26-12-2012, 01:33
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Re: Astronomy
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Can you check the link, it does not seem to be working.
I get
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26-12-2012, 12:58
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Re: Astronomy
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Can you check the link, it does not seem to be working.
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That's odd. It was working last night.
Skies cleared nicely after midnight here.
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26-12-2012, 13:07
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Re: Astronomy
Yes it does indeed look very nice SP.
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26-12-2012, 17:34
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Re: Astronomy
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Can you check the link, it does not seem to be working.
I get
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sorry about that - hopefully sorted, now
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26-12-2012, 22:55
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Re: Astronomy
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27-12-2012, 02:10
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Re: Astronomy
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
That's odd. It was working last night.
Skies cleared nicely after midnight here.
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That is excellent
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Thanks that works now much appreciated
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27-12-2012, 13:03
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Re: Astronomy
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That's odd. It was working last night.
Skies cleared nicely after midnight here.
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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?
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27-12-2012, 19:40
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Re: Astronomy
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
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?
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Thanks . 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.
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16-02-2013, 06:03
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Re: Astronomy
Mercury shows off its colourful side.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21468172
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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.
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Very colourful indeed.
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16-02-2013, 08:29
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Re: Astronomy
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I like it
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27-02-2013, 16:51
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Re: Astronomy
Star Trek style 'tractor beam' created by scientists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...ntral-21187598
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09-03-2013, 08:04
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12-03-2013, 18:07
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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
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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.
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The force is strong with this one.
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21-03-2013, 13:23
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Re: Astronomy
Maps detail Universe's ancient light.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21866464
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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.
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21-03-2013, 15:45
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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
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/vi...probable-video
better start watching doomsday preppers on telly for hints
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