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The Ferry Man

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« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2011, 16:59:33 »
Yeah the two side rockets are solid fuel...

The "pretty" exhaust is actually an acid...  :-\
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« Reply #26 on: September 15, 2011, 17:10:23 »
Quote from: The Ferry King on September 15, 2011, 16:55:29
haha i think it has  :doh:

At least one thing though- alien lifeforms will decide that planet earth is devoid of intelligent life and will leave us all alone (I hope therefore that they don't learn of the 3 greatest forms of intelligence here (me, Hawking and Penrose)

Quote from: The Ferry Man on September 15, 2011, 16:59:33
Yeah the two side rockets are solid fuel...

The "pretty" exhaust is actually an acid...  :-\

Yes, but not very much though, is it? And if that keeps environmental nutters moaning at nasa and leaving me alone then I think jobs a good un
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« Reply #27 on: September 29, 2011, 23:06:22 »
Been outside lately, trying and testing my camera by shooting pictures at the stars so they can appear brighter (I don't know how it's called in English  :doh:)

Here I came across Jupiter with only 3 of its larger moons visible.
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The Ferry Man

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« Reply #28 on: September 29, 2011, 23:07:20 »
Ahh wow - great pic  :thumbs:
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« Reply #29 on: September 29, 2011, 23:10:11 »
Quote from: The Ferry Man on September 29, 2011, 23:07:20
Ahh wow - great pic  :thumbs:

Thanks, TFM!  :thumbs:

I could try to save up some money for a teleconverter so I maybe can take a picture of the Red Spot.  ;D
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The Ferry Man

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« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2011, 23:20:25 »
Sounds good  :thumbs:

Here is a pic I took of tjhe moon



The camera I used didn't have autofocus, hence why its not great :/

Have some more pics I will hunt down
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« Reply #31 on: September 29, 2011, 23:21:19 »
Nice! :2thumbs:
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« Reply #32 on: September 29, 2011, 23:31:03 »
Now that's rather coincidental, I was also able to shoot this picture of the moon a little while ago. I haven't seen the moon for weeks now!  :o

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« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2011, 23:32:58 »
wow - brilliant shot  :thumbs:
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« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2011, 23:35:10 »
Thanks again. So is your shot.  :)
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« Reply #35 on: September 29, 2011, 23:35:20 »
Now that's better! :2thumbs:
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The Ferry Man

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« Reply #36 on: September 29, 2011, 23:41:35 »
OK Found it

Not a great shot, but here is a Solar Prominence (unfortunately when I went it was during a low season so no real big ones to be seen):



Bare in mind also it was taken with my old camera (Kodak Z740) by sticking the lens to the telescope eyepiece as close as possible and hoping for the best - took a few shots as well before I even got a good one with it in. This was through a... alpha filter I believe (it was a few years ago now)

As a responsible forum user... apparently... I should give Health and Safety advice...*

Do not look at the sun with a normal telescope, this was done with a special sun telescope. If you do you will burn your eyes/go blind. Do not stare directly at the sun.

*I never thought I would give H&S...
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« Reply #37 on: September 29, 2011, 23:44:14 »
Nice picture, TFM!  :thumbs:
I wonder if it is just a stain on the lens or a solar flare but I guess it's the last.  :)
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The Ferry Man

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« Reply #38 on: September 29, 2011, 23:45:17 »
Quote from: VirtualSkipper on September 29, 2011, 23:44:14
Nice picture, TFM!  :thumbs:
I wonder if it is just a stain on the lens or a solar flare but I guess it's the last.  :)

Oh thanks :p

It wasn't a stain, the astronomer told me it was one, it was at a special space event at a observatory  8)
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« Reply #39 on: September 29, 2011, 23:47:53 »
An impressive gallery of photos here!
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« Reply #40 on: September 29, 2011, 23:51:49 »
Man, if I were in the ISS, I would spend my whole stay in that glass dome!  :2thumbs:

I already know this for a little while now, but it is to anyone who doesn't know this gallery.  :)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

I really like the picture of 2011 september 15 on that link!  :o
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« Reply #41 on: September 30, 2011, 16:06:25 »
u know what really grinds my gears?-peter griffin, family guy

mr bigshot prezident obama cancelled NASA. >:(

so no more shuttle missions, no more international space station, and no colonization of the moon NASA was planning. :P
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« Reply #42 on: September 30, 2011, 18:12:48 »
Quote from: Rbsanford on September 30, 2011, 16:06:25
u know what really grinds my gears?-peter griffin, family guy

mr bigshot prezident obama cancelled NASA. >:(

so no more shuttle missions, no more international space station, and no colonization of the moon NASA was planning. :P

You should read more on why the program was cancelled.

NASA has its budgets (controlled by the President of the US of coarse) and flying with the Space Shuttle to space began to be too expensive. 1 Space Shuttle is about 2 billion dollars (2 space shuttles were lost) and 1 launch is about 450 million dollars.

But NASA has developed a new rocket called the SLS (Space Launch System) to replace the Space Shuttle missions.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDQpFAUKgvI
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« Reply #43 on: October 14, 2011, 22:56:35 »
A clear night sky, a bright moon... Perfect sky spotting weather.  :)
At 1:18, GMT+1, the ISS is coming over Holland so I will be taking this chance to finally try to photograph it.  :P
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« Reply #44 on: October 19, 2011, 18:35:06 »
If you live in a open countryside you might see it if you have a powerful telescope..

If you live in a city (oh you got problems then)

But clear sky sounds like a small glimme of hope!
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« Reply #45 on: October 19, 2011, 19:16:02 »
Quote from: The Ferry King on October 19, 2011, 18:35:06
If you live in a open countryside you might see it if you have a powerful telescope..

If you live in a city (oh you got problems then)

But clear sky sounds like a small glimme of hope!

Oh, I forgot all about this. I actually live in a village with some large cities around but I don't have much trouble with them since they're far off. There are some greenhouses nearby which sometimes ruin the view.

But about the ISS; because it's near-wintertime now and also because of the sun going down sooner, the ISS comes between 23:00 to 1:00. Because of these times, the earth will be in front of the ISS so the sun can't lighten it up to be visible, not even with moonlight!  :o
So, the ISS will be visible again when its this month not later then 22:00 or something.  :(
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« Reply #46 on: October 26, 2011, 01:00:04 »
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« Reply #47 on: October 26, 2011, 01:36:11 »
Ooo! I wanna go! How much do tickets cost!? :doh:
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« Reply #48 on: October 26, 2011, 09:50:51 »
Quote from: dexter7 on October 26, 2011, 01:36:11
Ooo! I wanna go! How much do tickets cost!? :doh:

Lets talk about at least around $20 million a seat.  ;D
With that comes a training for space physics which can take about 6 months.
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« Reply #49 on: October 26, 2011, 11:31:46 »
oh, I can manage that! :doh:
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