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whizkidd
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I truly wish i had access to a PC more often! Me mostly on WAP. So can't see those pictures. :-(
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gelfen
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Super-Earth spotted in Space
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whizkidd
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This thread needs CPR!!
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whizkidd
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Bump!!
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Sammy_boy
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I'm afraid I haven't been doing much astronomy recently, although when outside during the day last week with a pair of binoculars watching passing planes, I found a dot of light that wasn't moving. Quickly grabbing my telescope, I focussed on it, and it was a planet! It appeared to be in a half phase, I'm not sure whether it was Mercury or Venus. I hadn't realised you could see these planets during the day, I thought the magnitude of the sun obscured even these bright planets, but I was wrong. 
It was quite bizarre, doing astronomy during the day! 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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axxxr
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Astronomy Picture of the Day (makes a nice wallpaper)
Explanation: Moonsets are not often quite as exciting as this one. But amateur astronomer Marc-Andre Besel was impressed by the brilliant lighting displays that joined the first quarter Moon and stars of the constellation Scorpius in western skies. On August 22, 2004, his view looked across the Gulf of Mexico from Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA, a region that would experience even more stormy weather in the coming days. The alluring digital image is a time exposure, by chance capturing the details of a brief flash of lightning along with an overexposed Moon and dramatic cloud formations. In fact, the exposure is long enough to show the background stars as short streaks or trails. The bright yellowish star trail, just above and right of the lightning flash, is red giant star Antares.
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Sammy_boy
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Nice picture, Axxxr! 
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whizkidd
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Good to see this thread still alive. Sam, are you here? :-D
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mince-inside
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With my spare time I decided to buy a telescope with a cool thermal printer, however, this morning I found this in the output tray and I was sure I switched it all off last night!
Any ideas as to the constellation?
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axxxr
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Here's a beautiful picture of titan.
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whizkidd
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Thanks axxxr! Sam where art thou dude? Its approaching winter time here. I bet its a good time for some serious stargazing.
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Sammy_boy
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Still here!
Yep, winter's coming now, and when I look up when it's clear the night sky is nice and crisp and clear, less problems with the atmospheric 'seeing' causing problems.
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whizkidd
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My exams are going on right now. After i'm finished with them, i will be doin quite a bit of astronomy. But right now i'm posting with a mathematics textbook in my hand! :-D
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Sammy_boy
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Yes, I know that feeling. I'm a bit pushed to time at the moment too, espeically as I've just failed 2 of 3 assignments I've just handed in 
I try to sometimes at least pop outside with a pair of binoculars, I do quite like binocular astronomy, it's nice to use both eyes to stargaze with.
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kristaga
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I took this photograph of the lunar eclipse early Thurday morning:
It is taken a bit before the Moon was totally eclipsed.
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Posted: 2004-09-02 14:43
