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Hmm, never heard of a hypernova.
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pik_d posted:Hmm, never heard of a hypernova. He said it so it must be a thing. Also if it does occur in our lifetime it's gonna be loving awesome because all those places like NASA are gonna have high powered telescopes pointed right at it and recording the whole thing so we can watch it on youtube forever.
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joe football posted:Model rocketry such an extreme pursuit that it's endorsed by both red bull and mountain dew, who knew High-Power Rocketry requires a BATF license, and secure storage for your engines. EXTREEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMME
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Congrats Kayla, but maybe get a better camera
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I want the hypernova to happen so drat bad now.
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That must be some drat good vino...
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Robnoxious posted:That must be some drat good vino... Carl woulda done that scene in Colorado or Washington
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"Clean energy falling like mana" I see what you did there, Neil.
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"A still more glorious dawn awaits"  Chert next week!!!
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Dr_Strangelove posted:Carl woulda done that scene in Colorado or Washington But what of our kinship with the trees? 
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BrideOfUglycat posted:"Clean energy falling like mana" Sun-worshipping pagan idolatry and solar power propaganda 
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Has anyone nominated genesplicer for science teacher of the week?howe_sam posted:I want the hypernova to happen so drat bad now.
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Did you notice how NdT double parked his Spaceship of the Imagination at Ayers Rock? I'm so tempted to leave a note on his imaginashield. What an rear end in a top hat!
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That energy goes into the leaves of this cannabis plant. Then I smoke it and get high as gently caress.
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Robnoxious posted:Did you notice how NdT double parked his Spaceship of the Imagination at Ayers Rock? I'm sure it has an SEP field.
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I'm just catching up and all but I gotta say that dewdrop sequence in last week's episode was loving crazy. Is it just targigrades that live in dew drops or is there, like, a whole spectrum of life forms living in a tiny bubble of water?
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Robnoxious posted:Did you notice how NdT double parked his Spaceship of the Imagination at Ayers Rock? I don't mean to be rude, but I imagine you could have found a better place to park.
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BottledBodhisvata posted:I'm just catching up and all but I gotta say that dewdrop sequence in last week's episode was loving crazy. Is it just targigrades that live in dew drops or is there, like, a whole spectrum of life forms living in a tiny bubble of water? Whole spectrums. There's probably more microscopic life on Earth than there is life we can see with the naked eye.
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That galaxy-rise was loving amazing! I want that view so badly.
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Do these views exist? There have been times where I've seen a faint band of white in the sky and someone says "That's the milky way." Didn't make much sense to me, but I've never seen anything like pictures I've seen.
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Cojawfee posted:Do these views exist? There have been times where I've seen a faint band of white in the sky and someone says "That's the milky way." Didn't make much sense to me, but I've never seen anything like pictures I've seen. We're inside the milky way so from our perspective it looks like a band wrapping around the sky, similar to looking at a doughnut from inside the hole. If you get somewhere dark enough, Andromeda is pretty visible with the naked eye and shows up great if you have a camera that takes longish exposures.
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This is a show I would want to see on a big screen, like a fill size IMAX screen. Unfortunately, since IMAX film is so expensive, we won't get that.
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Cojawfee posted:Do these views exist? There have been times where I've seen a faint band of white in the sky and someone says "That's the milky way." Didn't make much sense to me, but I've never seen anything like pictures I've seen. If our solar system were roughly the same distance from the center of our galaxy, but perpendicular to the plain of the galaxy the view of the night sky would be unfathomably gorgeous.
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Cojawfee posted:Do these views exist? There have been times where I've seen a faint band of white in the sky and someone says "That's the milky way." Didn't make much sense to me, but I've never seen anything like pictures I've seen. The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy spins around/through the Milky Way in a polar orbit and probably has a trail of stars trickling behind as our galaxy's tides tear at it.
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Robnoxious posted:Marlee Matlin is totally gonna win an Emmy for her voice overwork on this program, right? Hah, right when she started talking I just thought "Joey Lucas!"
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Anybody have a link to the bit in the episode a couple of weeks ago talking about spectroscopy? It was really effective, does a hell of a better job explaining it than I can and my g/f is curious since it relates to what is happening in this episode.
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Apr 28, 2014 05:28
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That was probably my favorite episode yet. e; NDT where did the other Two Hundred Billion Suns go???
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When they smash cut from him chugging vino to him piloting the Spaceship of the Imagination, I was hoping to see him either rear-end an asteroid or get pulled over by the Space Police. 
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Apr 28, 2014 07:15
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Galaxy rise owns. I hope those extragalactic aliens appreciate the view we're giving them.
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One thing's for sure, their name for our galaxy will be lot more impressive then "Milky Way".
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Not a big fan of NDT's soft voice like he's letting us in on a secret but that was a great episode with beautiful visuals.
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This probably isn't the best thread to ask in, but this show has inspired me to upgrade my cheap, beat-up Meade telescope for something better. I have up to $500 (although would be more comfortable around $200-$300) and live on a tall hill in rural Ohio with a practically uninterrupted view of the sky. My 'telescoping' skill level is beginner I would say, and I also have a 6 year that will want to use it with my help, so durability is a consideration. Any recommendations?
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Dr.Caligari posted:This probably isn't the best thread to ask in, but this show has inspired me to upgrade my cheap, beat-up Meade telescope for something better. I have up to $500 (although would be more comfortable around $200-$300) and live on a tall hill in rural Ohio with a practically uninterrupted view of the sky. My 'telescoping' skill level is beginner I would say, and I also have a 6 year that will want to use it with my help, so durability is a consideration. Any recommendations? This might be a better place, but in my own experience: I got an 8" Dobsonian from Orion and that's been awesome even in a light polluted city in my back yard. The downside of course to the Dob is the size, but it's generally the best bang for your buck. There are smaller format telescopes with similar light catching capabilites (Schmidt-Cassegrain), but you'll pay more for them.
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BottledBodhisvata posted:I'm just catching up and all but I gotta say that dewdrop sequence in last week's episode was loving crazy. Is it just targigrades that live in dew drops or is there, like, a whole spectrum of life forms living in a tiny bubble of water? Diatoms are really common in any amount of exposed water and the diatoms themselves are a whole spectrum of their own.
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Unibrow posted:When they smash cut from him chugging vino to him piloting the Spaceship of the Imagination, I was hoping to see him either rear-end an asteroid or get pulled over by the Space Police. What do you think powers the Spaceship of the Imagination! In vino veritas
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dedian posted:This might be a better place, but in my own experience: I got an 8" Dobsonian from Orion and that's been awesome even in a light polluted city in my back yard. The downside of course to the Dob is the size, but it's generally the best bang for your buck. There are smaller format telescopes with similar light catching capabilites (Schmidt-Cassegrain), but you'll pay more for them. This is a correct post. Those 8" F/6 Orion Dobsonians are the best telescope value imaginable. They resolve planets and deep-sky stuff equally well.
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Reminder that for all your galaxy rises and other exotic cosmic needs, SpaceEngine (thread here) is free and awesome. 
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Another angle would be to look into finding out if you've got a local astronomy club. It lets you test out other people's equipment and some of the bigger ones have loaners you can play with while you're trying to figure out what sort of equipment you like and, really, if you enjoy it before you go in with a lot of money.
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Cojawfee posted:Do these views exist? There have been times where I've seen a faint band of white in the sky and someone says "That's the milky way." Didn't make much sense to me, but I've never seen anything like pictures I've seen. See the Backbone of the Sky episode from the original series. On a clear night away from city lights I have seen it with my bare eyes. Edit: Backbone of the Night
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