with diamonds .


A gold star to the first member to spot the link

denphone 10-09-2011 20:39
Re: Astronomy
 
Nasa's Grail twins to make gravity maps.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14825641

jamiefrost 10-09-2011 21:23
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35298433)
Lucy in the sky with diamonds .


A gold star to the first member to spot the link

2061: Odyssey Three

Big diamond created after Jupiter turned into a star? or is this too vague?

J

martyh 10-09-2011 21:29
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jamiefrost (Post 35298769)
2061: Odyssey Three

Big diamond created after Jupiter turned into a star? or is this too vague?

J
excellant ,go to the top of the class :D


this was just to show that the idea of diamonds inside stars and gas giants has been around for a while

jamiefrost 10-09-2011 21:45
Re: Astronomy
 
Surprising how many clever ideas Arthur C Clarke had while writing

Geosynchronous communication satellites for one.

J

martyh 10-09-2011 21:52
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jamiefrost (Post 35298774)
Surprising how many clever ideas Arthur C Clarke had while writing

Geosynchronous communication satellites for one.

J
indeed he did ,the space elevator being another using diamond filament or hyper filament which apparently NASA have looked into and said is possible

denphone 13-09-2011 16:29
Re: Astronomy
 
Europe's Galileo sat-nav spacecraft ready to fly

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14886082

denphone 14-09-2011 10:42
Re: Astronomy
 
Liberty rocket toward ISS launches pushes ahead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14901036

denphone 14-09-2011 15:30
Re: Astronomy
 
Russia sets November date for manned launch to ISS and lets hope it goes without any hitches.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14915718

denphone 14-09-2011 20:50
Re: Astronomy
 
Nasa unveils Space Launch System vision


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14915725

denphone 16-09-2011 05:33
Re: Astronomy
 
Nasa's Kepler telescope finds planet orbiting two suns and what a wonderful sight this is.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14940885

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2147...-star-wars.htm

http://kepler.nasa.gov/

denphone 17-09-2011 07:41
Re: Astronomy
 
Dwarf galaxies suggest dark matter theory may be wrong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14948730

denphone 21-09-2011 14:12
Re: Astronomy
 
What a lovely sight this is.


Southern Lights images captured by ISS


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14998679

denphone 21-09-2011 16:47
Re: Astronomy
 
ILL sets ultra-cool neutron science record

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14991502

denphone 29-09-2011 21:43
Re: Astronomy
 
Rocket launches Chinese space lab

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15112760

denphone 01-10-2011 06:24
Re: Astronomy
 
'Hollows' mark Mercury's surface and Hands up who thought Mercury was just a dull rock circling close to the Sun?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15113388

denphone 03-10-2011 10:46
Re: Astronomy
 
Alma telescope opens its eyes – in pictures

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/ga...ns-in-pictures

denphone 04-10-2011 11:27
Re: Astronomy
 
Nobel physics prize honours accelerating Universe find

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371

denphone 04-10-2011 21:05
Re: Astronomy
 
Europe to lead daring Sun mission

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15146082

denphone 05-10-2011 21:22
Re: Astronomy
 
Monster asteroid has a mountain taller than Mount Everest, scientists say

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...tists-say.html

denphone 06-10-2011 06:08
Re: Astronomy
 
Comet's water 'like that of Earth's oceans'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15181123

denphone 07-10-2011 06:16
Re: Astronomy
 
Crab Pulsar's high-energy beam surprises astronomers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15203788

denphone 07-10-2011 20:49
Re: Astronomy
 
Venus springs ozone layer surprise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15203281

XxAmazingStarxX 07-10-2011 21:16
Re: Astronomy
 
Del phone...what's WRONG with YOU!?XD

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Lool dudeeXD

denphone 13-10-2011 12:53
Re: Astronomy
 
Asteroid Vesta rocked by mighty impacts




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15286950

denphone 15-10-2011 12:14
Re: Astronomy
 
One of the world's most famous radio telescope facilities needs a new name - and ideas are wanted The Very Large Array (VLA) is a bank of radio telescopes in New Mexico, US, and has appeared in a number of films including Contact and Independence Day.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15307169

denphone 04-11-2011 12:07
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15574646


Quote:
Six men locked away in steel tubes for a year-and-a-half to simulate a mission to Mars have emerged from isolation.
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The Mars500 project, undertaken at a Moscow institute, was intended to find out how the human mind and body would cope on a long-duration spaceflight
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For much of the Mars500 project, the six had only limited contact with the outside world. Their spaceship had no windows, and the protocols demanded their communications endured a similar time lag to that encountered by real messages as they travelled the vast distance between Earth and Mars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15562928

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China has joined two space vehicles together in orbit for the first time.
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The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft, launched earlier this week, made contact with the Tiangong-1 space lab at 1729 GMT. The union occurred over China itself.
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Shenzhou 8 and Tiangong-1 will spend two weeks circling the globe together before Shenzhou 8 heads back to Earth.

denphone 05-11-2011 06:42
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572628

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The Fermi space telescope has spotted the youngest-ever millisecond pulsar - a fast-spinning cosmic "lighthouse" that is the leftovers from a supernova.
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Pulsars are what remains after a supernova collapses a burnt-out star to a dense, highly magnetised ball of neutrons - a neutron star.

denphone 10-11-2011 05:48
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15631472

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Russian engineers are fighting to save the country's latest mission to Mars.
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Russian space agency officials say the craft is currently stuck in an Earth orbit and that engineers have two weeks to correct the fault before the probe's batteries run out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634

Quote:
An asteroid that is 400m (1,300ft) wide has passed by Earth, much to the delight of astronomers.
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Asteroid 2005 YU55's was the closest an asteroid has been to Earth in 200 years, according to Nasa.

denphone 24-11-2011 05:04
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15863549

Quote:
Scientists have outlined which moons and planets are most likely to harbour extra-terrestrial life.
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Among the most habitable alien worlds were Saturn's moon Titan and the exoplanet Gliese 581g - thought to reside some 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra.
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"The first question is whether Earth-like conditions can be found on other worlds, since we know empirically that those conditions could harbour life," said co-author Dr Dirk Schulze-Makuch from Washington State University, US.

Hom3r 24-11-2011 10:13
Re: Astronomy
 
What amazes me is that we know more about whats in outer space than we do our oceans.

If I was an ET I'ld live in the Eaths oceans. (perhaps they do!)

denphone 24-11-2011 10:19
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35334471)
What amazes me is that we know more about whats in outer space than we do our oceans.

If I was an ET I'ld live in the Eaths oceans. (perhaps they do!)
Yes l think we have only explored 5 to 10 per cent of the ocean and l remember watching a Attenborough program where they went into the abyss of the ocean and some of the fish or other sea creatures did look like aliens from outer space.

denphone 26-11-2011 05:56
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15882485

Quote:
All is set for one of the most ambitious space missions ever devised.

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Nasa is about to launch its latest Mars rover, nicknamed Curiosity, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Quote:
"MSL is an incredibly important flagship mission for this agency… as important as Hubble," observed Doug McCuistion, Nasa's Mars exploration programme director.
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MSL is being aimed at a deep equatorial depression called Gale Crater, which contains a central mountain that rises some 5km above the plain below.

Mr_love_monkey 26-11-2011 07:58
Re: Astronomy
 
has anyone made a Uranus joke?

denphone 07-12-2011 13:20
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16040655

Quote:
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the "habitable zone" around a star not unlike our own.

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The planet, Kepler 22-b, lies about 600 light-years away and is about 2.4 times the size of Earth, and has a temperature of about 22C.
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The Kepler space telescope was designed to look at a fixed swathe of the night sky, staring intently at about 150,000 stars. The telescope is sensitive enough to see when a planet passes in front of its host star, dimming the star's light by a minuscule amount.
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In total, the results suggest that planets ranging from Earth-sized to about four times Earth's size - so-called "super-Earths" - may be more common than previously thought.

denphone 15-12-2011 07:07
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16178112

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Researchers have spotted a giant gas cloud spiralling into the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's centre.

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As it is torn apart, the turbulent area around the black hole will become unusually bright, giving astronomers a chance to learn more about it.
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It should spiral in to within about 40 billion kilometres of the black hole in the middle of 2013.
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As astronomer Mark Morris of the University of California Los Angeles put it in an accompanying article in Nature, "many telescopes are likely to be watching".


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16183378

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Nasa is developing a harpoon capable of taking samples from comets.
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Nasa said that the samples could reveal the origins of the planets and how life was created on Earth.
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To gather more material, the agency is developing a sample-collecting space harpoon which could be projected "with surgical precision" from a spacecraft hovering above the target.
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The researchers said the work could also help discover the best way to destroy comets.

denphone 12-01-2012 06:29
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16515944

Quote:
Every star twinkling in the night sky plays host to at least one planet, a new study suggests.

That implies there are some 10 billion Earth-sized planets in our galaxy.

Using a technique called gravitational microlensing, an international team found a handful of exoplanets that imply the existence of billions more.

The findings were released at the 219th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting, alongside reports of the smallest "exoplanets" ever discovered.
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Most news of exoplanets in recent years has come from the Kepler telescope, which spots planets by looking for the slight dimming of their host stars' light as planets pass in front of them.

That method is better at finding large planets close to their host stars.

While a more difficult effect to catch, gravitational microlensing is better at finding planets of all sizes and distances.

It can currently spot a planet as small as Mercury, orbiting at a similar distance to its host star, or as far away as Saturn.
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In December, the Kepler team announced the first Earth-sized planet, the smallest yet detected.

At the AAS meeting on Wednesday, the Kepler team announced even smaller planets, all three orbiting a tiny red dwarf star called KOI-961.

The planets are just 0.78, 0.73 and 0.57 times the radius of Earth.

denphone 15-01-2012 05:38
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16491457

Quote:
The failed Russian Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, continued its descent to Earth on Saturday, losing hundreds of metres in height every hour.

By 23:00 Saturday (GMT), the 13-tonne spacecraft was circling the planet at a mean altitude of 147km.

It is likely to impact the thicker parts of the atmosphere and burn up sometime late on Sunday, according to orbital tracking experts.

The Russian space agency says little of the probe will survive to the surface.

It calculates no more than 200kg in maybe 20-30 fragments.

Precisely where on the Earth's surface - and when - this material could impact is impossible to say, however. There are huge uncertainties in forecasting the final moments of a re-entry.
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This is the third high-profile spacecraft re-entry in four months, following the return in September of the American UARS satellite and the German Rosat telescope in October. Both fell over the ocean.
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The mission was supposed to be the most exciting Russian space science venture in decades - an audacious bid to scoop up rocky fragments from the Martian moon Phobos and bring them back for study in Earth laboratories.
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The Russians have had a torrid run of space failures recently, leading the head of the country's space agency to wonder even if saboteurs were at work.

Western countries, which use Russian rockets to launch their satellites, are just worried though that some systematic failures have started to appear in what has traditionally been a highly regarded space industry.

denphone 26-01-2012 08:36
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16702962

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Frenetic star-forming activity in the early Universe is linked to the most massive galaxies in today's cosmos, new research suggests.

This "starbursting" activity when the Universe was just a few billion years old appears to have been clamped off by the growth of supermassive black holes.

An international team gathered hints of the mysterious "dark matter" in early galaxies to confirm the link
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Using the 12-metre Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope in Chile, an international team led by Ryan Hickox of Dartmouth College studied the way distant galaxies from the early Universe grouped together
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"This is the first time that we've been able to show this clear link between the most energetic starbursting galaxies in the early Universe, and the most massive galaxies in the present day," said Dr Hickox.

denphone 31-01-2012 12:30
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16787636

Who, What, Why: Is the Earth getting lighter?

Quote:
The recent crash landing of Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt has focused attention on the increasing amount of space junk orbiting the planet. So does this mean the Earth has been getting lighter? The BBC's Radio 4 programme More or Less turned to a group of Cambridge University academics for the answer.

There are factors that are causing Earth to both gain and lose mass over time, according to Dr Chris Smith, a medical microbiologist and broadcaster who tries to improve the public understanding of science
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"The Earth is acting like a giant vacuum cleaner powered by gravity in space, pulling in particles of dust," says Dr Smith.

Another much less significant reason the planet is gaining mass is because of global warming

denphone 07-02-2012 06:09
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16906740

Quote:
The American space agency looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency.

Nasa has told Esa it is now highly unlikely it will be able to contribute to the endeavours, which envision an orbiting satellite and a big roving robot being sent to the Red Planet.

The US has yet to make a formal statement on the matter but budget woes are thought to lie behind its decision.

Europe is now banking on a Russian partnership to keep the missions alive.

A public announcement by Nasa of its withdrawal from the ExoMars programme, as it is known in Europe, will probably come once President Obama's 2013 Federal Budget Request is submitted.

This request, expected in the coming days, will give the US space agency a much clearer view of how much money it has to implement its various projects.

Kymmy 19-02-2012 19:44
Re: Astronomy
 
Beautiful view of Jupiter and Venus tonight.. Just look for the brightest points of light off to the west.. Venus is the lowest one and Jupiter above and to the left.

denphone 19-02-2012 20:23
Re: Astronomy
 
l will look for that later on Kymmy and l remember seeing some great pictures of the Moon between Venus and Jupiter on January 27.

Kymmy 19-02-2012 20:30
Re: Astronomy
 
Venus is just about to set so not much good looking for it later ;)

denphone 19-02-2012 20:46
Re: Astronomy
 
Just sneeked away from my partner for 5 minutes to have a look and you are right it is a beautiful sight.

Kymmy 19-02-2012 20:54
Re: Astronomy
 
ISS is very bright (mag -3.5) for the next few days with passes happening daily..
(Date:Mag:times:declination:bearing are Start:Highest:End)
Quote:
20 Feb -3.0 17:48:51 10° WSW 17:51:53 52° SSE 17:54:55 10° E
20 Feb -3.4 19:24:50 10° W 19:27:47 78° WSW 19:27:47 78° WSW
21 Feb -3.5 18:27:59 10° W 18:31:06 83° S 18:33:14 19° E
21 Feb -1.2 20:04:07 10° W 20:05:36 25° W 20:05:36 25° W
22 Feb -3.5 19:07:14 10° W 19:10:21 82° S 19:11:01 52° ESE
23 Feb -3.5 18:10:18 10° W 18:13:25 87° S 18:16:24 11° E
23 Feb -2.2 19:46:27 10° W 19:48:46 40° WSW 19:48:46 40° WSW
24 Feb -3.3 18:49:28 10° W 18:52:34 69° SSW 18:54:09 26° ESE
24 Feb -0.3 20:25:51 10° W 20:26:31 14° WSW 20:26:31 14° WSW
25 Feb -3.4 17:52:28 10° W 17:55:34 83° S 17:58:41 10° E

denphone 20-02-2012 05:22
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35384731)
ISS is very bright (mag -3.5) for the next few days with passes happening daily..
(Date:Mag:times:declination:bearing are Start:Highest:End)
Thanks Kymmy.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17087434

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Herschel, Europe's billion-euro space observatory, has entered what is likely to be its last year of operation.

The telescope studies the formation of stars, and has taken some remarkable pictures since its launch in May 2009.

But its detectors require a constant supply of superfluid helium to keep working, and the store of this coolant has now dropped to less than 100kg.

This past week saw Herschel begin what engineers believe will be the final 365 days of its mission life.

"There's quite a bit of uncertainty in all this, of course," said Dr Paul Goldsmith from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, US.

"It could be 11 months, it could be 14 months, and we're naturally hoping for the latter. It's certainly true that we have enough observations proposed to go well past the year if the helium lasts that long," he told BBC News

Kymmy 25-02-2012 19:31
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35384707)
Beautiful view of Jupiter and Venus tonight.. Just look for the brightest points of light off to the west.. Venus is the lowest one and Jupiter above and to the left.
Another great night to see them both with Venus very close to the waxing moon.. Just look west..

denphone 25-02-2012 19:54
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35388246)
Another great night to see them both with Venus very close to the waxing moon.. Just look west..
There is only one problem and that is its pretty cloudy where we live so at the moment we cannot see anything.:(

Kymmy 25-02-2012 19:57
Re: Astronomy
 
no cloud here atm, wish there was though as my little seedlings need a warmish night ;)

Saaf_laandon_mo 25-02-2012 20:45
Re: Astronomy
 
There is no cloud here whatsoever, beautiful clear night. Stars and Venus look great to the naked eye!

denphone 25-02-2012 20:49
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo (Post 35388302)
There is no cloud here whatsoever, beautiful clear night. Stars and Venus look great to the naked eye!
Not so lucky down her Saaf but you never know it might clear later on with a bit of luck.

denphone 04-03-2012 07:06
Re: Astronomy
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959

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Police forces say they have received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been a meteor.

Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" came in across the north of England and Scotland at about 21:40 GMT amid fears a plane had crashed.

The Met Office tweeted: "Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was a meteorite."

Durham Police said air traffic control had confirmed there had not been any incidents of aircraft in difficulties.

A force spokeswoman said: "The sightings are believed to be either an asteroid burning out or similar which has been restricted to the upper atmosphere only."

Meteors are particles from space that burn up as they plummet through Earth's atmosphere, sometimes emitting light, creating a "fireball" effect
Would have nice to see this.

ZrByte 04-03-2012 09:50
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35392415)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959



Would have nice to see this.
We saw it. It was huge. Oddly enough I had just been showing off the Google skymap software on my phone to my family minutes before we saw it.

Taf 04-03-2012 19:11
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35388246)
Another great night to see them both with Venus very close to the waxing moon.. Just look west..
Both blazing in the sky tonight from South Wales (Venus and Jupiter)

denphone 04-03-2012 19:15
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35392858)
Both blazing in the sky tonight from South Wales (Venus and Jupiter)
l shall take a good look later on Taf.

Kymmy 04-03-2012 19:21
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35392858)
Both blazing in the sky tonight from South Wales (Venus and Jupiter)
They're both about 40 degrees above the horizon to the west.

If someone wants to know what stars are about then register on http://www.heavens-above.com and put in your long/lat as your observational position. Then click on Whole Sky Chart for everything you should be able to see at that time on a clear night

Osem 05-03-2012 08:05
Re: Astronomy
 
Anyone on Android could also try the Google Sky Map app. That's great.

http://www.google.com/mobile/skymap/

I remember seeing something similar to the main event in the very early 1980's when walking my future wife home through her local park one evening in SE London. It all happened so quickly we could hardly believe what we were seeing - it almost looked like a very large firework shooting across the sky but heading gradually downwards.

A few years later on the day we'd moved into this house, we spent a wonderful September evening sitting in the garden of our local pub watching a fantastic meteor shower courtsesy of a beautiful clear sky. I've never since seen one as beautiful.

denphone 05-03-2012 08:09
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35393074)
Anyone on Android could also try the Google Sky Map app. That's great.

http://www.google.com/mobile/skymap/

I remember seeing something similar to the main event in the very early 1980's when walking my future wife home through her local park one evening in SE London. It all happened so quickly we could hardly believe what we were seeing - it almost looked like a very large firework shooting across the sky but heading gradually downwards.

A few years later on the day we'd moved into this house, we spent a wonderful September evening sitting in the garden of our local pub watching a fantastic meteor shower courtsesy of a beautiful clear sky. I've never since seen one as beautiful.
Yes the Google Sky map is a excellent app Osem.:tu:

Kymmy 05-03-2012 09:22
Re: Astronomy
 
I tend to use Heavens-above as it's great for predicting satellite passes, the moon/planet/star data is just an added bonus :)

denphone 05-03-2012 09:49
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35393100)
I tend to use Heavens-above as it's great for predicting satellite passes, the moon/planet/star data is just an added bonus :)
Thanks for that tip and l have thus added that to my favourites.:)

Kymmy 12-03-2012 09:05
Re: Astronomy
 
The Venus/Jupiter junction is going to get really close in the next couple of nights

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17312354

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...713806c270.jpg

denphone 12-03-2012 09:44
Re: Astronomy
 
Yes l will be keeping a close eye on this to the West in the next couple of days.

iFrankie 13-03-2012 23:13
Re: Astronomy
 
I was looking in the sky just now and two planets/stars seemed to be very close and very bright, now i know why!.

Lovely sight :)

spiderplant 15-03-2012 19:55
Re: Astronomy
 
If anyone's got clear skies, you may have the Northern Lights right now. Sadly cloudy here.

http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/Europe.html

denphone 15-03-2012 20:01
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35400335)
If anyone's got clear skies, you may have the Northern Lights right now. Sadly cloudy here.

http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/Europe.html
Yes its the same down here Spider again.:(

denphone 06-06-2012 15:59
Re: Astronomy
 
Planet Venus has put on a show for skywatchers by moving across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17745366

Kymmy 20-09-2012 13:25
Re: Astronomy
 
Some beautiful pictures in this slideshow for the BBC's Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012

spiderplant 25-12-2012 21:35
Re: Astronomy
 
If you are tired of mince pies and booze, step outside right now for a rather nice conjunction of the moon & jupiter.

Sirius 26-12-2012 00:00
Re: Astronomy
 
Unfortunately its to cloudy here

idiosyncratic 26-12-2012 00:12
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
If you are tired of mince pies and booze, step outside right now for a rather nice conjunction of the moon & jupiter.
poor photo from my back door

http://opa.cig2.canon-europe.com/ite...onNwH0J47sCNBM

Sirius 26-12-2012 00:33
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by idiosyncratic (Post 35516398)
Can you check the link, it does not seem to be working.

I get

Quote:

A user authentication error or session timeout has occurred.

Please log in again to use the CANON iMAGE GATEWAY service.

Log In to CANON iMAGE GATEWAY.

Please click here if the problem cannot be solved.

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spiderplant 26-12-2012 11:58
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35516402)
Can you check the link, it does not seem to be working.
That's odd. It was working last night.

Skies cleared nicely after midnight here.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/12/4.jpg

denphone 26-12-2012 12:07
Re: Astronomy
 
Yes it does indeed look very nice SP.:tu:

idiosyncratic 26-12-2012 16:34
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35516402)
Can you check the link, it does not seem to be working.

I get
sorry about that - hopefully sorted, now :)

idiosyncratic 26-12-2012 21:55
Re: Astronomy
 
Try again

http://euw-opa-thumb1-s3.ciggws.net/...Q7XM4O2UGWCGGA

Sirius 27-12-2012 01:10
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35516455)
That's odd. It was working last night.

Skies cleared nicely after midnight here.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/12/4.jpg
That is excellent :tu:

---------- Post added at 01:10 ---------- Previous post was at 01:09 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by idiosyncratic (Post 35516663)
Thanks that works now much appreciated

Saaf_laandon_mo 27-12-2012 12:03
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35516455)
That's odd. It was working last night.

Skies cleared nicely after midnight here.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/12/4.jpg
Spiderplant - what kit did you sue to take this briliiant picture. I want to start taking some pics of the moon to start with and wanted to know if you use any special kit?

spiderplant 27-12-2012 18:40
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo (Post 35516758)
Spiderplant - what kit did you sue to take this briliiant picture. I want to start taking some pics of the moon to start with and wanted to know if you use any special kit?
Thanks :blush:. I used a Canon 60D with an EF 70-300L lens. You could probably do much the same with any long lens on a DSLR. (Here's one I prepared earlier using a 200mm lens)

It was actually only a quick hand-held shot. The moon and Jupiter come together again on 22nd Jan, so I'll try again with a bit more planning. It would be good to get some of Jupiter's moons into the shot too.

denphone 16-02-2013 05:03
Re: Astronomy
 
Mercury shows off its colourful side.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21468172

Quote:
Scientists working on Nasa's Messenger probe to Mercury have shown off a stunning new colour map of the planet.

It comprises thousands of images acquired by the spacecraft during its first year in orbit.

This is not how we would see Mercury, which would look like a dull, brownish-grey globe to our eyes.

Rather, the map represents an exaggerated view of the planet that is intended to highlight variations in the composition of its rock.
Very colourful indeed.

Sirius 16-02-2013 07:29
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35537253)
Mercury shows off its colourful side.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21468172



Very colourful indeed.

I like it :tu:

denphone 27-02-2013 15:51
Re: Astronomy
 
Star Trek style 'tractor beam' created by scientists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...ntral-21187598

denphone 09-03-2013 07:04
Re: Astronomy
 
Comet passing 'once in a lifetime' spectacle.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21717450

A window into Europa's ocean right at the surface.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1303/0.../#.UTm0GtaR4mY

denphone 12-03-2013 17:07
Re: Astronomy
 
Star Wars planet among 2,700 ‘weird’ new worlds seen in space by Nasa.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/12/star-w.../?ITO=facebook

Quote:
Nasa scientists have detected thousands of secret planets – including one that resembles Tatooine, the home of Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker.

As many as 2,700 new worlds have been spotted by the high-tech Kepler space telescope since it was launched four years ago, a London conference was today told.

Some 90 per cent of these should be confirmed as true planets orbiting beyond the Sun, according to astronomers.

Among them is a suspected planet which has two stars setting over the horizon instead of merely one – and which is said by observers to look the most ‘Tatooine-like’ planet in the galaxy.

In the Star Wars films, Tatooine is an arid desert planet heated by orbiting Tatoo I and Tatoo II, while being the home of both Anakin and Luke Skywalker, before being captured and ruled over by Jabba the Hutt.
The force is strong with this one.:)

denphone 21-03-2013 12:23
Re: Astronomy
 
Maps detail Universe's ancient light.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21866464

Quote:
A spectacular new map of the "oldest light" in the sky has just been released by the European Space Agency.

Scientists say its mottled pattern is an exquisite confirmation of our Big-Bang model for the origin and evolution of the Universe.

But there are features in the picture, they add, that are unexpected and will require ideas to be refined.

The map was assembled from 15 months' worth of data acquired by the 600m-euro (£515m) Planck space telescope.

It details what is known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB - a faint glow of microwave radiation that pervades all of space.

Its precise configuration, visible in the new Planck data, is suggestive of a cosmos that is slightly older than previously thought - one that came into existence 13.82 billion years ago.

mertle 21-03-2013 14:45
Re: Astronomy
 
was listening to this scary physist dr ed lu says there 30% chance asteriod of 5 mega ton will hit earth this century:cry::shocked:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/vi...probable-video

better start watching doomsday preppers on telly for hints;)

thenry 11-04-2013 18:45
Sky Map
 
http://www.sky-map.org/

Kymmy 12-04-2013 10:22
Re: Astronomy
 
Last post merged into the Astronomy thread

thenry 04-05-2013 20:23
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Saturn hurricane snapped by Cassini craft

An enormous hurricane raging at Saturn's north pole has an eye 2,000km (1,250mi) across - big enough to cover the UK 12 times over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22351048
:shocked:

denphone 06-05-2013 05:24
Re: Astronomy
 
Yes it certainly looks fearsome buddy.

denphone 01-06-2013 06:11
Re: Astronomy
 
Asteroid 1998 QE2 flies past Earth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22736709

Chris 15-04-2014 18:12
Re: Astronomy
 
Two excellent chances to see the ISS tonight, at 2101 and 2238, travelling west to east and getting incredibly bright. I'll be off for a walk up the hill behind the house to get a good vantage point, if it stays cloudless this evening.

Dude111 16-04-2014 00:56
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone
Is this the biggest rock ever? Astronomers discover planet made of diamonds.
Wow looks quite nice!!

Someone could make millions going there and collecting goodies!!

denphone 16-04-2014 05:15
Re: Astronomy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dude111 (Post 35689259)
Wow looks quite nice!!

Someone could make millions going there and collecting goodies!!
Well you go first Dude and then we will follow.;)

thenry 27-06-2014 21:38
Re: Astronomy
 
Can I post this here?

https://vine.co/v/MFzIvZBq6M7

https://twitter.com/astro_reid

Tezcatlipoca 27-06-2014 22:10
Re: Astronomy
 
Don't see why not :)

I like these "WIRED Space Photo of the Day" images -

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/wired-s...ide-id-1096631

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/wired-s...ide-id-1128481


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