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Post by Toxic-Avenger on Jul 2, 2002 11:30:07 GMT -5
I heard on the news that this weekend, the crescent moon will be grouped with Venus and the star called Regulus. By next week, these will be close together, and by July 13th, The moon Venus, and Regulus will be in-line with each other. Look for this one hour after sunset.
Anyone else into star gazing? Who here has ever seen a comet or meteor?
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HairsprayQueen
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Post by HairsprayQueen on Jul 2, 2002 21:43:03 GMT -5
COOL...
I think I saw a comet like once or twice in my lifetime...and I know I've seen meteors (on acount we had a meteor shower this year) So Yeah,I think it's awsome!! ;D
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Post by Toxic-Avenger on Jul 3, 2002 8:29:16 GMT -5
Now I missed the big meteor shower, fog rolled in just in time.  But I saw a meteor trail lasting five seconds. Then in Mexico, I saw a meteor break up and it looked like some fireworks. Arizona is the best place to see like the Leonid Meteor shower because I saw blue and red trails. Those comets you saw were either Hyakatuke in 94 I think and Hale-Bopp in '96 or '97. I saw Halley's Comet but it was depressingly unimpressive. It looked like an out-of focus star. Not the half-a-hemisphere trail we always see in pictures. |
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Post by Cassiopeia on Jul 5, 2002 23:21:19 GMT -5
July 13th is my birthday. That won't be difficult for me to remember.
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Post by Toxic-Avenger on Jul 19, 2002 7:49:52 GMT -5
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Post by Toxic-Avenger on Aug 5, 2002 6:42:06 GMT -5
Heads up everyone, the Persieds Meteor shower is on, and will reach its peak by August 15th. The meteoroids range in size from grains of sand to pea-sized pebbles. The shower should be at its peak by mid-August. Look East one hour before sunrise as it will look like we are heading into the shower. There should be at least one "shooting star" per minute.
And I think I saw two in about half an hour. It's like the weather forcast.
Stay tuned for the Leonids coming this November.
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Post by xoGlitzyChickxo on Aug 25, 2002 13:50:12 GMT -5
COOL!!!!!! Ever since I saw the movie *A Walk to Remember* I have been really passionate about star-gazing. I love the stars, comets planets. its sooo awesome!! So yeah, I'm really into the planets and star things. When I get enough money, I want to buy a BIG expensive telescope. So that I can see all the pretty stars. 
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Post by m on Aug 20, 2003 6:59:02 GMT -5
Mars Watch
Keep looking to the stars, the Northeast to be specific. At 10:00 p.m. EST starting today, Mars is getting closer to the Earth everyday. This won't happen for another 5,000 years. Mars will be significantly brighter by August 27, Wednesday 2003. It's not huge in the sky, but Mars does look like a very bright orange star and will possibly outshine Venus by next week.
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Post by YourCapnSpeaking on Sept 3, 2003 16:10:42 GMT -5
I missed that Mars thing ... the only part I hate about all this star gazing and meteor showers ... is that it happens real early in the morning. So I can never get up to see it. I have seen comets before, though.
I always wanted to go into space, but I don't have the skills necessary. I could probably do some computer progging for NASA, but that is probably about as far as I would get ... sucks @$$ ...
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Post by m on Sept 4, 2003 6:03:51 GMT -5
It's well worth it, depending on your interest, to get up and look at these things. Mars is visible about an hour after sunset and through the night. The moon is out now also, so it's not going to appear as brilliant in the next week or so.
Saturn is supposed to come close in November or December and outshine Mars, but I haven't head much about that lately.
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Post by busybodies on Oct 10, 2003 8:59:01 GMT -5
Check this out: micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.htmlThe Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida has put up a very interesting Java applet on their site. It begins as a view of the Milky Way Galaxy viewed from a distance of 10 million light years and then zooms into towards Earth in powers of ten of distance 10 million, to one million, to 100,000 light years and so on and then when it finally reaches a large Oak tree leaf. But that is not all it zooms into the leaf until it reaches to the level of the quarks viewed at 100 attometers. |
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Post by m on Oct 17, 2003 7:57:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, I keep meaning to install Java on my computer. This looks quite interesting.
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Post by m on Nov 4, 2003 10:35:52 GMT -5
Last week the sun burped up a huge solar flare. Did anyone get to see the Aurora Borealis the last part of the week? It was cloudy here so I didn't get to see it. Some say it was sighted as far South as Los Angeles, California.
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Post by m on Nov 10, 2003 13:15:33 GMT -5
Did anyone get to see the lunar eclipse Saturday? Pretty cool, it looked blood-red. I heard the coloring is caused by the Earth's sunsets converging on the moon.
Stay tuned, we should be hearing about the Leonid Meteor Shower for next week.
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Post by busybodies on Nov 10, 2003 13:45:01 GMT -5
^^ I missed the lunar eclipse on Saturday It was at 5 am over here and I... slept through it. Tell me more about this meteor shower. |
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