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RamCodingNinja#5692: like, how frequent they are in the miilkey way. what is the best way to do this/ SpaceGrandpa#6827: Look it up SpaceGrandpa#6827: No joke QwertyThePie#1615: Wolfram Alpha is actually great at that RamCodingNinja#5692: wolfram isnt giving me anything useful RamCodingNinja#5692: I cant find a good so...
NovaCuriee#8399: or green Salt#1137: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/29/why-are-there-no-green-stars/ this explains why green shouldn't be expected Salt#1137: Purple would be really hot, though most of its output would be in UV so that its not overpowered by blue, so oddly enough it would be dim ...
Gabby#4983: stars are the color they are because the net photons being released inevitably closely approximate a black body and no black body spectrum corresponds to purple Gabby#4983: the function for turning a particular light spectrum into a color is a feature of your biology and not much to do with the fundamental ...
Gabby#4983: this is some deepak chopra tier stuff SpaceGrandpa#6827: Gabby i think you're misunderstanding people Gabby#4983: oh come on that's just objectively making stuff up SpaceGrandpa#6827: He's literally saying clouds on brown dwarfs could reflect light in colors that vary more than the color of a star's surface...
Gabby#4983: but the furnace is in an isolated part of a galaxy Gabby#4983: it's obviously so little it's impossible to ever measure Gabby#4983: and so no, it *couldn't* happen like that Gabby#4983: the absorption bands in e.g. brown dwarfs are from them absorbing their own thermal radiation emissions SpaceGrandpa#6827:...
Alyx#6117: My phone's internet was unresponsive NovaCuriee#8399: I guess I should be looking outside at night more often for a while. Gotta see them northeren lights SpaceGrandpa#6827: There's gonna be some crazy northern lights SpaceGrandpa#6827: I'm way too far south to see them ;-; RamCodingNinja#5692: youtube Space...
Gabby#4983: ah yes but Gabby#4983: the ability of uneducated to ask interesting questions is for the most part entirely lacking RamCodingNinja#5692: @Gabby I am trying to make a star system generator. My goal is to have it generate entire procedural galaxies that are realisitc RamCodingNinja#5692: I'm currently trying...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: idk if their evolution would work like it does here on Earth, especially if they didn't have DNA, but it would be necessay for their species to survive given the fact that no environment is constant SpaceGrandpa#6827: If they can't, then maybe they could exist, just not for long, relatively speaking ...
NovaCuriee#8399: and important figures Salt#1137: ``Overthrow the moon based bourgiose`` flyblackbox#9165: Down with bougie moon men Ouais#0164: up with earth men SpaceGrandpa#6827: What if we all got to live on the Moons and asteroids SpaceGrandpa#6827: Give Me Titan or Give Me Death SpaceGrandpa#6827: I wanna fly in ...
Salt#1137: We got hurricanes, earthquakes, and now solar storms Salt#1137: can we get a break pls SpaceGrandpa#6827: Not to mention genocide in Myanmar and North Korea with ICBM's and possible hydrogen bomb SpaceGrandpa#6827: Venezuela is practically in a civil war (or like, i'n surprised it's not there yet) Epoctal#11...
professor#7519: I'm a new member professor#7519: I have alotta questions about space professor#7519: Who's up? Gabby#4983: nobody professor#7519: Ok But ... Gabby#4983: okay professor#7519: 😭 😭 😭 Gabby#4983: interesting question Gabby#4983: I suppose 😭 😭 😭 could be about space, but I'm not sure I understand the c...
Tsu#2077: @Gabby "the uneducated" → I think someone coined the term "the great unwashed" for that. ☕ Deleted User#0000: what is called the center of a black hole again? Deleted User#0000: where all the matter is acumulated Gabby#4983: why would all the matter be in the center Gabby#4983: for the observers not falling i...
professor#7519: Gr8 professor#7519: @Gabby It's above my head😃 Lol Can u explain it? RamCodingNinja#5692: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/22576/how-can-i-get-the-actual-values-of-different-spectral-kinds-on-the-hr-diagram Deleted User#0000: bak Deleted User#0000: sorry i had a internet glitch Deleted Use...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: Happy birthday dear voyager 1 General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: Happy birthday to you General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: It turns 40 years old today Hwaet#4348: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/355847106050785300/soleilmodifie0908.png Hwaet#4348: Voyager 1 was launched ...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: (A Sagan is a unit, by the way) Deleted User#0000: Can someone explain why 13 48 1.0, -8 28' 20.5" is being covered up all except in the Skyview NASA IRAS 100 micron? The NASA 100 IRAS covers it too along with google sky, and a few other mappers Salt#1137: looks like just lack of data Salt#1137: this...
Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: I recall seeing an explanation for that exact gap Salt#1137: this is why i hope planet 9 or 10 get named Nibiru Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: I don't recall it off the top of my head Deleted User#0000: @Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Damn can you try and find it Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: but it i...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: sometimes they don't get the whole sky SpaceGrandpa#6827: and other times image quality might be crap so they get rid of that patch SpaceGrandpa#6827: i doubt it'd be a planet in our solar system too, because it wouldn't be in that patch of sky anymore after a certain period of time *Deleted*#6762: A...
Augustus#0236: 10 earth masses is pretty large SpaceGrandpa#6827: Mini-neptune is the proposed mass SpaceGrandpa#6827: Eh SpaceGrandpa#6827: I mean compared to what we're used to, yes, but not compared to ice giants or gas giants Augustus#0236: yeah I guess it's only 1/3 the mass of Neptune Hwaet#4348: It's also possib...
NovaCuriee#8399: but what if everything we knew was false, what if earth, and every planet maybe defied the laws of what we know? SpaceGrandpa#6827: Then a whole lot of what you use would not work NovaCuriee#8399: maybe planets are special in that way SpaceGrandpa#6827: That's international, transgenerational conspirac...
DestroyTheSauce#3740: Planet 9 is theoretical, not hypothetical DestroyTheSauce#3740: The idea of Planet 9 existing was based on weird patterns in the behaviour of various astronomical objects, where it was predicted that some sort of mass was employing a gravitational effect on those objects. DestroyTheSauce#3740: Hyp...
Deleted User#0000: Im so jittery about it x3 Deleted User#0000: Eeeeeeek! Deleted User#0000: Ill try and find it Deleted User#0000: Gimme a minute Deleted User#0000: I put something in my essay.. I think *Deleted*#6762: @SpaceGrandpa well you are right but the "Sun" is a Star and stars blow up NovaCuriee#8399: eventu...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: Imagine the difference between a leaky faucet and a high pressure water jet that can cut through metal badoc#4710: what's your favorite metal Ouais#0164: what if perception of time slows down as intelligence increases Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: How is that astronomy related Ouais#0164: this means t...
That tweet was eventually deleted from Wu’s Twitter account. “Like, you can all make fun of that statement, but it will still be true. This is why the militarization of space is so dangerous.” MrPilgrim#8694: first off, why moon rock nuke earth MrPilgrim#8694: second, there is no single rock on the moon big enough ...
Moist Mayonnaise#5570: It takes a hell of a lot of energy to get something out of orbit, it definitely isn't a case of throwing. SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Moist Mayonnaise he was saying to just stay in orbit and throw rocks from orbit instead of taking them to the Moon SpaceGrandpa#6827: also the moon is technically in orbit...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: Bad idea SpaceGrandpa#6827: Will not work Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Sure it is Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Just don't use your arm to throw it Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Use a rocket or mass driver SpaceGrandpa#6827: i mean if you define "throw" that way then sure SpaceGrandpa#6827: also mass d...
Deleted User#0000: Oh yeah I heard about that it sounds kinda cool and horrifying at the same time. Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Rods from Gods is over stated as a weapons system Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Yield is only in the ten ton range. Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Its really only useful if you want 30 minute re...
MrPilgrim#8694: @DestroyTheSauce http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/321609-democratic-congressional-candidate-warns-of-militarization-of MrPilgrim#8694: Dem congressional candidate warns of 'militarization of space' A Democratic congressional hopeful from Massachusetts is warning about the dangers of mili...
Augustus#0236: which isn't how orbital mechanics work Augustus#0236: First off, it wouldn't "drop" Augustus#0236: you'd have to use a lot of fuel to get it on a suborbital trajectory Augustus#0236: Also Augustus#0236: air resistance would bleed off most of the extra velocity gained from coming from the moon DestroyTheS...
Raggy#0001: or egg depending on how much you know signe#2640: so maybe she was talking about deorbiting the moon O.o Pontus#7011: http://www.ilslaunch.com/sites/default/files/pdf/PMPG%20Section%20E.pdf Pontus#7011: 😮 Hwaet#4348: Here's a newcomer, Mr. 2680 (bad pic warning) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/24162...
professor#7519: I have a document that says how the moon was made The name is cosmos Lance#9508: oh professor#7519: U can download it It has 13 parts Lance#9508: ok SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Lance a mars sized body collided with earth when ghe earth was still forming. This led to a bunch of debris getting thrown into orbit w...
QwertyThePie#1615: But we usually aren't QwertyThePie#1615: The distance varies SpaceGrandpa#6827: At most, we'd be about 6.2 AU away from Jupiter, so you can see it varies by about 2 AU depending on the time of year QwertyThePie#1615: At any rate, distance isn't super-meaningful when it comes to getting to other plane...
QwertyThePie#1615: It's the average distance between the Earth and the Sun QwertyThePie#1615: Often used for distances within the solar system QwertyThePie#1615: 150 million km is about 93 million miles. QwertyThePie#1615: Which is about 1 AU Pontus#7011: hi professor#7519: Interesting professor#7519: Hi Pontus#7011: w...
Pontus#7011: Answer* Pontus#7011: oh ok professor#7519: 😃 professor#7519: It was a mistake professor#7519: I can't answer Pontus#7011: Why? 😛 professor#7519: Some of em yes But not all Pontus#7011: Okay Pontus#7011: Hi SG SpaceGrandpa#6827: 93 million miles = 149.6 million kilometers = 1AU SpaceGrandpa#6827: hello Po...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: I was just answering stuff form earlier Pontus#7011: Oh ok Pontus#7011: What exacly is Escape velocity? :L Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: The velocity needed to escape the gravitational field of a body Pontus#7011: yeah Pontus#7011: oh Pontus#7011: nvm SpaceGrandpa#6827: =tex v_{escape} = \sqrt{\frac{2...
ok Thomas#9514: I had a teacher 2 years ago who still used one. Thomas#9514: And they do have a few good aspects. Hwaet#4348: yeah Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Half my math teachers in HS used one Hwaet#4348: >I had a teacher 35 years ago who used one lel that's normal Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: That was ~ 7 or 8 yea...
Salt#1137: They sound like a dumb gimmick Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: They are a dumb gimmick Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: They also usually just end up being used as regular white boards Hwaet#4348: ^ Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Personally I like the teachers that rig tablets up to projectors and use that Hwaet#4348...
Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Whiteboard and marker are nice but I think the Tablet/projector combo nails the right balance between easy to follow along as the teacher rights and easy for the teacher to post online. Main disadvantage is limited space compared to whiteboards Gabby#4983: there would be a riot in the physi...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: Excuse me SpaceGrandpa#6827: Fak u Salt#1137: That is where i draw the dotted line SpaceGrandpa#6827: >>>>>> SpaceGrandpa#6827: >>>>>>>>>this guy Salt#1137: If you don't appreciate a good chalkboard you could go do biology Thomas#9514: I've seen it as a clickbate video Salt#1137: But no way can you d...
Salt#1137: Slip and erase your calculus notes Salt#1137: There is usually more wall behind the white board SpaceGrandpa#6827: I thought it was a good one Salt#1137: I rate 2/10 SpaceGrandpa#6827: Salt's a tough one to please Salt#1137: I like good jokes Imp#2857: You're a joke Salt#1137: Joke so bad it killed him Salt#...
QwertyThePie#1615: No no, maybe he's onto something. We have to reduce the mass of Earth by getting rid of people. I propose we toss the flat-earthers into orbit and leave them there. QwertyThePie#1615: Yes, this means they'd still be technically part of the same gravitational system, but this changes nothing signe#264...
QwertyThePie#1615: Not unless they leave the sphere of influence. QwertyThePie#1615: Well, I say "sphere of influence" QwertyThePie#1615: You know what I mean QwertyThePie#1615: Escape velocity QwertyThePie#1615: It's easy to simulate. iCan#3686: That's right. QwertyThePie#1615: So the only impact would be on Earth's r...
Little Droida#5725: and you would often see astronaunts come around every few times a year Little Droida#5725: and it was pretty cool and they were so chill. I think if you reach out to any of them then they would probably gladly sign your fan mail things etc. Pontus#7011: I don't live in the us tho 😐 Little Droida#5...
Pontus#7011: Tweeted to Christer tho Little Droida#5725: Ah, that guy is pretty cool but I sadly never got to meet him Little Droida#5725: I think they would maybe respond to fan mail. They most likely have P.O. boxes and actually reply to a lot of them. Pontus#7011: Never sent a mail lol Pontus#7011: only email Pontus...
Pontus#7011: "3+ month wait for a response. " Little Droida#5725: Just go to the posti and ask them for how to mail a letter and he might just send something back. It might take awhile though. Snail mail and otherwise technology still mingle. Pontus#7011: What did you mean with posti? Little Droida#5725: *post office P...
Wilii#0967: I mean the guy already owns the top electric car company, one of the most productive space programs, and created some insanely smart AI. Hyperloop may be a tougher challenge but if he can make it, it'll be a good head start in modern transportation General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: say your final goodbyes to c...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: No Deleted User 785es519#5571: Something no one though of? SpaceGrandpa#6827: ? professor#7519: Hmm What exactly is hyperloop? professor#7519: I couldn't understand professor#7519: Hmm What exactly is hyperloop? professor#7519: I couldn't understand SpaceGrandpa#6827: It's a train system being built ...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: Like SpaceGrandpa#6827: They reached more than twice the speed the team from Germany went SpaceGrandpa#6827: So she's kind of pissed lmao Pontus#7011: Any interesting Astronomy Conferences (LIve), Nasa Talks or anything fun like that? Gabby#4983: @SpaceGrandpa okay Gabby#4983: I just finished writing...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: Hopefully no more than two hours SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Gabby so the postcards had already all been distributed, so i am technically free right now, but i *should* finish reading this paper on giant planet formation since i'm meeting my mentor at 11am tomorrow, type out the discussion section of my phys...
Gabby#4983: if I see an object in the sky in space at one time Gabby#4983: and then at another time I see it is a different location in the sky Gabby#4983: I can measure the angle it has moved across the sky right? Gabby#4983: and if I ask an astronomer friend to tell me the distance to the object Gabby#4983: and multi...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: ok.. Gabby#4983: I described a way to measure the velocity SpaceGrandpa#6827: right Gabby#4983: you can obviously actually do this, in real life SpaceGrandpa#6827: yes SpaceGrandpa#6827: i know Gabby#4983: I'm asking what do you think the highest number ever gotten by doing it is? SpaceGrandpa#6827: ...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: proobably way lower than that actually SpaceGrandpa#6827: i was thinking of stuff heading towards the great attractor and realized we couldn't use the type of measurement you talked about to do that SpaceGrandpa#6827: fine, uh, a few tens of kilometers per second Gabby#4983: it turns out to be able t...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: quasars are *really* far away and spew stuff over distances that are massive SpaceGrandpa#6827: thousands of light years SpaceGrandpa#6827: there's no way we could have used the angle measurement for them Gabby#4983: of course you can, it's probably the easiest thing to do it on Gabby#4983: they're m...
Gabby#4983: I assure you both that it is possible, it has been done, *and* the calculations are not due to error Gabby#4983: @Salt he doesn't believe me 😦 professor#7519: And what was that object? @Gabby Gabby#4983: it was just gas professor#7519: Really? professor#7519: Did u see that? Gabby#4983: did I...see it? Gab...
Gabby#4983: it's true professor#7519: Right? Gabby#4983: you got it Gabby#4983: 👍 professor#7519: So u were wrong? SpaceGrandpa#6827: ok so then what do i need to be careful about? Gabby#4983: I said if you calculate the transverse velocity by looking in the sky and calculating how long it took to move that far using ...
Gabby#4983: nope Gabby#4983: you can imagine if the object is moving toward you then the photons it emits at an earlier time take longer to travel to you than the photons it emits at a closer time SpaceGrandpa#6827: right SpaceGrandpa#6827: er SpaceGrandpa#6827: well SpaceGrandpa#6827: yeah Salt#1137: Gabby you're talk...
Gabby#4983: (the answer is yes it is, provided some condition is met) Gabby#4983: you know there is a guy, who calculate this for the first time, he predicted what the apparent velocity would be Gabby#4983: his name was Martin Rees, and they knighted him in England for it and now he's not even Sir Martin Rees anymore b...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: yes Gabby#4983: they neutronize Gabby#4983: this means the protons combine with the electrons to make neutrons and neutrinos Gabby#4983: this happens as part of the collapse process, before the big light blast Gabby#4983: I think they even use this to try to detect supernova early, but I don't really...
Gabby#4983: happens plenty enough before the peak SpaceGrandpa#6827: in fact neutrino intensity from a supernova is about 100 times higher than its optical intensity SpaceGrandpa#6827: thing is, as you know, neutrinos can just pass through stuff with no problem and won't bump into most of it SpaceGrandpa#6827: like, an...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: ok but like the rest of it SpaceGrandpa#6827: why the light takes longer to reach you SpaceGrandpa#6827: tbh my favorite thing in astronomy is that you can figure out basically everything about the structure of an atmosphere from its blackbody Gabby#4983: I'm a *particle* physicist, the particle inte...
Spy#5131: officialy dead signe#2640: rip huygens, screw cassini General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/358220911452749836/main-qimg-f1ac418f232b1812057bb3c88d3c718d.png General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/3582209376...
Deleted User#0000: Oh, I heard about this. seth#5597: I watched it live. Here's the link to the part where it goes into SATURN if you want it. SuchPain - Brent#4999: T_T thank you cassini and to the team who made this happen. professor#7519: I don't know about cassini professor#7519: Could u explain it to me? professor...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: @General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ that photo... oh my god someone messed up that bad? SuchPain - Brent#4999: oh sorry i was reading about voyager now SuchPain - Brent#4999: my bad my bad SuchPain - Brent#4999: i realy messed that up SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Deleted User the image was one of Venus, not Mercury, bu...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: It also found a moon completely covered in ice; the moon Enceladus. We weren't sure what was under the icy crust. After several flybys, it found very prominent geysers of water ice and vapor being spewed out into space from the icy crust. This implied the existence of liquid water hiding underneath t...
SuchPain - Brent#4999: @SpaceGrandpa that was very informative! wow.. this is really amazing! professor#7519: 👏 SuchPain - Brent#4999: are moons of saturn tidal locked too like our moon? sorry there is so much to read and i cant process all of it. you guys are the best! 😃 Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: depends on the ...
psynocis#6441: was thinking rocket fuel, but how far are chemical engines really gonna take us in the future? SuchPain - Brent#4999: not much i think. it better we harness other source of energy SpaceGrandpa#6827: Ion propulsion drives might work better, although i don't know the specifics of them. It uses less fuel an...
Razer531#0972: But who says we have better chances of settling Mars than Venus? Salt#1137: God emperor Musk Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Venus is more hostile than Mars Salt#1137: ^ Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Yes at high altitudes you have near earth temp and pressure Salt#1137: Also easier to build a settlement on t...
psynocis#6441: The thick atmosphere would make floating easier, right? Chemical engines are only good for getting off planets with atmospheres. Space stations and the appropriate ship(ground-space or celestial to celstial) seams to be the best form of travel. Salt#1137: Just don't take off your helmet Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(...
Cogitabundus#9724: Right my bad, galaxy 😅 psynocis#6441: i read once that it would take us less than 1million years to colonize our milky way. SuchPain - Brent#4999: no way we colonize our uni.. so sad Razer531#0972: Guys but what makes Mars atmoshpere easier to fix than Venus? Razer531#0972: Seems like atmoshpere is ...
psynocis#6441: the low grav is only really bad for those martians whom want to visit earth, lol. SuchPain - Brent#4999: hahaha. SuchPain - Brent#4999: and earthling to mars will be like superman.lol psynocis#6441: a very clumsy superman, lol SpaceGrandpa#6827: Long story short, there's no way we're going to engineer a ...
Eleuin#3927: RIP Eleuin#3927: orbital mechanics Eleuin#3927: its not further away, they dropped perichron into the deep atmosphere to dispose of Cassini Eleuin#3927: perichron is the lowest point in a saturn orbit, im just being fancy Eleuin#3927: lack of fuel and all Doctor Mikoto#9439: Oh yeah, I watched that today a...
Augustus#0236: look how small the spot it Hwaet#4348: I love astronomy more now 😄 SpaceGrandpa#6827: Tiny nipple Augustus#0236: yeah SpaceGrandpa#6827: Accept the sun for who she is; don't hurt her self-esteem SpaceGrandpa#6827: All nipples matter Augustus#0236: omg Hwaet#4348: lel Augustus#0236: since that was really...
Hwaet#4348: >I got a 90mm refractor with a busted GoTo mount for $10 a couple weeks ago what I paid like $175 for a 70mm refractor 😡 Augustus#0236: 😂 Augustus#0236: well Augustus#0236: that's dumb though right Gooseman#4440: any of you guys hae photos of the cassini last pictures? 😃 Augustus#0236: no Hwaet#4348: wha...
Hwaet#4348: 😛 Augustus#0236: I made a complete scope too, even ground the mirror Gooseman#4440: still quite good :p Hwaet#4348: > any of you guys hae photos of the cassini last pictures? gathering scientific data was more important than taking a hazy picture of saturn Gooseman#4440: if i were a girl id fall in love wi...
Augustus#0236: @Gooseman they know *less* than me about it now actually Augustus#0236: @Hwaet how old did you think I was Augustus#0236: most people IRL mistake me for a 17 year old because I'm tall Gooseman#4440: dayum but im sure you can find a few good tutorials on internet Hwaet#4348: I thought you were a full-grow...
Hwaet#4348: I'm 17 Augustus#0236: My scope is far from perfect Augustus#0236: the altitude boards aren't exactly the same height so the scope leans to the side a bit, really just an aesthetic thing Augustus#0236: the front board is bent kind of Augustus#0236: the tube is ragged on the bottom Gooseman#4440: repair it be...
Gooseman#4440: yh but if she doesnt know about that... 😉 Augustus#0236: uhhh she's seen them and looked through one Augustus#0236: lol Gooseman#4440: damn well if she bad at astronomy? Hwaet#4348: that's teachable lel Gooseman#4440: if she is you can always help her and spend time with he r;) Augustus#0236: lol I'm no...
Augustus#0236: which is part of my logic for giving her a scope - when she does have time she doesn't need me or anyone else to use one Augustus#0236: I considered teaching her how to make her own mirror but that would take forever and I don't think it's a great idea to invite her to spend hours working with me in a ga...
Gooseman#4440: christmas or birthday if its beforehand Gooseman#4440: but honestly keep it till christmass till then get closer to her Augustus#0236: oh wait her birthday is like december 9th Augustus#0236: is it? Augustus#0236: I forgot Augustus#0236: uh oh Augustus#0236: this is way too OT, we should move to the loun...
seth#5597: Can someone tell me why this distortion happens? Deleted User#0000: woow Deleted User#0000: that looks cool Deleted User#0000: and i have absolutely no idia of how its called, sorry seth#5597: No problem. SuchPain - Brent#4999: its an atmosphere! SuchPain - Brent#4999: hahaha im kidding guys. Pontus#7011: No...
Razer531#0972: guys* Razer531#0972: if 4.6 billions years ago or so, an object crashed into earth and its fractures later on formed moon, right? and that crash gave earth the spin, right? Razer531#0972: If that's the case, shouldn't such a strike have created a noticable fracture on earth, like a hole or something we w...
Qⓤⓞⓝ#1241: It's how Everest formed in the first place SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Razer531 that's not why the Earth has its spin. You know how everything orbits the sun? Well, the first little piece of the Earth would have had the rest of the material that formed it orbiting that little piece. So everything was moving in a cir...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: That takes a loooooot of energy SpaceGrandpa#6827: Although i suppose if we had the ability to terraform, we would have the ability to do that, i just don't know if it's efficient Deleted User 785es519#5571: Why don't we get that energy from the ☀ SpaceGrandpa#6827: I suppose it could work well thou...
Deleted User 785es519#5571: OMG Deleted User 785es519#5571: Hey @Salt and @SpaceGrandpa Salt#1137: what Deleted User 785es519#5571: What will we do about the pollution then Deleted User 785es519#5571: @Salt Salt#1137: cut down emissions to minimise future damage, and then once the tech catches up, being reversing our ...
Salt#1137: ^ SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Deleted User 785es519 you can also be aware of how your own power is supplied. See if you can find out how much of your electricity through electric companies is non-renewable vs renewable. If it's non-renewable, cut down on electricity use. Don't leave lights on in a room when you're n...
Salt#1137: some other options to throw in are to ban the harvesting of meat from livestock and transition to mandatory veganism, and overall move to more sustainable lifestyles SpaceGrandpa#6827: Uhh it would probably do a noticeable amount of change in some areas SpaceGrandpa#6827: It would reduce the urban heat islan...
Salt#1137: hello Pontus#7011: Is this telescope good? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sky-Watcher-8-Collapsible-Dobsonian-Telescope/dp/B004Q78OII/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505603236&sr=1-2&keywords=8%22+dobsonian seba#8755: @Pontus define good SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Augustus someone needs telescope help Pontus#7011: ...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: I'm like SpaceGrandpa#6827: Actually pretty certain this is Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler Salt#1137: It's actually copernicus and pope Urban III SpaceGrandpa#6827: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/358863891666698240/image.jpg SpaceGrandpa#6827: https://cdn.discordapp.com/...
SuchPain - Brent#4999: haha SuchPain - Brent#4999: i think through light Salt#1137: my first intuition is using type 1a supernovae, but that may be after his time professor#7519: Through light? SuchPain - Brent#4999: i dont know im bad at this.haha but that is what they are using to calculate the distance of galaxies. ...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Salt type 1a supernovae are used for stuff really far away SpaceGrandpa#6827: I think we can still use parallax within the Milky Way SpaceGrandpa#6827: And orbital speeds SpaceGrandpa#6827: As you mentioned Salt#1137: aight SpaceGrandpa#6827: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/24162606669378355...
AmalM#6443: Coz of perihelion shift AmalM#6443: @SpaceGrandpa Razer531#0972: Guys why did people start using parsecs for distances? Aren't light years just good enough? SpaceGrandpa#6827: @AmalM that just tells you how its perihelion is changing. Why would it tell you distance from the galactic center? AmalM#6443: I me...
professor#7519: They aren't in my dictionary Hwaet#4348: perihelion = closest to the sun Hwaet#4348: > parsec was defined as the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond,[1], but it has been redefined in 2015 to exactly 648000/π astronomical units. One parsec is equal to about 3.26 li...
Salt#1137: Cassini Protects Gabby#4983: maria 2 mph away from cat 5 right now Gabby#4983: it was cat 5 earlier tho Aru#4644: Thanks for the notification General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: @SpaceGrandpa lmao QwertyThePie#1615: Parsecs are convenient QwertyThePie#1615: Which is why people use them SuchPain - Brent#4999: @Spa...
professor#7519: 😀 SpaceGrandpa#6827: So uh SpaceGrandpa#6827: Not that I don't care about international politics SpaceGrandpa#6827: Because I absolutely do SpaceGrandpa#6827: But this is #astronomy SpaceGrandpa#6827: not #international_politics Deleted User#0000: @SpaceGrandpa Astronomy studies celestial objects. Eart...
DestroyTheSauce#3740: Astronomy only studies the properties of planets, not the behaviour of the intelligent creatures that may inhabit them. QwertyThePie#1615: """Intelligent""" Salt#1137: DAE humans are dumb lol Qⓤⓞⓝ#1241: That reminds me #astronomy 's channel description could be updated. Deleted User#0000: I cant e...
kalosyn#0793: Of course, psychoanalysis is too and I completely disagree with that. seba#8755: @kalosyn maybe astrology seba#8755: not astronomy kalosyn#0793: Hmmm... explain the difference? I am sadly not as informed. kalosyn#0793: You might be right Seba. KrizChin#9573: Astrology is predicting things based on the pos...
kalosyn#0793: Wait so what is Astronomy? seba#8755: it's about stars, space, bunch of stars (galaxies), exploded stars (nebulae) seba#8755: etc. seba#8755: generally it's about what you see during a clear night when you look up kalosyn#0793: Are wormholes still in the category of "impossible"? seba#8755: hm i think the...
seba#8755: i think that's kinda known kalosyn#0793: Well what if we are wrong. kalosyn#0793: Undeniably we all perish as a species if we don't develop space travel. kalosyn#0793: Okay eep stalling, bye! signe#2640: Astrologers. signe#2640: Astrologers consider astronomy pseudo science dont they? SpaceGrandpa#6827: No, ...
Deleted User#0000: I have known some very smart astrologers. Moist Mayonnaise#5570: Smart astrologers don't exist. KrizChin#9573: smart astrologers are simply misinformed KrizChin#9573: astrology was once considered science KrizChin#9573: people didnt know any better Deleted User#0000: There was a woman who could do ve...
Hwaet#4348: like the stars may incite you to study astronomy? 😛 Salt#1137: sagittarius a* is pretty important BlueJay#7397: Space is scary The Photo Guy#1445: It can be Yung#7712: the moon is another star that influences human behavior Salt#1137: 👏 Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Nonsense Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Sm...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: The earth is a cup SpaceGrandpa#6827: holds things Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Close Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Its actually a bucket Deleted User#0000: Debatable Razer531#0972: yo guys so five days ago cassini crashed into saturn and i have some wonders about it Razer531#0972: People didn't contr...