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By (user no longer on site) OP
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... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... |
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"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... "
lovely clear nigh here  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... "
Oo'er thank-you kindly good sir...
I shall remove myself to a suitable vantage point and bask in celestial wonder......
I do enjoy the night sky....  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... "
Yeah saw it earlier, gorgeous. Not quite full moon now though.
Betulgeuse (Orion, top left slightly red) is a red giant and about to go supernova, I'd love to be around to watch! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... Yeah saw it earlier, gorgeous. Not quite full moon now though.
Betulgeuse (Orion, top left slightly red) is a red giant and about to go supernova, I'd love to be around to watch! "
Yep it could happen tomorrow, it could happen in a thousand years but I'm really hoping it's something that I can experience in my lifetime as it will light up the night sky!
Orion will look very different once that happens |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... "
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The Moon looks beautiful tonight, wish I could capture it in a photo but never seems to do it justice."
I know - my phone has loads of aborted moon pics on it that just look like a bright blob! I need a proper camera for stargazing pics.. It's on my next Christmas list! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Betulgeuse (Orion, top left slightly red) is a red giant and about to go supernova, I'd love to be around to watch!
As in soon or in 4 million years?"
Kinky that's the injustice of it!!! In the words of the great Patrick Moore "we just don't know"!!
Could happen tonight or another 500 years. It may have already happened, but it's that far from us, the light hasn't reached us yet. |
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"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... Yeah saw it earlier, gorgeous. Not quite full moon now though.
Betulgeuse (Orion, top left slightly red) is a red giant and about to go supernova, I'd love to be around to watch! "
yep, could have already supernova thousands of years ago and just waiting for the light to reach us. |
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Yes. Watching light from a dead star, millions of years later. And we don't know which of those 'lights' ARE from dead stars.
Loving this thread!
"... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... Yeah saw it earlier, gorgeous. Not quite full moon now though.
Betulgeuse (Orion, top left slightly red) is a red giant and about to go supernova, I'd love to be around to watch! yep, could have already supernova thousands of years ago and just waiting for the light to reach us. "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yes. Watching light from a dead star, millions of years later. And we don't know which of those 'lights' ARE from dead stars.
Loving this thread!
... Looking spectacular right now with an orange tint low on the horizon, and Jupiter glowing brightly at about 12.30 ..
And Orion looking fab to the South too ..
Anyway that was all, carry on as you were.... Yeah saw it earlier, gorgeous. Not quite full moon now though.
Betulgeuse (Orion, top left slightly red) is a red giant and about to go supernova, I'd love to be around to watch! yep, could have already supernova thousands of years ago and just waiting for the light to reach us. "
ancient chineese chroniclers wrote of a supernova so bright it could be seen in daylight.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"international space station quite visible just above too
How do you spot that?"
been told it looks like a star but moving slow like a passenger jet.. Not sure how long before it comes round again.. Someone who knows will be on here soon. |
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By *amissCouple
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"international space station quite visible just above too
How do you spot that? been told it looks like a star but moving slow like a passenger jet.. Not sure how long before it comes round again.. Someone who knows will be on here soon. "
Thank you for your sensible answer, love anything to do with the night sky! |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
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"international space station quite visible just above too
How do you spot that? been told it looks like a star but moving slow like a passenger jet.. Not sure how long before it comes round again.. Someone who knows will be on here soon. "
Just seen it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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To see. The ISS it is best within a couple of hours of sunrise or sunset when it is passing over. Otherwise it is in the Earths shadow. I saw it one day last week about 6.15 or so.
There is a section on NASAs webpages that tracks it. You put in where you are on the Earth and it tells you what days/times it should be visible.
If you have simple binoculars etc you can see the basic shape of it...the solar panel arrays etc. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"ISS will move slowly across the sky, very faint, then very bright as the sun reflects off it, then back to faint again. "
Not that slow, 2-3 minutes transit time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Sorry on losing your dad steve (oiled shaft) couldn't get onto your profile.Sorry everyone on this thread for going off at a tangent."
Thankyou glo, it's been a tough couple of weeks.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks all, I'm going to check out the website. I've seen it before, but assumed it was a star!"
Stars do not move from one horizon to the other in 2 - 3 minutes.. |
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