Moderators Hiramite Posted February 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2022 Post all your space tidbits here. Here's a site that has miscellaneous space news. https://spacenews.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Other Good Space Weather Sites (Link is embedded) Space Weather Prediction Center Helio Solar Activity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clm Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted February 27, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) This is way cool. And is that comment correct....5 light years tall??? 😮 Edited February 27, 2022 by Hiramite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincysnow Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Not sure where to post this, so i’ll drop it here. GOES-T has left earth: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/new-satellite-will-make-weather-prediction-better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted April 22, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) More cool stuff if you haven't seen this yet. It's not space, but a view from space. "Grab" the photo with your cursor and spin it any way you want to see any part of the earth. https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/real-time-imagery/interactive-maps/the-world-real-time Edited April 22, 2022 by Hiramite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted June 12, 2022 Admin Share Posted June 12, 2022 I'm not sure if Astra hayd actually been successful in getting into orbit, so best of luck here. The satellites they are carrying, would in theory, been extremely beneficial for tropical systems. https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/06/10/astra-poised-to-begin-three-launch-campaign-with-nasa-hurricane-research-satellites/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted June 13, 2022 Admin Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 10:23 AM, MaineJay said: I'm not sure if Astra hayd actually been successful in getting into orbit, so best of luck here. The satellites they are carrying, would in theory, been extremely beneficial for tropical systems. https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/06/10/astra-poised-to-begin-three-launch-campaign-with-nasa-hurricane-research-satellites/ looks like the first of the three launches failed, not a big surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted July 12, 2022 Admin Share Posted July 12, 2022 All this in an area the size of a grain of sand held at arms length. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted July 12, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 hours ago, MaineJay said: All this in an area the size of a grain of sand held at arms length. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet Mind boggling to the fullest extent. More pictures posted today. They are so amazing they look fake. Incomprehensible, or as Spock would say…..”Fascinating”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1816 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 hours ago, MaineJay said: All this in an area the size of a grain of sand held at arms length. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet 14 minutes ago, Hiramite said: Mind boggling to the fullest extent. More pictures posted today. They are so amazing they look fake. Incomprehensible, or as Spock would say…..”Fascinating”. What does that mean, size of a grain of sand? It just refers to the field of view right? Like all that stuff is still zillions of miles apart right? I'm really uneducated about space stuff but those pictures are amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted August 24, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted August 24, 2022 Another post on the scale of the universe. Definitely not "light reading". Best viewed on a laptop. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/logarithmic-view-universe/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clm Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 7 hours ago, Hiramite said: Another post on the scale of the universe. Definitely not "light reading". Best viewed on a laptop. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/logarithmic-view-universe/ Not true. The Earth is the center of the universe. Its also flat. 😆 Those images are wild. Even the immense distance Pluto is from the Sun, very hard to imagine the actual distance to another galaxy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted September 23, 2022 Admin Share Posted September 23, 2022 Sometimes, sometimes, the headlines write themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted October 16, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2022 From a recent article about the collision of two neutron stars, another mind boggling space “fact”. I’ve heard this before but it still astounds as my mind says, how could it be…. Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of once-massive stars and some of the densest objects in the universe. According to NASA, just a single teaspoon of one would weigh four billion tons on Earth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted October 19, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted October 19, 2022 Should be some decent viewing conditions across the NE US Friday night for the Orionids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted October 22, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 9:13 AM, Hiramite said: Should be some decent viewing conditions across the NE US Friday night for the Orionids. Beautifully clear at 5AM this morning. Saw my first "shooter" after two minutes. Waited another 15 minutes....nada. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted November 16, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2022 Leonids reminder.... Nov 17-19th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted December 11, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2022 12/11/21 (hey, its a palindrome date) Geminids this week. Looks like there might be some decent viewing conditions early week in the NE US. With the bright moon, get out there early. From EarthSky.org... Predicted peak is 13 UTC on December 14, 2022.Radiant: Rises in mid-evening, highest around 2 a.m. See chart below.Nearest moon phase: In 2022, last quarter moon falls on December 16. So it’s a bright waning gibbous moon that’ll rise in the midst of the Geminids’ peak in 2022.When to watch: All is not lost! Notice the rising time of the Geminids’ radiant point. The constellation Gemini is up by mid-evening in December. And moonrise isn’t until later, shortly before midnight, on the evenings of both December 13 and 14. And the moon rises later on December 14, providing more time for meteor-watching. Both evenings – December 13 and 14 – are worth a try! Overall duration of shower: November 19 to December 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted December 14, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/11/2022 at 7:48 AM, Hiramite said: 12/11/21 (hey, its a palindrome date) Geminids this week. Looks like there might be some decent viewing conditions early week in the NE US. With the bright moon, get out there early. From EarthSky.org... Predicted peak is 13 UTC on December 14, 2022.Radiant: Rises in mid-evening, highest around 2 a.m. See chart below.Nearest moon phase: In 2022, last quarter moon falls on December 16. So it’s a bright waning gibbous moon that’ll rise in the midst of the Geminids’ peak in 2022.When to watch: All is not lost! Notice the rising time of the Geminids’ radiant point. The constellation Gemini is up by mid-evening in December. And moonrise isn’t until later, shortly before midnight, on the evenings of both December 13 and 14. And the moon rises later on December 14, providing more time for meteor-watching. Both evenings – December 13 and 14 – are worth a try! Overall duration of shower: November 19 to December 24. I stepped outside and saw a “short” one, directly overhead, in about 5 or 10 minutes @ 8:30. That was enough excitement for me in one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted January 11, 2023 Author Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2023 Comet alert. https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-ztf-closest-to-sun-thursday-jan-12-2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 11:58 AM, Hiramite said: Comet alert. https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-ztf-closest-to-sun-thursday-jan-12-2023 I think I could see it this morning with binoculars just before 6am. Was very high in the sky so nicer viewing with how the light pollution is here. I am Bortle 4 skies. Will try again next week once the moon is gone and hopefully the comet is brighter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Hiramite Posted January 16, 2023 Author Moderators Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Rush said: I think I could see it this morning with binoculars just before 6am. Was very high in the sky so nicer viewing with how the light pollution is here. I am Bortle 4 skies. Will try again next week once the moon is gone and hopefully the comet is brighter. I haven't looked yet....forgot about it, lol. I'm a Bortle 4 also, SQM 20.61. The darn neighbor put up a couple ridiculously bright security lights a couple years ago that I'm not very happy about to say the least. And with all the trees around the house, I typically have to leave my property to see anything that's not pretty much straight up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/spot-circumpolar-comet-ztf-c-2022-e3-in-binoculars/ Really good article on it. Don't think it will be a NEOWISE but wouldn't be surprised to see this naked eye by the end of the month 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted January 20, 2023 Admin Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 6:17 AM, Rush said: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/spot-circumpolar-comet-ztf-c-2022-e3-in-binoculars/ Really good article on it. Don't think it will be a NEOWISE but wouldn't be surprised to see this naked eye by the end of the month Hoping to get out and see if I can't grab an image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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