fierrotlepou
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That's awesome.
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Space: The Final Frontier
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That's awesome.
The Librarian
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I'd be embarrased to say how much I want these pants.
Naked Snake
Member
Are those giant stars really that impressive? I mean our Sun will grow in size at the end if it's life, which makes me think some of those big stars are just old farts.
Saw this today and was blown away. Needs it's own thread.
Saw this today and was blown away. Needs it's own thread.
Insane Metal
Member
I'd be embarrased to say how much I want these pants.
Are you a female? If so buy them
and pm me maybe? lol
The Librarian
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Can I punch you in the face?
Boom Boom Pow
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lilbaby Jesus
Member
Wait just one min. What the fuck is going on here? Sped up solar system ?
I'd be embarrased to say how much I want these pants.
I can see Uranus.
Like the hat?
Banned
I like them solely for the bad "are those space pants?" pickup line
The Librarian
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You're in France, Gui. Wouldn't work. Actually, where are you really from? That joke has been used so often I forgot your country. Is it Portugal or Spain?
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Appears to just be a projection of the movement of our solar system. I used to know the speed of this..hmm..
Edit: 59,000 m.p.h. (95,000 km/h).
lilbaby Jesus
Member
Thx man it's crazy how the sun is going in a straight line like that. Never thought about it like that. Mind blown.
WeAreStarStuff
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Melchiah
Member
This is incorrect. Debunking here:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astr...ing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html
It's not. It's rotating around the black hole at the center of our galaxy. the perspective of the image just isn't zoomed out far enough.
Insane Metal
Member
Naked Snake
Member
Yeah that GIF didn't make sense in my head, thanks for confirming my suspicion. Pretty animation though.
The Librarian
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That was a really creepy joke.I was just kidding
Insane Metal
Member
Ok, sorry. I didn't mean to. I thought you were a guy, and there would be nothing to worry about then, it would just be a joke. Really, sorry about it.
EDIT
I just NOW read your tag. "Prefers her Trek sans Abrams". :|
Little ol' forgotten Portugal
Too late bro. Now you'll get pics of me in those pants.
lilbaby Jesus
Member
Yea I know but from a perspective that's not a colossal enough distance, it would look like a straight line. Thx WeAreStarStuff you are my favorite poster on these boards, even though SpaceGaf has kinda fizzled out.
I think you mean it got highly creepy.
Black holes turn me on.
Insane Metal
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WeAreStarStuff
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Stellactic
Member
That's an incredible photo. I'm thinking about getting a telescope, but the Houston sky is probably too bright. What did you take that with?
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Thanks. I actually just took it by putting my phone's camera into the eyepiece of my telescope. Hence the lack of perfect clarity as the vibrations of my hand are being picked up and magnified as well. I really need to get a real camera one of these days so I can take pictures of deep space objects.
I need to de-dust my dobson and put that webcam into it again. So much fun taking photos of planets with this setup.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Is it you that has the 10" dobson, or am I confusing you with another poster?
WeAreStarStuff
Member
8"
Living in the city makes it hard to stargaze though :/
8" is plenty of aperture! I can relate to the light polution problem, I live in the suburbs outside of DC.
I've got a 10" dob, but I think someone else might have one as well?
Size doesn't matter :'(
Naked Snake
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NASA has 500 social media accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l5KLev-q-o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I recently did a space related illustration project where I had to draw the planets of the solar system, and I figured I could also make a nice wallpaper with those drawings. Thought I'd share it with all you space fans. Click here for the 1080 x 1920 version.
The Librarian
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Kitsuné;62258545 said:I recently did a space related illustration project where I had to draw the planets of the solar system, and I figured I could also make a nice wallpaper with those drawings. Thought I'd share it with all you space fans. Click here for the 1080 x 1920 version.
Nabbed and using. Thanks!
Kitsuné;62258545 said:I recently did a space related illustration project where I had to draw the planets of the solar system, and I figured I could also make a nice wallpaper with those drawings. Thought I'd share it with all you space fans. Click here for the 1080 x 1920 version.
Not to scale
It looks nice
Stellactic
Member
That wallpaper is excellent. I need to find a way to have it scale across my phone while holding it portrait.
I went by a Half Price Books store yesterday and picked up Carl Sagan's Billions and Billions for dirt cheap. I can't help but read it in Neil Degrass Tyson's voice though.
I went by a Half Price Books store yesterday and picked up Carl Sagan's Billions and Billions for dirt cheap. I can't help but read it in Neil Degrass Tyson's voice though.
What is this?
This, I think.
lilbaby Jesus
Member
What the finuck!?
What a load of bullshit. I hate the internet. That's just a Barnard 68, a Dark Nebula. Its mass is about twice that of the Sun and it measures about half a light-year across.
The picture, yeah. But like I pointed out above...
