tkdguy Posted November 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 I heard the event turned out to be a dud for most people. I personally don't have much luck when I look for meteor showers, which is why I stopped looking. One notable exception happened by accident in 2008. I was in my backyard talking on the phone. A meteor literally burned out right over my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Dude! You were _that_ close, and said _nothing_?! Damn but that sucks! And yeah: the Unicorn was a complete bust here, too. I think we saw like .... four? Six? Not worth the way I felt all day at work the next day, I can tell you that. My bad, I didn't know you were a Florida Man. I know Log is but he's way up somewhere around Orlando and new job HQ is down by Ft. Lauderdale. Anyway, I'll sure I'll be out that way again sooner or later unless I get myself fired. And for the vast majority of meteor showers I get clouded in. I can't explain it. Don't know what was different about this last one. I didn't think I'd see anything at all since according to the light maps south Florida is about as dark as a magnesium flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Not only was the meteor shower event a bust, it was also photobombed by Starlink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tkdguy Posted December 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Stormy weather on Jupiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 As of yesterday SpaceX is up to 47 successful first stage recoveries. Still working on fairing recovery though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 The fairies do not wish to be caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Betelgeuse is acting erratically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 12/27/2019 at 12:42 AM, tkdguy said: Betelgeuse is acting erratically Just say his name three times. That'll stop him! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 12/3/2019 at 7:54 AM, tkdguy said: Someone should warn the Kree and Skrulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Someone should warn the Kree and Skrulls. They don't deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 My local newspaper printed a story about this, but it's a few months late. Here are some links to an interesting bit of archaic astronomy revived. Armillary Sphere Unveiled on Santa Fe ... - St. John's College https://www.sjc.edu › News and Features Cached Sep 27, 2019 - During Homecoming weekend on the Santa Fe campus, the St. John's ... a functioning armillary sphere, the only one of its kind in the world. Tycho Brahe - Armillary Sphere - Armillary Sphere Replica https://www.popularmechanics.com › space › telescopes › brahe-armillary-... Cached 1 day ago - St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico has unveiled the only working Tycho Brahe armillary sphere on Earth. The complex device is used ... Tycho Brahe armillary - David Harber https://www.davidharber.com › news › tychobraha Cached Tyco Brahe Sphere in Santa Fe. Next. David Harber, has unveiled the world's only working Tycho Brahe Equatorial Armillary Sphere, a piece commissioned by ... Dean Shomshak tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Now if we can just find a Dyson sphere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Giant wave of star-forming gas detected DShomshak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Vote for the name of the next Mars rover by Sunday Beast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Rovey MacRoverface. That's how original I feel. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 I was going to cut out the middle signifier and go straight to "Facey McFaceFace," but it looks like NASA rigged the contest. Boo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I wonder why NASA felt the need to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Hail and farewell, Spitzer. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Jan. 2020 Scientific American: "The Galactic Archipelago." An intriguing approach to the Fermi Paradox. As the authors note, how you "solve" the paradox depends greatly on big assumptions of varying degrees of testability. They suggest a comparison with settlement of the Pacific islands: The islands vary widely in how suitable they are for settlement, and in how easily they can be reached from other islands. They also add time as a factor: For instance, Pitcairn Island was inhabited in the 1400s, but empty when the Bounty mutineers settled there centuries later. Similarly, stars suitable for settlement are probably not evenly distriubuted -- and they move, so a cluster of systems that are mutually accessible gradually drift apart. Give civilization in each system a finite lifespan, and settlement across the Galaxy proceeds in spurts and patches, with wide areas where suitable star systems are left fallow for long periods. Earth could very easily be in one such fallow area, and have been so for long enough that any trace of past alien contact or settlement might be hard to find or recognize. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Highlights from AAS journals, late January-early February I think most interesting to folks here will be the items with a limited 3D map of the dust in the Galaxy, some details about interstellar Comet Borisov, and speculations about why there are so many sub-Neptune exoplanets relative to Neptune-class exoplanets. tkdguy and DShomshak 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/a-mysterious-radio-burst-is-sending-signals-to-earth-every-16-days/vi-BBZQWl5?ocid=spartanntp What would we do if we figured out there seemed to be some kind of intelligent pattern to the signals but we couldn't get close to figuring out the contents? Try signaling back? Or would there be a whole layer of discussion around what to do next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 The obvious answer is to launch the nukes. It's the only way to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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