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Tagged > Telescopes
THREAD PhotographyTelescopes for Astrophotography
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Art Forum		 For may years I have been wanting to do astrophotography. I think next year sometime I will get started with it. I am even contemplating making my own telescope, but atm I pretty much know nothing abo...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 15 December 2012 When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal Image Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Guisard (Los Cielos de America), TWAN From a radiant point in the constellation of the Twins, the an...
THREAD Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeNothing is fact?
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Philosophy Forum		 BTW: The Flat Earth Society is a real hoot. Per their wiki, as all of these claims are necessary to have a flat earth given the evidence: -All space travel is a hoax. -Half sunken ships are raised b...
THREAD Physics & CosmologyLight Clocks and Special Relativity
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Science & Technology Forum		 We can see light slowing down sometimes through telescopes. Over extremely long distances, as objects such as stars are moving away from us, light is stretched as its wavelength changes. This is known...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 28 November 2012 Jupiter and Io Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Bianconi On December 3 (UT), Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, will be at opposition, opposite the Sun in...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 16 February 2013 Sweeping Through Southern Skies Image/Video Credit & Copyright: Alex Cherney (Terrastro, TWAN) For now, Comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6), and Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) are sweepin...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 23 January 2013 Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 Image Credit & Copyright: SSRO-South, J. Harvey, S. Mazlin, D. Verschatse, J. Joaquin Perez, (UNC/CTIO/PROMPT) Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is s...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 13 March 2013 NGC 6751: The Glowing Eye Nebula Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Donald Waid Planetary nebulae can look simple, round, and planet-like in small telesco...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 2 December 2012 The Gegenschein Over Chile Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (ESO) Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? No. In fact, a rarely discernable faint g...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 13 October 2012 Galaxies, Stars, and Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa (Capturandoeluniverso, A.A.E.) Spiky stars and spooky shapes abound in this deep cosmic sky...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 15 September 2012 Ring Nebula Drawn Drawing Credit & Copyright: Frédéric Burgeot A planetary nebula with a simple symmetry familiar to telescopic sky gazers, the Ring Nebula (M57) is s...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 5 December 2012 Plasma Jets from Radio Galaxy Hercules A Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Baum & C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/...
THREAD AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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Science & Technology Forum		 6 February 2013 The Arms of M106 Credit: Image Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, Robert Gendler, Jay Gabany, Processing - Robert Gendler The spiral arms of bright galaxy M106 sprawl through this rem...
THREAD Astrology, Myth Or Magic?
6 Posts • 2716 Views
Talk Talk		 Astrology As the Earth is only one of a few planets circling the sun we can easily follow the movement of the others. Today we can see much further with our new telescopes but even in ancient times...
THREAD The possible truth behind the novel Norton hears a who by the author and genius doctor Suess.
2 Posts • 2160 Views
Talk Talk		 The possible truth behind the novel Norton hears a who by the author and genius doctor Suess. A life is a life no matter how small. This is the main theme behind Norton hears a who. For those o...
THREAD PhotographyPhotoArt Appreciation
48 Posts • 13272 Views
Art Forum		 Old joke: 10,000 comedians out of work & I am trying to be funny . . . I want to shoot some 35mm shots to for web use & as a primer for large format shots so I call a local vendor. Now, I ha...
THREAD Physics & CosmologyReality in the melting pot
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Science & Technology Forum		 This is an interesting refutation of the multiverse concept. Paul Davies. According to 'multiverse' theorists, life as we know it could be nothing but a Matrix-style simulation Five...
THREAD AstronomyExcerp: History of Astronomy
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Science & Technology Forum		 Each period in history sees the sky in a different way. The way a civilization perceives the sky is related to its travel capabilities. As man's knowledge of geography has increased, so has his u...
THREAD AstronomyExcerp: Stars
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Science & Technology Forum		 The stars are always there, even in the daytime when they are blotted out by the sun. That is something we do not understand as children. As the earth revolves in its yearly orbit, different parts of...
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