Raven Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 The Great Carina Nebula - pretty impressive as well! Quote
Angel Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Fantastic!! The links have great photos Quote
Raven Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 Orion Nebula. That's pretty impressive! Quote
Rawr Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 That's liberating, words just can't describe the sight. Quote
chrysalis_stage Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Anybody going out with their binoculars or telescopes on 24rd Feb or 27th Feb to see the comet Lulin, which will be located beneath Leo? It was mentioned on Sky at night with Patrick Moore the other day when he was also talking about the aurora borealis in Norway, but here is a link to more info on Lulin: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/090206-ns-comet-lulin.html Quote
Rawr Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 That's really interesting thanks for the info, i would love to try and view it! Quote
Raven Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 Anybody going out with their binoculars or telescopes on 24rd Feb or 27th Feb to see the comet Lulin, which will be located beneath Leo? It was mentioned on Sky at night with Patrick Moore the other day when he was also talking about the aurora borealis in Norway, but here is a link to more info on Lulin: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/090206-ns-comet-lulin.html I'd like to, but it is difficult for me to get to somewhere that isn't affected by street lighting. Quote
chrysalis_stage Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I'd like to, but it is difficult for me to get to somewhere that isn't affected by street lighting. Yes, that is sadly a big problem for us these days. People can't even appreciate the stars properly because of the artificial night lighting. I find parks are better than nowhere, you not got a large park nearby? Quote
chrysalis_stage Posted April 8, 2009 Posted April 8, 2009 Oo wow Raven - amazing pic, definitely not as dull as its name suggests. Does everybody know about STELLARIUM? Its like google earth in that you can search the night sky all over the world and get the images of your destination straight away. It shows you which constellations you will be able to see now as well as nebullae and the moon etc. It has layers you can add and subtract for people not hot on all the positions of the them all. I downloaded it last night, its free, I saw it advertised on the tv as one of the top 5 free software downloads atm. http://www.stellarium.org/ Quote
Raven Posted August 8, 2009 Author Posted August 8, 2009 Diamonds in a Cloudy Sky - very cool, I now have new wallpaper! Quote
Inver Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 Glad this post came up again...these photos are wonderful....how do they get them? Quote
Chrissy Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 Oh Raven, a fabulous photo. Thank you for posting it! Quote
Mac Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 That's an amazing picture! What a great thread this is! Thanks fella! Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 That is a lovely picture I have seen a solar eclipse before but I was too young to remember it! Quote
Nicola Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 This is such a cool thread and really fascinating. Last year I saw a shooting star which was amazing as I'd never seen anything like it before. Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 Yeah I've only ever seen a shooting star once too, and I'm not sure I actually saw it! I think I did but then you start to doubt yourself. Quote
Rawr Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 I was looking out at the sky last night, something i absolutely love to do, it's so breathtakingly beautiful when you just stop and really think about everything, your own standing in such an amazing story, how small you really are in the context of the universe, it's amazing. The moon was so beautiful, and really haunting as the clouds rolled over it, and i saw the brightest star i've ever seen and just sat and watched for a few hours. It could have been Jupiter but i am unsure as someone said you can see it around this time. It was awesome anyways. I have been lucky enough to have seen a shooting star a few years ago, i was so happy after i seen it Quote
chesilbeach Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 Although not strictly astronomy, Lord of Twitter, Stephen Fry, has linked to this today ... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Star-sizes.jpg - puts our place in the Universe into perspective! Quote
Nollaig Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 There's a meteor shower btw, I forgot to say. Peaked around 3pm today, but was visable last night and should be tonight, if any one has clear skies. Quote
Raven Posted August 12, 2009 Author Posted August 12, 2009 As with all the other great astronomical events for the last forty-odd years, the weather is conspiring against me again - the forecast for tonight is total cloud cover with added rain later . . . Quote
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