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Re: Camelopardalis, anyone?
Board: Astronomy
Reply to: #849172 by Mrs Judson's Souffle
May 25, 2014 4:06am
Does anyone have sightings to report? it was overcast and drizzling here all night long~ bummer!
Re: Camelopardalis, anyone?
Board: Astronomy
Reply to: #849394 by six stars
May 25, 2014 9:40am
Nothing here, but we checked at 10:30 - not night owls, really. Sounds like it wasn't much anywhere:
Camelopardalids meteor shower a bust, but not a surprise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/05/24/camelopardalids-meteor-shower-a-bust-but-not-a-surprise/
Camelopardalids meteor shower a bust, but not a surprise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/05/24/camelopardalids-meteor-shower-a-bust-but-not-a-surprise/
Re: Camelopardalis, anyone?
Board: Astronomy
Reply to: #849443 by Mrs Judson's Souffle
May 27, 2014 5:00am
bummer- but I will no longer be super mad at the weather!
Re: Blood Moon eclipse coming up in October
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Reply to: #868618 by Early Risers
Sep 14, 2014 10:21am
Cool!
Lunar eclipse!
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Oct 8, 2014 3:50am
So who else saw it this morning? It was awesome!!!!
Re: Lunar eclipse!
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Reply to: #871636 by FloridaFour
Oct 8, 2014 3:52am
It was awesome!! - great way to start the day!
Re: Lunar eclipse!
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Reply to: #871637 by paper trail
Oct 8, 2014 4:29am
Still happening here. Had a little cloud cover, but we can still see it!
Re: Lunar eclipse!
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Reply to: #871639 by photopam
Oct 8, 2014 6:00am
No luck seeing it where I live in GA. To many trees and clouds in the way:( Oh well better luck next time around.
Re: Lunar eclipse!
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Reply to: #871645 by Thunder Hooves
Oct 8, 2014 8:14am
We could only see it from 6:15-6:30. Then it slipped below the trees. Good thing we got up early to see it, because they were saying 6:30-7:15.
Re: Lunar eclipse!
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Reply to: #871636 by FloridaFour
Oct 8, 2014 8:17am
East Bay area near San Francisco.... Got up to see but socked in with fog. :(
Wendy
Wendy
Something is just not right (brain teaser)
Board: Astronomy
Dec 19, 2015 8:13am
Hey there astronomy fans. A sharp eyed astronomy fan can tell me what is factually wrong at about 10-15 seconds into this commercial....[presuming this is someplace frozen on planet Earth]...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26etNf2s3w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26etNf2s3w
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916255 by LightninBug
Dec 19, 2015 11:03am
There's no sound in outer space.
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916258 by scouttrekkie
Dec 19, 2015 12:03pm
Or meaningful fire.
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916261 by FORAYCH
Dec 19, 2015 12:20pm
Or the fact that, you know... Star Wars is a fictional creation. =)
-- Ryan
-- Ryan
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916262 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 12:30pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
my magical dreams are crushed now
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916262 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 1:07pm
What!!!!!!???
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916262 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 1:29pm
Well wait, how do you mean exactly...
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916258 by scouttrekkie
Dec 19, 2015 3:59pm
Also the fact that she says "up there", when she should have said "out there" Up, down, left, and right are meaningless in space.
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916263 by FORAYCH
Dec 19, 2015 6:06pm
Yes... I was afraid I might be bursting a bubble or two.... Just don't ask me about Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy because my lips are zipped!
-- Ryan
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916274 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 6:29pm
blasphemy it is. those that doubt one foot closer to the dark side they are.
smile
smile
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916274 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 6:43pm
Oh please do tell about Santa Fairy and Tooth Claus... I am unfamiliar with those characters!
Jeff (not layin' off the Enriched Nog enuf)
Jeff (not layin' off the Enriched Nog enuf)
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916262 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 10:17pm
Why you gotta go spoilin' it for everyone? Huh?
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916270 by Don't Panic
Dec 19, 2015 10:18pm
While others discuss serious points... from the point of view of the young lady, SHE is correct.
Obviously parked on a planetary surface 'somewhere', with gravity pulling towards her down direction, the sky in this case is UP and thus correct. Out there would have referred to anywhere outside the vehicle she is inside of. Left and right are not in the discussion.
Now back to the serious stuff... What about the Easter Bunny? That has to be real... right?
Obviously parked on a planetary surface 'somewhere', with gravity pulling towards her down direction, the sky in this case is UP and thus correct. Out there would have referred to anywhere outside the vehicle she is inside of. Left and right are not in the discussion.
Now back to the serious stuff... What about the Easter Bunny? That has to be real... right?
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916255 by LightninBug
Dec 19, 2015 10:33pm
Almost forgot the OP... I doubt that something as small as a TIE fighter, even one on fire would be bright enough to be seen so far away that the planet it is falling onto disappears completely while the other ships also vanish... or that the light would just sit in view when in the film the explosions are over in seconds... certainly NOT comet material or timing...
Still it is an interesting ad... Glad to say that I made good on my 7th consecutive first day viewing. I'm not sure how many more I have left in me time wise... given the spacing of the movies in years.
Still it is an interesting ad... Glad to say that I made good on my 7th consecutive first day viewing. I'm not sure how many more I have left in me time wise... given the spacing of the movies in years.
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916274 by Green Tortuga
Dec 19, 2015 10:40pm
But turtles don't have lips.
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916255 by LightninBug
Dec 19, 2015 10:52pm
I don't see the answer here anywhere, so here it is:
Lae tkmvl agdzyakwk mhv oue ak hn kde cwxm wyelv lzx mfkn zfvbcrpej lzx slj ij gf mhv nixzl. Bs kdij hwkhrls r tagaiu sksj lyjped dade Kwtfgage?
The keyword is the subject of this discussion.
Lae tkmvl agdzyakwk mhv oue ak hn kde cwxm wyelv lzx mfkn zfvbcrpej lzx slj ij gf mhv nixzl. Bs kdij hwkhrls r tagaiu sksj lyjped dade Kwtfgage?
The keyword is the subject of this discussion.
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916262 by Green Tortuga
Dec 20, 2015 8:14am
Next you're going to tell me is hover boards aren't real either!
Old Blue
Re: Something is just not right (brain teaser)
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Reply to: #916255 by LightninBug
Dec 20, 2015 8:54am
The explosion would not produce enough light to be visible to the naked eye since it is occurring in a galaxy far far away, although it would take a long time for the light to travel here, so the timing may be accurate.
Poor Pluto
Board: Astronomy
Aug 24, 2016 8:36am
I just saw on "This Day In History" that it is the 10th anniversary of Pluto's demotion. :-(
I'm Your Moon
RIP Pluto, Rotate In Peace!
I'm Your Moon
RIP Pluto, Rotate In Peace!
Re: Poor Pluto
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Reply to: #933430 by Nature Hikers
Aug 24, 2016 8:51am
Poor Pluto is right! It's bad enough to get a demotion. But P also is a verb now...
On 5th January 2007, the 17th annual vote of the American Dialect Society crowned the new verb pluto, with the meaning 'to demote or devalue someone or something', as its 'Word of the Year' for 2006. Pluto claimed the winning spot by narrowly overtaking the (arguably more useful) expression climate canary, referring to something which indicates a looming environmental catastrophe caused by climate change (a canary was at one time used as a way of signalling impending disaster in a coalmine)
On 5th January 2007, the 17th annual vote of the American Dialect Society crowned the new verb pluto, with the meaning 'to demote or devalue someone or something', as its 'Word of the Year' for 2006. Pluto claimed the winning spot by narrowly overtaking the (arguably more useful) expression climate canary, referring to something which indicates a looming environmental catastrophe caused by climate change (a canary was at one time used as a way of signalling impending disaster in a coalmine)