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Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Scouzer
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
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:disgust:

lol, you obviously assume everyone cares since you're obviously an enthusiast. guess what? most people don't.
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Dude, the stars in the sky are the same every night of your life. Is there anything else that you experience every single day and are still utterly clueless about? It's pathetic.

Edit - not noticing the bright planets and instead acknowledging them as stars is like not noticing a new mole on your forehead or if some ricer-ninja installed a big wing on your car.
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There are some women that I'd like to experience every day... but those aren't celestial bodies.
 
Originally posted by: keird
There are some women that I'd like to experience every day... but those aren't celestial bodies.
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I know, I've seen the women you hang out with.

:shocked:











😛
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: keird
There are some women that I'd like to experience every day... but those aren't celestial bodies.
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I know, I've seen the women you hang out with.

:shocked:











😛
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Was that some dig about my 911/Number 8 thread!:evil:

 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: keird
There are some women that I'd like to experience every day... but those aren't celestial bodies.
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I know, I've seen the women you hang out with.

:shocked:
😛
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Yeah but they have their own gravitational fields 😉
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Number 8 isn't fat!:|

 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Scouzer
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
Click to expand...

:disgust:

lol, you obviously assume everyone cares since you're obviously an enthusiast. guess what? most people don't.
Click to expand...

Dude, the stars in the sky are the same every night of your life. Is there anything else that you experience every single day and are still utterly clueless about? It's pathetic.

Edit - not noticing the bright planets and instead acknowledging them as stars is like not noticing a new mole on your forehead or if some ricer-ninja installed a big wing on your car.
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Looks at winter sky. Looks at summer sky.
 
Originally posted by: keird
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: keird
There are some women that I'd like to experience every day... but those aren't celestial bodies.
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I know, I've seen the women you hang out with.

:shocked:

😛
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Was that some dig about my 911/Number 8 thread!:evil:
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Nope, you were just a random victim. Congratulations.🙂



 
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Scouzer
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
Click to expand...

:disgust:

lol, you obviously assume everyone cares since you're obviously an enthusiast. guess what? most people don't.
Click to expand...

Dude, the stars in the sky are the same every night of your life. Is there anything else that you experience every single day and are still utterly clueless about? It's pathetic.

Edit - not noticing the bright planets and instead acknowledging them as stars is like not noticing a new mole on your forehead or if some ricer-ninja installed a big wing on your car.
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Looks at winter sky. Looks at summer sky.
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You know what I mean....
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
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don't you have some sheep you should be harassing down there in new zealand?





overcast tonight, yesterday, and the day before, haven't been able to see anything. i'd been watching jupiter creep across the sky the last month or so.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
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don't you have some sheep you should be harassing down there in new zealand?
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Probably giving it good to an old shaggy sheep with his little telescope in hand for such an event.

 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
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don't you have some sheep you should be harassing down there in new zealand?





overcast tonight, yesterday, and the day before, haven't been able to see anything. i'd been watching jupiter creep across the sky the last month or so.
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They're sleeping, this is my alone time.
 
GA always seems to bring out / cause flames to start spewing out in most threads I see him / her post in. Just ignore this person.

When I looked up early in the evening tonight, Venus and Jupiter were really close to the moon. Was a nice sight to see.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Why do you mention North America specifically in your OP? They are far more visible in the southern hemisphere. They have been edging closer to one another for a few weeks now, I believe tonight is the closest they will come. Still hardly 'lined up' though, they are about 2deg (4 moon widths) apart.
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Because I didn't have the faintest idea if they were visible elsewhere. If so, great.
 
Last night when I looked close to the horizon the moon was a very thin crescent and the two planets where pretty close. Pretty cool.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Scouzer
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The sky is up there every single night. If you've lived >20years without getting a passing familiarity with the stars (especially the very bright ones) then I pity you.
Click to expand...

:disgust:

lol, you obviously assume everyone cares since you're obviously an enthusiast. guess what? most people don't.
Click to expand...

Dude, the stars in the sky are the same every night of your life. Is there anything else that you experience every single day and are still utterly clueless about? It's pathetic.

Edit - not noticing the bright planets and instead acknowledging them as stars is like not noticing a new mole on your forehead or if some ricer-ninja installed a big wing on your car.
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A doctor could say that anyone who hasn't memorized the name for every bone in our body is pathetic. After all, we live with them everyday, correct?

If an auto-mechanic said that everyone who doesnt know the exact makeup of an internal combustion engine is pathetic, would that make sense? After all, most of us drive them everyday.
 
When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look south. Beaming through the twilight is one of the prettiest things you'll ever see--a tight three-way conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon. The event is visible from all parts of the world, even from light-polluted cities. People in New York and Hong Kong will see it just as clearly as astronomers watching from remote mountaintops. Only cloudy weather or a midnight sun (sorry Antarctica!) can spoil the show.

The great conjunction offers something extra to Europeans. For more than an hour on Monday evening, the crescent Moon will actually eclipse Venus. Astronomers call such an event a "lunar occultation." Venus emerging from the dark edge of the Moon is a remarkably beautiful sight. Sky watchers across Europe will be able to see this happen.
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I was taking pics of the planets and stars last night and managed to capture this
sky2008009.jpg
Plane flew through my shot right as i opened the shutter - i thought it was ruined but then i saw what turned out 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Drakkon
I was taking pics of the planets and stars last night and managed to capture this
sky2008009.jpg
Plane flew through my shot right as i opened the shutter - i thought it was ruined but then i saw what turned out 🙂
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Very cool.

 
So are there any good observatory type of pics????


I can't find any really good closeups. Only as good as I can see thru camera or binoculars.

:frown:
 
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