brilac Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 1 hour ago, luckylager said: Astronomy > Astrology. Stargazing is real, astrology is not. I didn't put my real birthday in my profile, shocker right... But I, like @brilac, was born on a cusp and therefore my sign means absolutely less of nothing than anyone else's. Side note - when the zodiak was created we (humans) based it on a 360 day year, so you're actually a Capricorn. Sorry champ! I like to read both horoscopes, and sort it all out. Like a Taurus, I can be stubborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 I’m more of an astrophysics nut, but I love looking out at the stars and trying to find constellations, although I’m not good at it and forget what each one is . I’ve actually been meaning to make an all encompassing space thread where anything from astrophysics, to astronomy, to even astrology can be discussed and debated by those knowledgeable and those who aren’t as much. Thoughts on the idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 46 minutes ago, Stamkos said: I’m more of an astrophysics nut, but I love looking out at the stars and trying to find constellations, although I’m not good at it and forget what each one is . I’ve actually been meaning to make an all encompassing space thread where anything from astrophysics, to astronomy, to even astrology can be discussed and debated by those knowledgeable and those who aren’t as much. Thoughts on the idea? IIRC, a friend of mine has an app, using GPS and the positioning of your phone, it will tell you what constellation you are aiming at. Pretty cool, if I am remembering it right. I can recognize a few. They can be fun to seek out. Went to Lassen National Park a few years back (northern CA, nearish Reno) and we went at night to star gaze. So insanely clear and dark, there were so many starts that it made it harder to see constellations, since there was so much "clutter". Great times! There are star maps that will help you find them too, some pretty low cost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph. Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Stamkos said: I’m more of an astrophysics nut, but I love looking out at the stars and trying to find constellations, although I’m not good at it and forget what each one is . I’ve actually been meaning to make an all encompassing space thread where anything from astrophysics, to astronomy, to even astrology can be discussed and debated by those knowledgeable and those who aren’t as much. Thoughts on the idea? I like it. I try to follow this stuff in the news as much as I have time for. From the first "photograph" of a black hole earlier this year to this mass in the moon thing, it's been fun lately. Unfortunately however, I haven't had much time lately to look into anything not making major headlines lately. 8 hours ago, Kragar said: IIRC, a friend of mine has an app, using GPS and the positioning of your phone, it will tell you what constellation you are aiming at. Pretty cool, if I am remembering it right. I can recognize a few. They can be fun to seek out. Went to Lassen National Park a few years back (northern CA, nearish Reno) and we went at night to star gaze. So insanely clear and dark, there were so many starts that it made it harder to see constellations, since there was so much "clutter". Great times! There are star maps that will help you find them too, some pretty low cost. I used one of these a couple years ago. Went to a small park near my place with my girl in the middle of the night and laid out a blanket and just poked around the sky for a while. Found a bunch of different constellations and names of a few different stars; It was really fun (and she quite dug it as a date idea — heads up fellas). Would definitely recommend giving it a try. One day when I have more time and live in a place maybe less light polluted I would really love to get a telescope and get into actual stargazing — instead of cheating off an iPhone app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gäz said: I like it. I try to follow this stuff in the news as much as I have time for. From the first "photograph" of a black hole earlier this year to this mass in the moon thing, it's been fun lately. Unfortunately however, I haven't had much time lately to look into anything not making major headlines lately. I used one of these a couple years ago. Went to a small park near my place with my girl in the middle of the night and laid out a blanket and just poked around the sky for a while. Found a bunch of different constellations and names of a few different stars; It was really fun (and she quite dug it as a date idea — heads up fellas). Would definitely recommend giving it a try. One day when I have more time and live in a place maybe less light polluted I would really love to get a telescope and get into actual stargazing — instead of cheating off an iPhone app. I got to use a telescope once. Not sure how powerful it was, but it was good enough that you could see that Saturn had rings on it. I was a little disappointed at the lack of detail, but still cool for a first time. Nothing to compare it to except professional pictures from far better 'scopes, and that's not a fair comparison. It also could be programmed to find and track any object (star, planet, our moon) that was in the sky. FYI, careful looking at the moon on a telescope... it's pretty bright! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph. Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Kragar said: I got to use a telescope once. Not sure how powerful it was, but it was good enough that you could see that Saturn had rings on it. I was a little disappointed at the lack of detail, but still cool for a first time. Nothing to compare it to except professional pictures from far better 'scopes, and that's not a fair comparison. It also could be programmed to find and track any object (star, planet, our moon) that was in the sky. FYI, careful looking at the moon on a telescope... it's pretty bright! My 12th grade year in highscool there was an Astronomy course that counted as a science 12 credit, so I jumped on it (it was the only year they ended up offering it ). Once we went up to the roof in the middle of the day () with a telescope and looked at the moon; I remember it certainly was bright. Although the weather was fighting us a bit. I think the exercise was more about learning how to use the telescope vs. anything we could try to see in the middle of the day. It was a while ago now, memory's a bit fuzzy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 7:35 PM, Ghostsof1915 said: Wow, Uranus is much bigger than I thought. And where's Pluto dammit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Principal Meteor Showers SHOWER BEST VIEWING POINT OF ORIGIN DATE OF MAXIMUM* NO. PER HOUR** ASSOCIATED COMET Quadrantid Predawn N Jan. 4 25 — Lyrid Predawn S Apr. 22 10 Thatcher Eta Aquarid Predawn SE May 4 10 Halley Delta Aquarid Predawn S July 30 10 — Perseid Predawn NE Aug. 11–13 50 Swift-Tuttle Draconid Late evening NW Oct. 9 6 Giacobini-Zinner Orionid Predawn S Oct. 21–22 15 Halley Taurid Late evening S Nov. 9 3 Encke Leonid Predawn S Nov. 17–18 10 Tempel-Tuttle Andromedid Late evening S Nov. 25–27 5 Biela Geminid All night NE Dec. 13–14 75 — Ursid Predawn N Dec. 22 5 Tuttle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 9:07 PM, luckylager said: Astronomy > Astrology. Stargazing is real, astrology is not. I didn't put my real birthday in my profile, shocker right... But I, like @brilac, was born on a cusp and therefore my sign means absolutely less of nothing than anyone else's. Side note - when the zodiak was created we (humans) based it on a 360 day year, so you're actually a Capricorn. Sorry champ! My psychic tells me that astrology is for the gullible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 I'm so pissed... it's not looking good for me to be able to witness the conjunction. June is a particularly cloudy month here in Southern CA, especially mornings and evenings, and the past few days have lived up to that. Today will have the closest conjunction... hope others out there have better luck than I'm having. Maybe weather will cooperate later in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 36 minutes ago, Kragar said: I'm so pissed... it's not looking good for me to be able to witness the conjunction. June is a particularly cloudy month here in Southern CA, especially mornings and evenings, and the past few days have lived up to that. Today will have the closest conjunction... hope others out there have better luck than I'm having. Maybe weather will cooperate later in the week. Can't you drive up into the mountains, and get above the valley clouds? I remember living up in our Okanagan valley, and it was terrible in in winters. Had to get over 2000 feet in elevation to see the sun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, Alflives said: Can't you drive up into the mountains, and get above the valley clouds? I remember living up in our Okanagan valley, and it was terrible in in winters. Had to get over 2000 feet in elevation to see the sun. The mountains aren't close enough for me for that to be feasible. Not sure if the local ones are high enough, too. Interesting idea, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Not really a sighting, but the Astronomy Picture of the Day is one of my favorite sites. Used many photos from it for wallpaper: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html (Click on "archive" for the list of past APODs) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 On 6/14/2019 at 9:35 PM, nucklehead said: Wow, Uranus is much bigger than I thought. And where's Pluto dammit The vid was talking about planets, and Pluto no longer belongs in that category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 36 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Not really a sighting, but the Astronomy Picture of the Day is one of my favorite sites. Used many photos from it for wallpaper: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html (Click on "archive" for the list of past APODs) PACMANNNNNN!!!!!!! Run for your lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Got to see the conjunction, but just barely. Hazy, with intermittent clouds, but caught a quick glimpse. Kinda cool, but wish I got a better view. Would have helped if the direction I was looking at was not part of the LAX flight path. Damn planes kept messing me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 19 hours ago, gurn said: The vid was talking about planets, and Pluto no longer belongs in that category. well I strongly disagree, as do many others. that's point lol I wrote a kids book about it ...should get it pulbished 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 9:26 AM, nucklehead said: well I strongly disagree, as do many others. that's point lol I wrote a kids book about it ...should get it pulbished How can you disagree? What mo'&^@#in planet has an elliptical orbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Pluto is a dwarf planet now. So, not as important. Sizeism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 Not much use to most of us, but there is a solar eclipse coming up for southern part of South America next week https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_2,_2019... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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