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Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by BrowningBAR, Feb 15, 2014.

  1. BrowningBAR

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    Here is a good one of the Pleiades, which are stunning through even binoculars. [​IMG]
     
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    Orion, my favorite, over Lake Huron.

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    On Orions sword, the fuzzy looking star, is a fabulous nebula. I have bought several wide view lenses just so I could take most of it in at once, it's huge!
     
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    BBar, that is an incredible picture...

    Several years back we had a night where the northern lights put on a spectacular show here in our area......reds, greens and blues, I spent a couple hours outside watching them....

    Not as interesting as that pic you showed. Do you have a good telescope?
     
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    A beautiful structure. Just looking at the pic, it boggles my mind to think it is 17000000000000 miles top to bottom.
     
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    Galaxy NGC 4945. About 13 million light years from Earth.

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    I do not. Just a big fan of space exploration.
     
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    Me too.
    Need to get back to the moon & make a good camp site for a few year & then Mars.
    Then build the big, fully contained ship to head out for other solar systems with Earth like planets.
    Be a shame for he human race to go extinct with just one well placed large meteorite :eek:

    My favorite Hubble pic is the one that shows the Galaxies , just looking at a small section of space.

    Most of these galaxies are bigger than the Milky Way.
    More than a good chance ET is out there ;)
    sci-hubble-galaxies-2009-12-8-15-41-2.jpg
     
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    ET phone home?
     
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    A good friend of mine is an astro-photographer. Google Mark Sibole or look at Qteaser.com. The man was named Meade telescopes " Photographer of the year" a few years ago.
     
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    Nice. Did he take the picture in your Avatar? LOL Now that is a unique one.
     
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    New "Cosmos" series coming up in March on Nat Geo.
     
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    Awesome. I can watch shows on space all day. Nothing like a good marathon of shows on the universe.
     
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    Yes. Seen this advertised. I like the guy who is doing that. What is his name again? Neil deGrasse Tyson
     
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    Think it airs on fox and repeats on natgeo. Good exposure for science.
     
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    I hope to watch it. March start on Fox as well?
     
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    Fox has been advertising it as March 9.
     
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