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Look Out Of Your Window Now! Astronomical events.
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BobClay
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If you're prepared to get up at some unholy hour of the morning on Monday you can watch an eclipse of the Moon. Of course I suspect most of you didn't even know there was another 3 . O . Clock during the night ... 
BobClay
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Spectacular pix, the first of many I don't doubt. I only wish Albert Einstein could see that first pix ... his General Theory of Relativity, published in 1916, predicted a phenomena known as 'gravitational lensing.' That first pix is full of it.
Deep, deep space. Looking back almost to the Big Bang itself.
I tip my hat to the JWT team, it's a scientific and engineering master piece.
Deep, deep space. Looking back almost to the Big Bang itself.
I tip my hat to the JWT team, it's a scientific and engineering master piece.
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Gramaisc
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NASA has an in depth survey of Uranus - including a section on rings.
solarsystem.nasa.gov
Uranus: Facts - NASA Science
Uranus is a very cold and windy world. The ice giant is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 28 small moons. Uranus rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the
solarsystem.nasa.gov
BobClay
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Probably not quite astronomical but .. getting there. Another one of those huge storm cells over Texas with something very rare visible above it, a blue plasma sprite. These things had apparently been seen by pilots for many years but were rarely reported for reasons of questions like: "Have they been drinking ... ?" Then shuttle astronauts confirmed their existence with photographs.
Gramaisc
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Some things need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
www.rte.ie
Space telescope image just a load of sausage
A red ball of spicy fire with luminous patches glowing menacingly against a black background.
Gramaisc
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This is an interesting idea - Dublin does have the convenience of reasonable sparsely populated (and sparsely lit) mountains just beyond the southern suburbs, but it might be possible to do something similar in the Peak District? Maybe such things already go on..?
Gramaisc
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Mmm, it occurs to me that something similar could also be done more conveniently for my current location, where the Leviathan of Parsonstown is. I believe that it now has a new mirror, the original being, somewhat inconveniently, in the London Science Museum - perhaps you can see the Elgin Marbles reflected in it..?
There's plenty of space around the telescope, too.
And Birr is the sort of town where you could persuade people to put up with what streetlights there are being turned off for one night and there's nowhere the size of Eccleshall until you're fifteen miles away.
en.wikipedia.org
And there is a LOFAR radio telescope across the river.
There's plenty of space around the telescope, too.
And Birr is the sort of town where you could persuade people to put up with what streetlights there are being turned off for one night and there's nowhere the size of Eccleshall until you're fifteen miles away.
Leviathan of Parsonstown - Wikipedia
And there is a LOFAR radio telescope across the river.
Theresa Green
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I’ve just seen a ‘ shooting star’ where do I collect my winnings?
Glam
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Follow the yellow brick road..........
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Glam
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Nick a couple of tubs. Have you seen the price of butter these days?!
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BobClay
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I've always thought that balloons were one of the forgotten heroes of scientific research. If they do drop some on Venus they're going to earn their keep I suspect (Venus my be the Goddess of Love, the Lady's Planet, but it rates as one of the most hostile places in the Solar System. Makes Mars look like a Butlins Holiday Camp.)
Also, Perseid meteor shower due over the next couple of days, but the full Moon is going to mess with it a bit.
Also, Perseid meteor shower due over the next couple of days, but the full Moon is going to mess with it a bit.