Space and Astronomy in general

I hear there's life on Endor.

Hmm, good point, so Moon's that start with E, or moons around planets that start with E.

Unless the moon is actually named "Endor's Moon" in which case we are back to just "moons that start with E".

Katy wrote:

Falling meteoroid caught on a skydiver's helmet-cam.

(Gizmodo|Sploid Blog)

They call it a meteorite, but it isn't one until it hits the ground, IIRC.

Or, you know, a rock.

Yonder wrote:

Hmm, good point, so Moon's that start with E, or moons around planets that start with E.

Unless the moon is actually named "Endor's Moon" in which case we are back to just "moons that start with E".

Earth's moon is absolute rubbish when it comes to harboring life.

Radical Ans wrote:
Yonder wrote:

Hmm, good point, so Moon's that start with E, or moons around planets that start with E.

Unless the moon is actually named "Endor's Moon" in which case we are back to just "moons that start with E".

Earth's moon is absolute rubbish when it comes to harboring life.

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Looks pretty convincing to me.

Jonman wrote:
Radical Ans wrote:
Yonder wrote:

Hmm, good point, so Moon's that start with E, or moons around planets that start with E.
Unless the moon is actually named "Endor's Moon" in which case we are back to just "moons that start with E".

Earth's moon is absolute rubbish when it comes to harboring life.

Looks pretty convincing to me.

That's no moon.

Ancient asteroid impact 3.6 billion years ago, much larger than dinosaur event.

Kind of cool and kind of scary. We really do need to work on off-planet survival as a long-term goal for NASA. This planet has had enough extinction events that the next one is probably only a matter of time.

Well, it's definitely just a matter of time.

Apparently there's a total lunar eclipse about to start.

It's really cool right now. Red moon with a sliver of white.

Yeah yeah, rub it in. Here in central CT it was thick cloud cover all the way. Couldn't see a damn thing. I got up to check, but nada. Very disappointing.

Yeah, same here. Cloudy and rainy all day, so I didn't bother staying up. The next one happens on October 8, so maybe Mother Nature will cooperate then.

It snowed 2 inches last night so I couldn't see a thing

I saw it. It was pretty cool. Went outside for the start, but then it moved enough I could see it out the window. Just kept checking on it every 5-10 minutes. Definitely was fun to see live instead of pictures or streaming.

Missed it here due to rain/clouds. Sigh. Gotta wait til October, I guess.

Katy wrote:
Katy wrote:

Falling meteoroid caught on a skydiver's helmet-cam.

(Gizmodo|Sploid Blog)

They call it a meteorite, but it isn't one until it hits the ground, IIRC.

Or, you know, a rock.

And boy did I not do any research at all when I posted this :oops:. Not only is it a rock, it's a two-year-old video. This article about forensic ballistics focused on the video is a good read, though.

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It turns out the proportionality (the straight line in the figure above) crosses the predicted value derived by the software at only two distances from the camera, so the rock was either quite close – about a meter away and only a few centimeters in diameter – or else quite far – about 13 meters away and very large in diameter. Thus, it was either a very, very large meteorite, or it was just a small piece of gravel.

That reminds me. Camelopardalids tonight. It could be awesome. Or a dud. Or somewhere in between.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/may-camelopardalids.html

Crater / Martian emergence tunnel.

Potato / Potatoe.

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From APOD.

Space is cool.

NASA made a flying saucer!

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(Well, sort of.)

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/

1) For Telescopes, Select "AIA Composite 211, 193, 171"

2) Select a date range of several days

3) Prepare to have mind blown

Dr. White—whose daily life is working in future propulsion solutions for interplanetary travel

and the award for coolest job goes to...

BadKen wrote:

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/

1) For Telescopes, Select "AIA Composite 211, 193, 171"

2) Select a date range of several days

3) Prepare to have mind blown

Really neat, but what is it?

Fastmav347 wrote:
BadKen wrote:

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/

1) For Telescopes, Select "AIA Composite 211, 193, 171"

2) Select a date range of several days

3) Prepare to have mind blown

Really neat, but what is it?

It's the sun.

http://aia.lmsal.com/

BadKen wrote:

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/

1) For Telescopes, Select "AIA Composite 211, 193, 171"

2) Select a date range of several days

3) Prepare to have mind blown

She is a beaut.

Mixolyde wrote:
BadKen wrote:

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/

1) For Telescopes, Select "AIA Composite 211, 193, 171"

2) Select a date range of several days

3) Prepare to have mind blown

She is a beaut.

She's all we got.

Looked out my window for a nice surprise tonight.

If you're in North America, look to the moon tonight for a pretty awesome conjunction with Mars, with Spica poking out to the left and Saturn off a little further. If you miss that, saturn and the moon dance again two nights from now.

Times like this make me wish I still had a decent telescope with me.

Schmootle wrote:

Looked out my window for a nice surprise tonight.

If you're in North America, look to the moon tonight for a pretty awesome conjunction with Mars, with Spica poking out to the left and Saturn off a little further. If you miss that, saturn and the moon dance again two nights from now.

Times like this make me wish I still had a decent telescope with me.

Nice. Oddly, I'm watching John Carter (of Mars) right now. Can't wait to look at the moon tonight!