I just saw the moon
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CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
You beat me to it, I saw that pic today and just got too damn busy. Triangle galaxy..crazy.
stark1
Lonesome Planet
Recent, local, news
Due to developments in instrumentation, astronomical observations conducted beyond the visible spectrum reveal
Hi 
Our humble galaxy the Milky Was, an ordinary ~(bar)~ spiral in visual, it seems, sports radio lobes.
Who knew
‘Lo! 
The Milky Way also has “Fermi Bubbles”, lobes perpendicular to the galactic plane, created by high energy gamma rays, in the opposite end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Their Causality?
Stay tuned!
Due to developments in instrumentation, astronomical observations conducted beyond the visible spectrum reveal
Hi Our humble galaxy the Milky Was, an ordinary ~(bar)~ spiral in visual, it seems, sports radio lobes.
Who knew
‘Lo! The Milky Way also has “Fermi Bubbles”, lobes perpendicular to the galactic plane, created by high energy gamma rays, in the opposite end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Their Causality?
Stay tuned!
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stark1
Lonesome Planet
What my science teacher didnt tell me:
That the Andromeda galaxy has not one, but two nuclei.
Visual image of Andromeda
Infrared image of Andromeda’s core
Or that there are other instances of multiple nuclei galaxies ( HST, infrared )
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Will these galaxies eMERGE as Seyferts, as the nuclei (with their black holes) eventually meld, producing 1000x
The luminosity of the host galaxy?
In the case of Andromeda, would the then AGN appear as a Blazer, should it become face-on over time,
Or even more climactic, will the solar system become a rogue sun, and orphaned planets, wandering alone in
Intergalactic space. Busted.
Later (on the cosmic scale), when Andromeda and the Milky Way approach closer each unto the other, will there again
Be a supermassive spiral with a double nuclei, with their massive, heavy black holes spiraling into each others
Embrace?
—And eventually, a bigger, build back better ~(Andromeda+Milky Way)~ Galaxy.
A much LARGE-eR one.
Things my science teacher did not teach me.
That the Andromeda galaxy has not one, but two nuclei.
Visual image of Andromeda
Infrared image of Andromeda’s core
Or that there are other instances of multiple nuclei galaxies ( HST, infrared )
"Will these galaxies eMERGE as Seyferts, as the nuclei (with their black holes) eventually meld, producing 1000x
The luminosity of the host galaxy?
In the case of Andromeda, would the then AGN appear as a Blazer, should it become face-on over time,
Or even more climactic, will the solar system become a rogue sun, and orphaned planets, wandering alone in
Intergalactic space. Busted.
Later (on the cosmic scale), when Andromeda and the Milky Way approach closer each unto the other, will there again
Be a supermassive spiral with a double nuclei, with their massive, heavy black holes spiraling into each others
Embrace?
—And eventually, a bigger, build back better ~(Andromeda+Milky Way)~ Galaxy.
A much LARGE-eR one.
Things my science teacher did not teach me.
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stark1
Lonesome Planet
SOLAR TRANSITS
The inner planets
The last Mercury transit was on May 9, 2016
The next one will be on November 13th, 2032
Venus’ last transit was on June 5th, 2012
The next transits of Venus will be in December, 2125.
If you are on Mars on Friday, November 10th, 2084 ( and still kicking )
you will see Earth’s transit, lasting about 8 1/2hours.
As an added attraction, you will see the moon transit as well.
Question is, will it lead, or follow, then?
Stay tuned.
—As for a Martian transit of the sun, well, we would have to be on Jupiter,
or one of its moons. By July 8th, 2040.
.
Jovian transits
Triple Galilean moon transit, left to right: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto’s shadows cross in front of
Jupiter, on August 15, 2021 Earthdate.
Question: Where is Callisto?
The inner planets
The last Mercury transit was on May 9, 2016
The next one will be on November 13th, 2032
Venus’ last transit was on June 5th, 2012
The next transits of Venus will be in December, 2125.
If you are on Mars on Friday, November 10th, 2084 ( and still kicking )
you will see Earth’s transit, lasting about 8 1/2hours.
As an added attraction, you will see the moon transit as well.
Question is, will it lead, or follow, then?
Stay tuned.
—As for a Martian transit of the sun, well, we would have to be on Jupiter,
or one of its moons. By July 8th, 2040.
.
Jovian transits
Triple Galilean moon transit, left to right: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto’s shadows cross in front of
Jupiter, on August 15, 2021 Earthdate.
Question: Where is Callisto?
CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
Look way back in this thread as I posted the ISS transiting the Sun.
stark1
Lonesome Planet
Look way back in this thread as I posted the ISS transiting the Sun.
While watching an ISS solar transit might be fun, I much prefer a lunar transit
—being a nite owl, and such
Cant Imagine the swan song of the iconic ISS when it is plunged into the ocean, in 2031. Sad.
Of course we might have gone “boom!”, before then....
ISS Earth transit
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CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
Oh that's right the Imgur stuff isn't showing. Well, that was a lot of work wasted 
Hope the mods can fix that....it was a lot images and gifs that a lot of people liked.
Hope the mods can fix that....it was a lot images and gifs that a lot of people liked.
stark1
Lonesome Planet
Have you seen the spectacular horizontal bands of sunlight emanating from a rising, or setting sun?
They are called crepuscular rays, by the illuminati. Or “God Rays”, by the religious.
Religious architects often exploit this concept to build vertical cathedrals of light beaming down on awed worshippers.
Shafts of light shining through clouds of smoke, and dust.
Crepuscular sunset
Whirl around, and if you are lucky you may see similar columns of light, converging on a point on the opposite horizon, with a moon setting, or rising.
These the “enlightened” termed anti- crepuscular rays. Haha
An artifact of perspective, these dimmer, and elusive columns can sometimes be just as dramatic.
An anticrepuscular perspective, moonrise.
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Evening epiphany, the Bridge
Crepuscular sun, setting over the City
They are called crepuscular rays, by the illuminati. Or “God Rays”, by the religious.
Religious architects often exploit this concept to build vertical cathedrals of light beaming down on awed worshippers.
Shafts of light shining through clouds of smoke, and dust.
Crepuscular sunset
Whirl around, and if you are lucky you may see similar columns of light, converging on a point on the opposite horizon, with a moon setting, or rising.
These the “enlightened” termed anti- crepuscular rays. Haha
An artifact of perspective, these dimmer, and elusive columns can sometimes be just as dramatic.
An anticrepuscular perspective, moonrise.
.
Evening epiphany, the Bridge
Crepuscular sun, setting over the City
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stark1
Lonesome Planet
Around 7:25 ET this morning, the Chinese Chang’e T-1 rocket booster ( must h’ve ) impacted in the Hertzsprung some 500 kmwide crater, on the far, “dark” side of the moon, close to Mare Orientale— (detected perhaps by the seismic instruments left by the Apollo missions some fifty years ago?).A 7 1/2 year old “Long March”. And a new impacted crater.
Full moon, from Earth
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CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
Zoom in on this...A view from the Apollo 14 lunar module showing a javelin thrown at the same point in the mission to the left of center, with one of Shepard's golf balls below it.
stark1
Lonesome Planet
The Fallen Astronaut ( by Paul Van Hoeydonck )
Left on the lunar surface by the “All Michigan” crew of Apollo 15 (Jul 26, 1971 – Aug 7, 1971), along with the names of the 14 US/USSR astronauts/cosmonauts who died in the frenzy of the Space Race, in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.
The falcon feather/and hammer used to prove Galileo’s theory of objects falling at same rate in airless
(frictionless) space, as well as a bible
Were also left by the lunar module (LM “Falcon”: Scott/Irwin) crew of Apollo 15 .
Left on the lunar surface by the “All Michigan” crew of Apollo 15 (Jul 26, 1971 – Aug 7, 1971), along with the names of the 14 US/USSR astronauts/cosmonauts who died in the frenzy of the Space Race, in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.
- Charles A. Bassett II
- Pavel I. Belyayev
- Roger B. Chaffee
- Georgi Dobrovolsky
- Theodore C. Freeman
- Yuri A. Gagarin
- Edward G. Givens Jr.
- Virgil I. Grissom
- Vladimir Komarov
- Viktor Patsayev
- Elliot M. See Jr.
- Vladislav Volkov
- Edward H. White II,
- Clifton C. Williams, Jr
The falcon feather/and hammer used to prove Galileo’s theory of objects falling at same rate in airless
(frictionless) space, as well as a bible
Were also left by the lunar module (LM “Falcon”: Scott/Irwin) crew of Apollo 15 .
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stark1
Lonesome Planet
The British are coming! The cheeky British are coming!
On the 1st US lunar landing, the British Union Jack preempted the US flag raised by the crew of Lunar Module Eagle.
A British Apollo engineer (Keith Wright) working with NASA took a cheeky opportunity to draw a teensy English flag on a solar collector, along with the names of his fellow countrymen working on the mission project.
Armstrong and Aldrin didn’t have a clue, as the Eagle touched down. Some fifty years later,
Wright finally divulged his loony secret to the moon.
As an Antique Roadshow bonus memorialbilia, he also managed to wrangle the signatures of Armstrong/Aldrin in that instant in time.
LM Eagle ascent stage as seen from Comand Module Columbia upon approach, and Earthrise
An Apollo (Command / Service) Module, as seen from its Lunar Module upon approach
+ service
On the 1st US lunar landing, the British Union Jack preempted the US flag raised by the crew of Lunar Module Eagle.
A British Apollo engineer (Keith Wright) working with NASA took a cheeky opportunity to draw a teensy English flag on a solar collector, along with the names of his fellow countrymen working on the mission project.
Armstrong and Aldrin didn’t have a clue, as the Eagle touched down. Some fifty years later,
Wright finally divulged his loony secret to the moon.
As an Antique Roadshow bonus memorialbilia, he also managed to wrangle the signatures of Armstrong/Aldrin in that instant in time.
LM Eagle ascent stage as seen from Comand Module Columbia upon approach, and Earthrise
An Apollo (Command / Service) Module, as seen from its Lunar Module upon approach
+ service
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CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
Whole video of today's launch...14:16 you hear the launch director say "Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom"
CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
From the sequel, which a lot of people hated, I liked it and that message. Sadly, Jupiter isn't massive enough to turn into a star...but introduce more mass...
Instructions confirmed, Dave. It is good to be working with you again. Have I fulfilled the mission objectives properly?
Instructions confirmed, Dave. It is good to be working with you again. Have I fulfilled the mission objectives properly?
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stark1
Lonesome Planet
After Putin’s jerked Ukraine invasion, followed by massive sanctions, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos posted
A misinformation video of Russian near earth researchers undocking their section of the ISS, and floating away—leaving the
American(s) stranded on the ISS:
—Thrusters which keep the 500 ton ISS in orbit above earth are Russian, and attached to the Russian portion.
(Another sweet tweet by the Russian Roscosmos disinformation clusterfuck, and its head, Rogozin )
Looks like a rescue by a SpaceX Falcon 9 broomstick ! Up-coming
Plus, the Dragon capsules can be used as thrusters to prevent the ISS from its Icarus-like plummet from its near earth
Orbit.
After the Crimea steal, Rogozin had tweeted amidst the international outcry and sanctions that the US and its allies would have to use a
Trampoline to bounce up to the ISS if Russia refuse space on their resupply launches.
However, after spaceX’s Dragon capsule delivered its payload to the ISS, Musk tweets back at Rogozin,
“The trampoline worked.”
Space Tesla
A misinformation video of Russian near earth researchers undocking their section of the ISS, and floating away—leaving the
American(s) stranded on the ISS:
—Thrusters which keep the 500 ton ISS in orbit above earth are Russian, and attached to the Russian portion.
(Another sweet tweet by the Russian Roscosmos disinformation clusterfuck, and its head, Rogozin )
Looks like a rescue by a SpaceX Falcon 9 broomstick !
Up-comingPlus, the Dragon capsules can be used as thrusters to prevent the ISS from its Icarus-like plummet from its near earth
Orbit.
After the Crimea steal, Rogozin had tweeted amidst the international outcry and sanctions that the US and its allies would have to use a
Trampoline to bounce up to the ISS if Russia refuse space on their resupply launches.
However, after spaceX’s Dragon capsule delivered its payload to the ISS, Musk tweets back at Rogozin,
“The trampoline worked.”
Space Tesla
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CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
FYI, we are able to make course corrections to the ISS as well as the Russians; Scott Kelly verified (gotta love Scott going at Rogozin on twitter in Rogozin's own language...lol)(hopefully you all know who Scott Kelly is). The two Russians and one American were supposed to come back on a Soyuz, and as @stark1 mentioned, the Russians threatened to leave our guy behind. We've already said, not a big deal. He can stay a few extra weeks until the next Crew Dragon in April.
CrazyDiamond
Crosseyed & Painless
I know it's not really space related but I laughed hard when I saw it.