Skywatch

[Palehorse]

Wow. Amazing!

[Locutus]

Yup!  Two images received, one of which is showing the shadow of Curiosity on the surface of Mars.  Congrats to NASA and all of the employees at the JPL. 

[Locutus]

Curiosity sending back a shadow of itself on the surface of Mars.  WAY cool!

[Henry Hawk]

 

[Locutus]

New image from Curiosity!! 

[Henry Hawk]

 

[Palehorse]

Will we ever send a manned flight to Mars?

[Locutus]

Will we ever send a manned flight to Mars?

I hope so at some point.  I think NASA has early plans for something like that in the design process for future propulsion systems.  (serious voice)

But we need to get there quick because we have to get our hands on the illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator before Marvin blows us up for obstructing his view of Venus.  (joke)   

[Palehorse]

NASA apparently has seen something it likes in the form of galaxies far, far away, and it's set to reveal it on Wednesday.

NASA says it will talk about "an extraordinary galaxy cluster that is smashing several important cosmic records." The agency has hinted that it was uncovered with the help of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

[libby]

I was hoping to see the Perseid meteor shower on the 11th, but the weather didn't cooperate.  Wishful thinking on my part anyway because the background light where I live washes out most views of the stars unless there is a dark -- no moon -- cloudless night. One night like that I sneaked out after dark and was looking up when I heard, "Libby, are you okay?" It was a neighbor I didn't particularly care for. I said, "No, John. Just looking at the stars," and went back inside. It was kinda spooky to think he'd been watching me and I didn't know .

Back to the meteor showers: my mother told about something she heard from a neighbor, who heard it from members of the Pilgrim Holiness Chuch down at the other end of the holler. They thought the world was coming to an end because of what sounded like a spectacular meteor shower. She didn't remember when it was, but from she said I would guess it was in the late 40s or early 50s.

[The Troll]

I was hoping to see the Perseid meteor shower on the 11th, but the weather didn't cooperate.  Wishful thinking on my part anyway because the background light where I live washes out most views of the stars unless there is a dark -- no moon -- cloudless night. One night like that I sneaked out after dark and was looking up when I heard, "Libby, are you okay?" It was a neighbor I didn't particularly care for. I said, "No, John. Just looking at the stars," and went back inside. It was kinda spooky to think he'd been watching me and I didn't know .

Back to the meteor showers: my mother told about something she heard from a neighbor, who heard it from members of the Pilgrim Holiness Chuch down at the other end of the holler. They thought the world was coming to an end because of what sounded like a spectacular meteor shower. She didn't remember when it was, but from she said I would guess it was in the late 40s or early 50s.

  I would wonder if you had went outside and had fell.  What would you do if your neighbor hadn't seen you.  Just saying.   

[Locutus]

Libby, you may still be able to see a few of the Perseids tonight after midnight if you want to venture outside, and the weather cooperates.  The peak was definitely Saturday night/Sunday morning but we're still traveling through the comet's debris through August 19th so there are a few more opportunities.

[Palehorse]

Went to a friends house on Saturday night for a campfire. I sat there most of the night, (until 2 am or so), with my head back and looking up constantly for almost 5 hours. I never saw a single one and neither did the other 9 people that were doing the same thing. . .

It was a rural location too and pretty dark except for the small campfire. . . 

(And I drank nothing but water so I was not impaired) 

[Locutus]

Were you looking to the northeast?

[Palehorse]

Were you looking to the northeast?

For the most part I was. But several others were looking other other directions as well. . .