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SpaceB#8869: (Oo they turned off the spotlights.) SpaceB#8869: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/379932270624112640/image.png SpaceB#8869: Now the whole field is lit up. SpaceB#8869: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/379932531404963840/image.png SpaceB#8869: De-tanking....
SuchPain - Brent#4999: what time is the launching? Hwaet#4348: good question Hwaet#4348: I hope they didn't postpone it again SpaceB#8869: Sorry, wasn’t able to cover it last night. SpaceB#8869: Buuut SpaceB#8869: THEY SCRUBBED AGAIN. SpaceB#8869: So... SpaceB#8869: https://youtu.be/cZo_YJIvQY0 SpaceB#8869: Was going t...
GodHacker#9854: @deleted-role I wish I had discord when I was in high school Hwaet#4348: well you had msn Noodles#3448: oh god AOL Cheloniidae#5041: Hottest thing on astro-ph today, LIGO found its lightest BHs yet! https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.05578 Cheloniidae#5041: not as light as we wanted it to, but still pretty good...
Salt#1137: Infinity, it's impossible with our current understanding of Physics Master Chief John-117#0117: We need an AI Master Chief John-117#0117: That would definitely help us bringing more knowledge to the world, would be risky, but ... Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Thats not how AI works General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#84...
Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: You literally have an entire spaceship worth of shielding between you and the nuke Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: It's safe to go outside and to the pusher plae shortly after the drive is off Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: And most of the radiation isn't neutron radiation but X-rays General Dar...
Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: Thats like asking if an airplane pilot would get out of his plane and stick his head in the engine General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: well, in this case, assuming there is a war in space Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: That's even less of a reason to go outside General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: or yo...
QwertyThePie#1615: Getting out of the ship while it's running is a bad idea no matter what spaceship you're in QwertyThePie#1615: Accelerating, I should say Master Chief John-117#0117: @Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if taught to have unlimited knowledge and to learn for themselves won't be long until they can figure out stuff...
Hwaet#4348: venusquakes SpaceB#8869: @here The FalCon 9 launch has been postponed. In the mean time the Delta II is expected to take off in about 6 hours. SpaceB#8869: I'll cover that. SpaceB#8869: If it dosent get scrubbed .-. Epoctal#1157: umm SpaceB#8869: T-2 hours. SpaceB#8869: T-1:06:00 Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969...
SpaceB#8869: Weather is 100% Go. SpaceB#8869: 1:47:37 AM PST Launch time SpaceB#8869: No technical issues SpaceB#8869: 1:15 seconds till picking up count SpaceB#8869: Count down clock T-15 minutes and counting Eve#4758: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIiYL1ePo3s SpaceB#8869: Just use the NASA TV Link instead of giving...
SpaceB#8869: L-7 minutes SpaceB#8869: All is GO. (FINALLY) SpaceB#8869: Hold release in T-2 minutes SpaceB#8869: L-5:30 SpaceB#8869: Spacecraft configured for launch SpaceB#8869: T-4 minute hold ended, T-4:00 and counting SpaceB#8869: 2nd stage internal SpaceB#8869: T-3:10 SpaceB#8869: All stages armed SpaceB#8869: T-2...
SpaceB#8869: T-20 SpaceB#8869: 10 SpaceB#8869: 5 SpaceB#8869: 4 SpaceB#8869: 3 SpaceB#8869: 2 SpaceB#8869: 1 SpaceB#8869: Liftoff QwertyThePie#1615: What's the deal with cutting to CGI almost immediately on this one SpaceB#8869: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/381380241270112266/image.png Qwe...
SpaceB#8869: Burnout QwertyThePie#1615: Wish they had a technical cast like SpaceX does SpaceB#8869: Ya tru QwertyThePie#1615: They're cutting to CGI for all the fun stuff SpaceB#8869: SpaceX puts cameras on em SpaceB#8869: Burnout of all SEBS QwertyThePie#1615: Even the ground cam would be more interesting than watchi...
> "Had" Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: They stopped doing tehcnical streams earlier this year SpaceB#8869: VECO SpaceB#8869: Fairing jettison SpaceB#8869: Trying to pump this out fast makes me have lots of typos SpaceB#8869: I do want to watch the last Delta II launch IRL Though SpaceB#8869: Want to see one before it’s r...
Emanuel#9999: Hello. Emanuel#9999: I am new but very interested in astronomy, i hope you dont have problems if i want to know some basic questions, Emanuel#9999: thanks. Wilii#0967: Ask and you shall receive Emanuel#9999: How black hole made? Wilii#0967: Giant stars running out of fuel and collapsing on themselves, cre...
Emanuel#9999: Download ok. professor#7519: It has 13 parts professor#7519: The 4th one is about black hole Emanuel#9999: I watched "How the universe works" Emanuel#9999: It was really interesting. Emanuel#9999: But yeah, i'll watch Cosmos. █▀█ █▄█ ▀█▀#7901: :smile: PedroR#6353: Just had a thought, probably been thought...
█▀█ █▄█ ▀█▀#7901: Yep Foorack#0001: @PedroR It is not possible to travel at the speed of light. You can travel close to it but never equally nor faster. Hwaet#4348: because you have relativistic mass Master Chief John-117#0117: @PedroR That's a topic which is under so many theories that we can only say it's not possibl...
Maybe there are stuff that can travel faster than light, but they are not in our terms of reality, since everything that could travel faster than light would not be seen and probably wouldn't even exist, maybe reality changes on those velocities, like dimensions, time, everything changes Andromeda#1200: maybe that stuf...
Master Chief John-117#0117: But still there's a small decelaration, in stars bigger than ours gravity has time to push photons for a longer period, decelarating even more QwertyThePie#1615: F=ma QwertyThePie#1615: So what about massless photons? QwertyThePie#1615: What acceleration do they get from the force of gravity...
Granny Smith#6951: I see, thanks SuchPain - Brent#4999: @SpaceGrandpa is this for real? General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: an asteroid that can pull itself into a sphere (300-500km in diameter I think?) is a dwarf planet @Bladedsuperior If it "cleared its neighborhood" it would be a planet according to the IAU So an aster...
defunct#6876: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/382537647127658497/lTcj5Tj.jpg Hwaet#4348: ... Salt#1137: Tru Bladedsuperior#5777: @General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ thanks General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: @professor @Granny Smith IAU = International Astronomical Union professor#7519: Thanks @General Dar...
Patrick the Plastic#0063: Hello Astronomy, I have trouble interpreting the following excerpt: “Those stars which
 are kindled and extinguished ought to rise and set for observers everywhere,
 while those which are not kindled and extinguished ought always to be visible 
for observers everywhere.” For context, the autho...
bloom#0001: @Qⓤⓞⓝ yeah, but i deleted it because the picture was appearing all black on my phone, will reupload it one i get home Hwaet#4348: @bloom your pictures are great bloom#0001: if anyone wants to discuss about astrophotography and stuff im here 😄 just love taking some pics and just got a new telescope as well ...
Hwaet#4348: yeah Hwaet#4348: we are actually in paradise gone with the cacti#9290: The earth is flat Hwaet#4348: flat can also mean uninteresting Hwaet#4348: so the spherical Earth is flat gone with the cacti#9290: What if the earth is flat but interesting Hwaet#4348: This is a grammatically correct sentence. General D...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: solar eclipses? oh that is because the sun turns off once in a while due to a power outage Wilii#0967: But then at the same time there's other places on earth with sun Wilii#0967: I'd like to see them explain how lunar eclipses work tho --#5019: it is earth shadow --#5019: not that it tur...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: why would a rock have so much energy? --#5019: ??? Wilii#0967: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/383701466113638420/image.gif Wilii#0967: What force accelerates the sun in a circular motion? --#5019: lol --#5019: well General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: fly from south ...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: isnt it obvious? the governments put giant cars underneath the continents --#5019: lol --#5019: Yeah --#5019: Our goverment leader is lucifer after all Deleted User#0000: Lol QwertyThePie#1615: You know what would be dandy? QwertyThePie#1615: Coming to this chat, and seeing people talk ab...
Jm2#6572: you realize most of the ppl are just making fun of it right Jm2#6572: actual flat earthers are a reaaaaally small part of the population Jm2#6572: and many of them don't actually believe it in the first place QwertyThePie#1615: I know, but it gets annoying that that's apparently the only topic I see discussed...
In practice a typical, circular orbital ring around a terrestrial world consists of a continuous ring of dense material, often a silicate (glass-fibre) hoop or cable, which is coated on the outside with a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material. On the other hand, larger rings, elliptical or otherwise irregular rings u...
QwertyThePie#1615: You could name one basically anything at this point Caviar#6440: True Caviar#6440: I found one called Beowulf Caviar#6440: Time to go read everything about it Caviar#6440: You could just throw something heavy at a small asteroid and say that you found a new one QwertyThePie#1615: http://www.planetary...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: what do they hope to find there? gone with the cacti#9290: Probably water or life gone with the cacti#9290: One of them has water + geothermal activity General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: life on an asteroid though? SpaceGrandpa#6827: This makes me so happy http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/...
--#5019: kinda Wilii#0967: Some weird stuff would happen if you tried to build a ring Wilii#0967: It'd be best to build it from multiple points and connect them Wilii#0967: But idk I'm just a high school student Spy#5131: maintaining a ring that rotates at 7.66 km/s and is longer than the earth's equater Spy#5131: that...
--#5019: lol Spy#5131: i said a `step towards` --#5019: we are not even type 1 yet Master Chief John-117#0117: I know Master Chief John-117#0117: XD Master Chief John-117#0117: I just wanted to cause some drama in the topic Master Chief John-117#0117: (Seems cool sometimes) Spy#5131: :GWcfcThonk: Master Chief John-117#...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: DECREASE YOUR KAPPA VALUES SpaceGrandpa#6827: anyways SpaceGrandpa#6827: I'm trying to read about observational data and model fitting from the Keck telescope observing TW Hydra (a K8 star with a circumstellar disk around it) and I am totally lost when it starts talking about "visibility" and these r...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche This asteroid could probably build an iron sphere across the planet Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: No but I thnik we have a couple Astrology Majors Hwaet#4348: and flat earth majors because they're spamming it here Augustus#0236: @Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_...
Jm2#6572: he wanted to be ON the rocket Deleted User#0000: I know Jm2#6572: idk i think he wants to broadcast it Deleted User#0000: Why cant he launch the rocket with him inside it? Jm2#6572: for like, a bigger source Jm2#6572: to do that u probably need a permit Deleted User#0000: Hmmm, yeah probably Deleted User#0000...
Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: He just says flay earth bs Deleted User#0000: Lol, I seriously doubt they would hire a flat earther Deleted User#0000: I doubt any sensible person would Deleted User#0000: 🤔 Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: So flat earth earthers give him money Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: He tried to raise mo...
Deleted User#0000: Yes unfortunately, even if join nasa and show them evidence, they will still claim that its a conspiracy to prevent him from seeing the truth Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: They'll cry conspiracy no matter what Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: He just has to agree with them and they give go him money Qwert...
Deleted User#0000: Write on the phone Deleted User#0000: Using the built-in notes app Deleted User#0000: Its 2018 (almost) and astronauts must have a lot of advance technology to fly to space, so there is a 100% chance that they have a phone or some sort of a technology that they can write on Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#696...
Poynting#2966: why not just use pencil Poynting#2966: are the shavings dangerous or something Deleted User#0000: Zero Gravity conditions. The Graphite present in the pencils was prone to cause a disturbance in the electrical conduction of the intricately designed systems. The graphite in the pencils had a tendency to c...
Inquisitor General of America#0918: @Spy do you like lamb Master Chief John-117#0117: @Inquisitor General of America Best question for an astronomy Channel! Aproved! Inquisitor General of America#0918: i want an answer Deleted User#0000: What’s a dyson swarm? Wiskeyweasel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#6969: A dyson sphere where instead of...
--#5019: If you do it with the right material it won't. Capnarchie#7767: could anyone explain time dilation Poynting#2966: when you move fast everyone else moves faster Salt#1137: When you move super duper fast, you experience less seconds pass by SpaceGrandpa#6827: Hm so SpaceGrandpa#6827: Interferometry is just a dou...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: @Capnarchie you’re moving through four dimensions all the time. If you mover faster spatially, you have to “borrow” from your speed through time, meaning the processes that the atoms in your body do will go slower from the point of view of others that are moving slower than you. Conversely, you will ...
Nyx.#0870: Okay, so, assuming the black hole I'm headed toward isn't of enough mass to turn me into a spaghetti outside of itself, and I enter the thing unharmed, and I go on floating for a bit before turning into spaghetti. During the period where I'm floating *inside* the black hole, unharmed, what do I see? Deleted ...
Hwaet#4348: That's why they use big telescopes and scientific instruments. General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: I would assume that the only exoplanets that you would be able to find are hot jupiters and maybe hoptunes General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: and the only way you would be able to detect it is with changes in luminosit...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: homemade exoplanet project: launch a telescope into space to directly image planets K41RY#4864: Greetings, fellow Humans! General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: okay my fathers telescope has an 8 inch mirror General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: you think that would be enough? Epoctal#1157: woah Achille...
Thomas#9514: Here's the paper. https://arxiv.org/ftp/astro-ph/papers/0609/0609599.pdf Thomas#9514: So they were able to get data from a .35 meter telescope with 600 second exposeures and a CCD camera chilled to -25c. Hwaet#4348: 8 inches are 20 centimeters Hwaet#4348: or .20 meter Thomas#9514: oops. meant to type .35 H...
Augustus#0236: @Thomas SCTs and very finely polished/figured don't typically go in the same sentence lol Thomas#9514: Also, I included the "equivilant .85 meter telescope ( 33.5in)" becuase to my knowlege trappist runs off of two 25 inch telescopes. Augustus#0236: If someone could get me the couple of thousand bucks ne...
Augustus#0236: Yeah Augustus#0236: It's from Swift Glass Augustus#0236: If you order five blanks, they'll do $60 for each Augustus#0236: So a guy on Cloudy Nights gathered 4 people, one of them me, to do a group order with him Augustus#0236: They're plate glass, only 1" thick Augustus#0236: @Hwaet Hwaet#4348: that's a ...
Augustus#0236: If you can just get the mirror blank cheap, you save a lot of money compared to buying Augustus#0236: The blank was $80 shipped, plus $120 for the grinding/polishing kit, plus $50 for the secondary, plus $90 for the focuser, plus ~$150 for aluminizing, plus $150-$200 for the materials for the scope and m...
Augustus#0236: And then probably another 24 on building the actual scope Augustus#0236: so probably 100-125 hours for a 6". I did the entire mirror over the course of about 2.5 weeks on summer break Augustus#0236: For the 12", I predict I'll spend twice as long, maybe more Hwaet#4348: not too bad Hwaet#4348: I'll proll...
Hwaet#4348: Is zambuto of good quality? Augustus#0236: Zambuto makes the finest mirrors on the planet Augustus#0236: for amateurs anyway Augustus#0236: It costs like $1100 for an 8" mirror alone though Augustus#0236: he doesn't go smaller but a 6" from him would probably be $900 Hwaet#4348: geez Augustus#0236: Also, to...
Deleted User#0000: Jesus Deleted User#0000: Cool General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/366003446513664000/386360081287086083/8w7vjh5ged101.jpg Gabby#4983: very mean spirited answer QwertyThePie#1615: I assume the original question was partly a joke Yuuka#1475: ???? Deleted User#0000: onl...
phy#7477: weee space IshanD#0997: sun goes round earth or earth round sun right? Sunaabh#0880: Earth is flat phy#7477: Lmao SyrupSplashin#5443: @Sunaabh You spelled hollow wrong Sunaabh#0880: Lol Thomas#9514: @Augustus have any pics of Mars? Pontus#7011: What are some great documentaries about space? GOTS-RIVKYX#8695: ...
Deleted User#0000: Who has studied Relativity Moist Mayonnaise#5570: Everyone that's done a physics degree Pontus#7011: Do you guys know any good Astronomy/Cosmology books from 2015-2017? Endlin#0563: @Pontus Is there a reason for the given publication-date constraint? Pontus#7011: Not really, just wanted to see some n...
Endlin#0563: :^) Spy#5131: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqNnUJVcVs yaet#0647: yeah """gravity""" wouldnt matter cause the plane is flying yaet#0647: I don't trust balding peoples view on flat earth cause they are always biased by their head becoming more globe shaped ZYABh4fkQ1NtLLJ4BgsQGLRwB0Gor5oM#7955: Who is Vs...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: Hey, is 25 euros a good deal for a martian meteorite? General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: same shop that sold me my chelyabinsk sample General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: Its the Tissint meteorite btw ccckk#2140: its the Tiduigrui meteorite Hwaet#4348: if it is a true one then I think so Photonic_P...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: oh wait i know General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: earth is flat General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/387285018147291136/oiGZWJk6jkpt0D9c2mWM_iT73B616Fjcfm-UoM_7j7g.png Hwaet#4348: I came here for science and not flat earth General Darian ✓ᵛ...
Deleted User#0000: S5 0014+81,even though its a hyperluminous line quasar(basically a blazar) i like its my favorite stellar object(obviously below black holes) Rosette#1378: My astronomy Prof just said "Intergalactic nothing" BIG mood Patrick the Plastic#0063: Hello Astronomy, I have trouble interpreting the following...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: 0.8 light years away to the oort cloud General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: they wont reach that for a loooong time Hwaet#4348: >The rotating sun theory is also a bunch of BS. well it really rotates 😉 General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: idk what they call it Master Chief John-117#0117: Dude really ...
Hwaet#4348: does whatever a moon can Patrick the Plastic#0063: Can someone help me with my question? Or redirect me somewhere else General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: @QwertyThePie Obviously, but its still a nice piece to listen to General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: I mean, constellations are based on astrology, and we still na...
QwertyThePie#1615: Supermoon doesn't come from astrology, but it's about as relevant as astrology Hwaet#4348: it helps astro news editors to have some work QwertyThePie#1615: Astro news editors should stop pretending and just start calling things "Crimson ultra blood moons" Hwaet#4348: lol yeah Augustus#0236: @QwertyTh...
Moist Mayonnaise#5570: A centre is defined as a point Hwaet#4348: it's just something relative Deleted User#0000: The whole universe is just sorta... infinite in all directions everywhere so couldn't you can say everywhere is the center and nowhere at the same time? Moist Mayonnaise#5570: A centre is by definition a po...
Addax#7033: Wat Salt#1137: dumbo pokemon Salt#1137: be a real pokemon Salt#1137: like rowlet Rigged Pack#6879: 🌝 Nave#3577: Voyager 1 going so fast but yet so slow in our universe Nave#3577: 17km a second is not fast enough Thomas#9514: Well, you're the middle of your observable universe. Nave#3577: “middle” Primetl#9...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: teacher: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/388268009946480640/Youhaveapointthereop_7ac1732003f73ccd82593f72018407a6.png Hwaet#4348: lmao Hwaet#4348: did the teacher accept the answer Hwaet#4348: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/38834070257...
Augustus#0236: teaching astronomy w/o math is one thing Augustus#0236: teaching non-scientific garbage is another Salt#1137: I took a basic astronomy course at uni to fill a credit, the only equation brought up was Salt#1137: =tex P = \sigma T^4 MathBot#7353: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/3...
GuyInGrey#4066: what are the requirements for something to be considered a planet? Epoctal#1157: i heard about the new planet 9 anybody got a link Salt#1137: According to the IUPAC a planet must orbit a star, be sphereish and have cleared its orbit of other major bodies QwertyThePie#1615: @Epoctal I gotchu https://www....
wsdm#8196: And id think 100000 years wsdm#8196: But wsdm#8196: There would be supervolcanic eruptions and asteroid strikes Salt#1137: if there were no lifeless planets then settle on one of the lifeful ones Salt#1137: and if you ran out of those, implement birth control Deleted User#0000: to make your own planet you'd ...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: i mean SpaceGrandpa#6827: in the long run, making a planet would be a good idea SpaceGrandpa#6827: Get exactly 9.8m/s^2 for gravity SpaceGrandpa#6827: Choose composition of interior and surface SpaceGrandpa#6827: choose how much water there is SpaceGrandpa#6827: Choose atmospheric composition SpaceGr...
SpaceGrandpa#6827: The spinning would not prevent that Pyrogen#5442: why not? SpaceGrandpa#6827: It has its own gravity?? SpaceGrandpa#6827: i don’t know that spinning it is gonna be enough Pyrogen#5442: right, and the centripetal force counteracts the inward force Pyrogen#5442: sorry, centrifugal Pyrogen#5442: wrong r...
Salt#1137: =tex y = \frac{m \lambda D}{d} MathBot#7353: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/388913492012302346/latex.png Salt#1137: there are twenty slits, in what ill estimate to be venusian orbit around the sun, and the slit width appears to be 1/20 the circumference + 1/40 for the gap in betwe...
GOTS-RIVKYX#8695: Fake ass grandpa GOTS-RIVKYX#8695: Rip off General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: @SpaceGrandpa you make it seem so easy General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: like on universe sandbox 2, where you can just drag a planet and customize mass, atmosphere, composition, etc. '🆁🅾🆈🅰🅻'#5260: https://youtu.be/Fnf_f4rogtg...
Augustus#0236: @Pontus yes, the 8" omegon is great Augustus#0236: The NexStars are too small and expensive; computerized scopes are a gimmick Augustus#0236: don't buy one Augustus#0236: @Nyx. if you don't know, don't give out potentially misleading advice Nyx.#0870: Well, I did mention I have zero clue. Nyx.#0870: My b...
Mykolas#1655: well, if we simplify and assume that earth rotates exactly 24/365, then yes, we would have daylight in winter when it's midnight 00:00. Mykolas#1655: the thing is that we have more than 24 hours in a day and more than 365 days in a year Mykolas#1655: and that's why we don't actually "have" that Salt#1137:...
Deleted User#0000: I've actually already seen that video. haha Deleted User#0000: @Mykolas isn't it 23hr56m sidereal day so slightly under 24 hours not over? Mykolas#1655: oh, might be Mykolas#1655: Thanks for correcting me Wilii#0967: Saw a star in the night sky blinking orange red and blue and really bright? Wasn't m...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: it is almost certainly not a star. my second thought would be a geostationary satellite, but you cant see those from earth either General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: its most likely a helicopter General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: @Wilii Pontus#7011: How are these compared to each other? https://w...
Augustus#0236: no, but it's a truss design and needs a shroud, loses collimation more often, and assembly is hard davedubya#6732: @Sulfur The big, white tubed Dobbo is a tried and tested telescope setup. General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: Big NASA press conference coming up General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: and of course the ...
Salt#1137: Obvi Moist Mayonnaise#5570: I've touched lots of radiation and not exploded Salt#1137: Well that's because you don't explode Deleted User#0000: only certain people explode Nave#3577: Carl Sagan > Bill Nye Nave#3577: The son is very very hot, but when its night, you can go possibly Nave#3577: its cooler Salt#...
door#3635: Do you guys recommend universe sandbox 2? Wilii#0967: @Thomas yes early in the night, about 9:30 pacific time zone Wilii#0967: It was in the eastward direction about 40 degrees above the horizon Wilii#0967: Maybe 50 Deleted User#0000: ok when I saw the signature on that policy directive and shared it with pe...
Pyrogen#5442: bananas are radioactive Shurikun#8619: 1 gram of banana gives you 0.0000003936 grams of K-40, i think thats tooo low(but still radioactive) Deleted User#0000: I'm gonna go eat 10,000,000 bannanas Triangle#6022: There is ambient radiation in the air due to trace amounts of i.e. Radon. General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠ...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: they didnt find it yet... Primetl#9722: yeah Vik#3639: indeed. But nevertheless it's so incredibly stable that its radioactivity has been proven not very long ago. General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: its hypothetical General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: @Vik same with tungsten General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦ...
SpaceB#8869: Ariane 5 launch in 3 hours SpaceB#8869: http://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-va240/ Hwaet#4348: you had one job, atmosphere General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: could you see the moon from mars with the naked eye? General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: I saw earth in that pic Hwaet#4348: I have the descripti...
Hwaet#4348: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/390182856145633280/fkldjflk.PNG General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: and I would assume that if we evolved on mars (assuming it was habitable) we would figure out that one dot orbits the other Hwaet#4348: if we have the same intelligence, yes General Dari...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: if earth were to be covered in clouds it might help General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: #MakeEarthBrightAgain Hwaet#4348: lole Hwaet#4348: but I want to stargaze General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: then go to ceres SpaceB#8869: T- 55 minutes General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: we were discussing trig to...
Pyrogen#5442: my usual answer is "tenured ones." door#3635: Ha door#3635: Gtg Gekigami#9413: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/is-this-visitor-from-beyond-our-solar-system-an-asteroid-or-a-sign-of-life/ Hwaet#4348: noice Deleted User#0000: @Gekigami wait seriously? Deleted User#0000:...
Artze#6163: Or I suppose the idea of it. Salt#1137: because planet X has been conspired to be Nibiru for a long time until scientists pointed out that major kuiper belt objects orbit's is best explained by another planet out there by several orders of magnitude Salt#1137: the problem for discovery is that its so far ou...
QwertyThePie#1615: There's been a lot of Planet Xs through time QwertyThePie#1615: Finding actual solid information is pretty hard with all the conspiracy garbage in the way though Primetl#9722: i recently watched a show about planet x Primetl#9722: its the theoretical "9th planet" QwertyThePie#1615: That's only the la...
Primetl#9722: is there like a link or something about it? QwertyThePie#1615: Oh sure, let me find a good link QwertyThePie#1615: I hear this one is popular here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_beyond_Neptune QwertyThePie#1615: Wait QwertyThePie#1615: Dangit wrong link Primetl#9722: lol QwertyThePie#1615: Here we ...
Primetl#9722: try private messaging it to me Epoctal#1157: Aww you didn’t get the meme Epoctal#1157: Is the meteor shower visible around the world? Primetl#9722: huh that works General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: Is it true that if you add heat to a star it cools down? Pyrogen#5442: yes. same as anything. Pyrogen#5442: over...
Marl#2037: Most universities have a license for matlab Marl#2037: Here they have VPN licenses SpaceB#8869: spacex launch in 30 mins SpaceB#8869: http://www.spacex.com/webcast SpaceB#8869: nvm pushed to fri Artze#6163: Oh, I’ve been following Space X for some time now but I haven’t checked them out recently to see what ...
Pim#2651: 😦 Pim#2651: RIP Hwaet#4348: no there isn't unfortunatelyt Hwaet#4348: if you have tatsumaki on another server it can help you Artze#6163: Are there any good articals out there on black holes? Primetl#9722: yes Artze#6163: Do you mind guiding me to them? Deleted User#0000: Any one know of any good websites fo...
Pyrogen#5442: i say "theoretical" only because they can't be directly observed Artze#6163: RIght. Pyrogen#5442: so that's what they are Artze#6163: Thanks, I am still trying to expand my knowledge of Astronmy currently and I am thinking about taking it up as my major Pyrogen#5442: no problem Pyrogen#5442: sorry the ans...
Pyrogen#5442: yeah, I know some people with masters degrees. they wash dishes for a living. ashholeketchum#0158: That sucks ashholeketchum#0158: I know someone with a PhD who does that part time alongside actual research Pyrogen#5442: ah, but is it a worthwhile PhD? ashholeketchum#0158: Marine ecology ashholeketchum#01...
door#3635: @/home/flame how you do that door#3635: Ah cool door#3635: `yup thanks` door#3635: ***THATS COOL*** door#3635: ```diff - Astronomy ❤ - ``` door#3635: O General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: of course! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241626066693783554/390775518850580481/smh.PNG QwertyThePie#1615: You know th...
Hwaet#4348: lol Hwaet#4348: if they ever discover planet 9, they should call it nibiru lol General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: they should call it george General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: like uranus should have been called Hwaet#4348: that would break the theme though Hwaet#4348: there is no george in the mytholgy Augustus#02...
General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: I was joking when I suggested george General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: wow General Darian ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ#8498: I am going to bet $1000 that there is another planet around it Meh#9127: Would it still be possible to see geminids today? Meh#9127: It was really cloudy last night Hwaet#4348: yes Artze...
Meh#9127: and then when it isn't and I sit down I see maybe two in half an hour because I live close to London Hwaet#4348: two isn't bad QwertyThePie#1615: It is for the Geminids Artze#6163: Its hard for me to do this becasue of the light pollution from the city. Hwaet#4348: you can see some meteors but not a big show ...
two in half an hour was during the perseids Meh#9127: before that I saw 1 in half an hour during the draconids Hwaet#4348: I mean, I haven't ever seen many meteors during a meteor shower. A couple is already good. Hwaet#4348: btw, why do I see orange light on the building? ( 😉 ) Salt#1137: Why are you watching meteor...
Artze#6163: Isn’t Space X doing a launch today? Hwaet#4348: inb4 it's been delayed Hwaet#4348: I'll check it out Artze#6163: Alright thanks Hwaet#4348: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2017/december/rocket-launch-spacex-crs-13 Hwaet#4348: well I don't say it's delayed Artze#6163: A...
Artze#6163: So I know they have done the test with the Falcon 9 but is it the same idea for the Falcon Heavy? Pyrogen#5442: "the same idea" meaning? Pyrogen#5442: it's reusable, if that's what you mean Pyrogen#5442: it's just three falcon 9s strapped together Pyrogen#5442: same idea as the OTRAG but with less furfuryl ...
Artze#6163: @Hwaet have you heard about the possible alien ship? Im not so sure I can buy into it. Hwaet#4348: >Why scientists say Oumuamua could be an alien spaceship Hwaet#4348: >Scientists led by Stephen Hawking are today using high-tech scanners to discover if a huge, cigar-shaped space object currently hurtling th...