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Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 8th, 2012, 9:47 am
by Miles
My homepage is the
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive. I love starting the day off with a grand image of the universe. If you've got the time, you should browse through the past few years of images. You might be amazed by some of the pictures and what they reveal. Some of my favorites are the nebulas and this sweet high resolution shot of the
Big Dipper. Zoom in and count the universes!
Anyway, today's post is a fantastic. I can't get it embedded so you'll have to go check it out yourself
here. It's a very cool time-lapsed video of the night sky shot in the desert.
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 8th, 2012, 10:06 am
by windsor
I love the picture of the day.
My favorite ever (and my desktop for the last couple of years) is this one
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html
note hte liitle blue dot.....
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 10th, 2012, 9:32 am
by TillyGalore
Miles wrote:My homepage is the
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive. I love starting the day off with a grand image of the universe. If you've got the time, you should browse through the past few years of images. You might be amazed by some of the pictures and what they reveal. Some of my favorites are the nebulas and this sweet high resolution shot of the
Big Dipper. Zoom in and count the universes!
Anyway, today's post is a fantastic. I can't get it embedded so you'll have to go check it out yourself
here. It's a very cool time-lapsed video of the night sky shot in the desert.
The website you noted above with the daily picture is super cool!! Thank you for sharing.
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 10th, 2012, 12:51 pm
by CameronBornAndBred
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 11th, 2012, 8:53 pm
by TillyGalore
When I was in Hawaii last year, as part of our sunset tour atop Mauna Kea, we had an astronomy session and I got to see Saturn through a pretty powerful telescope. Not one of the telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, but a telescope that a regular person can buy. It was pretty cool.
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 12th, 2012, 7:13 am
by CathyCA
TillyGalore wrote:
When I was in Hawaii last year, as part of our sunset tour atop Mauna Kea, we had an astronomy session and I got to see Saturn through a pretty powerful telescope. Not one of the telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, but a telescope that a regular person can buy. It was pretty cool.
Oh, I know Mauna Kea! Remember Spaceman from last spring? He goes to the telescopes on Mauna Kea every year for his work.
I'm glad you got to go there. Fun stuff!
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 12th, 2012, 8:52 am
by Miles
TillyGalore wrote:
When I was in Hawaii last year, as part of our sunset tour atop Mauna Kea, we had an astronomy session and I got to see Saturn through a pretty powerful telescope. Not one of the telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, but a telescope that a regular person can buy. It was pretty cool.
Isn't that just the coolest thing!?! We use a cheap old telescope that Kelly's father bought from Sears when she was a little kid. You can see the elliptical shape of Saturn, and under the right conditions may reveal Titan.
I want to build my own telescope.
Re: Astronomy and Physics Thread (and other nerdy interests)
Posted: May 13th, 2012, 8:57 am
by captmojo
TillyGalore wrote:
When I was in Hawaii last year, as part of our sunset tour atop Mauna Kea, we had an astronomy session and I got to see Saturn through a pretty powerful telescope. Not one of the telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, but a telescope that a regular person can buy. It was pretty cool.
It has every chance of being VERY cool up there!
Dress warmly.