See a Huge Moon Illusion Wednesday

2008-06-17 20:53:39

#26

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6916|Chicago, IL

Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Well you should easily be able to see every planet up to Saturn as well as the big dipper (and no doubt Sirius). Have you ever seen the ISS pass over? That's pretty cool.
on very clear winter nights, I can see the major stars.

I've never seen the milky way
I can see the bands on a clear night. I moved away from the city lights in October and the difference is amazing. I just took a video. No tripod.. I just did it taking out the trash. Serious shakin camera syndrome going on . I'll post it in a sec.

lol

this is what Cowami gets at night

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Empire_State_Building_Night.jpg

2008-06-17 20:54:12

#27

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6759|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:

on very clear winter nights, I can see the major stars.

I've never seen the milky way
I can see the bands on a clear night. I moved away from the city lights in October and the difference is amazing. I just took a video. No tripod.. I just did it taking out the trash. Serious shakin camera syndrome going on . I'll post it in a sec.
lol

this is what Cowami gets at night

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … _Night.jpg

er...

no

2008-06-17 20:58:01

#28

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:

on very clear winter nights, I can see the major stars.

I've never seen the milky way
I can see the bands on a clear night. I moved away from the city lights in October and the difference is amazing. I just took a video. No tripod.. I just did it taking out the trash. Serious shakin camera syndrome going on . I'll post it in a sec.
lol

this is what Cowami gets at night

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … _Night.jpg

Damn.. no wonder that city doesnt sleep.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Kmarion/videos/8/
Disclaimer: I put little to no effort in this..lol

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2008-06-17 21:04:36

#29

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6916|Chicago, IL

Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

I can see the bands on a clear night. I moved away from the city lights in October and the difference is amazing. I just took a video. No tripod.. I just did it taking out the trash. Serious shakin camera syndrome going on . I'll post it in a sec.
lol

this is what Cowami gets at night

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … _Night.jpg
Damn.. no wonder that city doesnt sleep.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Kmarion/videos/8/
Disclaimer: I put little to no effort in this..lol

thats no planet! Them's Aliens!

someday I hope to get far away from the cities and take a long look at the sky

2008-06-17 21:07:39

#30

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
lol

this is what Cowami gets at night

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … _Night.jpg
Damn.. no wonder that city doesnt sleep.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Kmarion/videos/8/
Disclaimer: I put little to no effort in this..lol
thats no planet! Them's Aliens!

someday I hope to get far away from the cities and take a long look at the sky

I'll enjoy it while I can.. I'm sure we will be developed out here before long .

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2008-06-17 21:09:06

#31

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6916|Chicago, IL

Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

Damn.. no wonder that city doesnt sleep.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Kmarion/videos/8/
Disclaimer: I put little to no effort in this..lol
thats no planet! Them's Aliens!

someday I hope to get far away from the cities and take a long look at the sky
I'll enjoy it while I can.. I'm sure we will be developed out here before long .

it was farmland here 20 years ago, absolute gridlock 24/7 now...

2008-06-17 21:49:39

#32

Adams_BJ: Russian warship, go fuck yourself; +2,058|7092|Little Bentcock

The moon was like that where I live on.. um monday night I think.

2008-06-18 03:33:19

#33

Freke1: I play at night... mostly; +47|7016|the best galaxy

How do You find Jupiter? And which one is Venus? I have no idea. The red one is mars right?
I never knew I could see Jupiter.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/7d11696e2ffd4edeff06466095e98b0fab37462c.png

2008-06-18 03:58:22

#34

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7090|London, England

Too many buildings to see the moon close to the horizon

Kmarion wrote:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/Kmarion/videos/8/
Disclaimer: I put little to no effort in this..lol

HOLY SHIT ALIENS

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2008-06-18 04:01:36

#35

loop eneg: Banned; +51|6286|Crossroads, Barrens, Dreamaul

Kmarion wrote:
Todays APOD was pretty damn cool also.

http://i31.tinypic.com/2ynoro1.jpg

new desktop for moi

2008-06-18 08:17:27

#36

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

Freke1 wrote:
How do You find Jupiter? And which one is Venus? I have no idea. The red one is mars right?
I never knew I could see Jupiter.

Kmarion wrote:
Here is a good free open source program to help identify your night sky.
http://www.stellarium.org/

Make sure you set your location. Mars is red but don't confuse it with Betelgeuse, which is also a large red object (In the shoulder of Orion). When Betlegeuse goes SuperNova it will be brighter than the moon in the night sky. Of course it might have already gone Supernova and the light just hasn't reached us yet.

You should be able to see every planet out to Saturn without any equipment.

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2008-06-18 08:33:34

#37

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6962|N. Ireland

Cool

We have a hot tub in the back garden area and on clear nights it is spectacular. Frequently I see Orion's Belt and many satellites, Mars and sometimes Venus in the very early morning. Always been fascinated by astronomy - I remember the first comet I saw, I was like "wow". Best thing I saw was a sky illusion of the moon when I was in Melbourne - it the moon appeared to come over the horizon at incredible distance, almost filling the bottom of the horizon. It was pretty incredible.

Had the pleasure of seeing Saturn through a telescope now in our conservatory. It was pretty incredible!

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2008-06-18 12:24:01

#38

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

I've been focusing on Jupiter now. These last couple months are the first time I've been able to see it with my new telescope. I used to have to go out at like 4 am.. that was a pain. The trade off is that Saturn is now gone . I'm thinking about modding a webcam for my telescope. From what I hear it's actually pretty easy.

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2008-06-18 12:37:09

#39

Funky_Finny: Banned; +456|6601|Carnoustie, Scotland

You can see Sirius with the naked eye? Holy shit!

2008-06-18 12:41:58

#40

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7090|London, England

I've asked this question before and never really got a clear answer. You know when you see all those colourful nebulae and shit, are those the real colours? Like, if you looked through it with a optical telescope with no fancy shit, would it actually look like that, in those colours?

Because NASA always fucking do false colours. I bet space is over 9000 times more boring than it actually is...

2008-06-18 12:49:13

#41

bennisboy: Member; +829|7115|Poundland

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
I've asked this question before and never really got a clear answer. You know when you see all those colourful nebulae and shit, are those the real colours? Like, if you looked through it with a optical telescope with no fancy shit, would it actually look like that, in those colours?

Because NASA always fucking do false colours. I bet space is over 9000 times more boring than it actually is...

Red shift n blue hift n all that jazz, did u not do physics

2008-06-18 12:53:39

#42

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7090|London, England

bennisboy wrote:
Mek-Stizzle wrote:
I've asked this question before and never really got a clear answer. You know when you see all those colourful nebulae and shit, are those the real colours? Like, if you looked through it with a optical telescope with no fancy shit, would it actually look like that, in those colours?

Because NASA always fucking do false colours. I bet space is over 9000 times more boring than it actually is...
Red shift n blue hift n all that jazz, did u not do physics

Bennis you plonk. Redshift and blueshift has not much to do with the visible spectrum. It's got to do more with the wavelength so you can measure the velocity and shit. I remember asking my teacher back for PHY3 astrophysics if that means you see objects coming towards you as red and away as blue but he was like "no" and then explained some shit which I've forgot.

2008-06-18 13:51:51

#43

bennisboy: Member; +829|7115|Poundland

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
bennisboy wrote:
Mek-Stizzle wrote:
I've asked this question before and never really got a clear answer. You know when you see all those colourful nebulae and shit, are those the real colours? Like, if you looked through it with a optical telescope with no fancy shit, would it actually look like that, in those colours?

Because NASA always fucking do false colours. I bet space is over 9000 times more boring than it actually is...
Red shift n blue hift n all that jazz, did u not do physics
Bennis you plonk. Redshift and blueshift has not much to do with the visible spectrum. It's got to do more with the wavelength so you can measure the velocity and shit. I remember asking my teacher back for PHY3 astrophysics if that means you see objects coming towards you as red and away as blue but he was like "no" and then explained some shit which I've forgot.

It does make a difference in photos! Well thats what my teacher said

2008-06-18 14:16:08

#44

avman633: Member; +116|6833

Damn, its raining. Probably won't get to see it.

2008-06-18 14:58:06

#45

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

Funky_Finny wrote:
You can see Sirius with the naked eye? Holy shit!

erm.. not to be confused with satellite radio..lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius

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2008-06-18 17:32:18

#46

Freke1: I play at night... mostly; +47|7016|the best galaxy

Thx for the link. Allways nice to get a little wiser about the vast universe.

2008-06-18 18:59:47

#47

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

It rained out here .

I couldn't get a bead on it. I started getting soaked.

/tried

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2008-06-20 07:55:19

#48

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7312|Alberta, Canada

https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/solmoon_ayiomamitis.jpg

Got this from that APotD website

2008-06-20 07:57:29

#49

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7090|London, England

Yesterday, I saw a big-ish moon when I was going out. Not as big as that Athens pic, but still sort of big. Well, that's my story.

Kmarion wrote:
It rained out here

Could've been worse

2008-06-20 08:04:57

#50

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7070|132 and Bush

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
Yesterday, I saw a big-ish moon when I was going out. Not as big as that Athens pic, but still sort of big. Well, that's my story.

Kmarion wrote:
It rained out here
Could've been worse

Get back to me in a couple months.

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