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libby

#570
February 18, 2013, 04:18:23 PM
Meteor showers are so unpredictable, even when they're predicted :smile:. I've never seen more than a few any given night, and I've spent a lot of time a'lookin' up. 
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Locutus

#571
February 18, 2013, 09:45:24 PM
I've never seen anything like what was apparently in my neck of the woods last night.  That thing was visible from Jacksonville all the way south to the Upper Keys. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#572
February 28, 2013, 01:45:46 AM
Where do I sign up?  :yes:

If newly unveiled plans pan out, a man and a woman may represent humanity on one journey that has never been attempted before: a mission to Mars.

"It's incredibly feasible. It's not crazy talk," Taber MacCallum, CEO of Paragon Space Development Corp., told CNN.

MacCallum and millionaire Dennis Tito announced their plans Wednesday to send a couple of earthlings on a 501-day trip in a spacecraft that would fly by the red planet. The proposal was unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington.

The mission would lift off in 2018, they said. It would not involve landing on Mars, making the proposed journey infinitely easier than putting people on the planet's surface, which NASA wants to do later this century. But the spacecraft would pass within 100 miles of the planet. . . .

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/27/group-aims-to-send-2-humans-on-mars-mission-in-2018/?hpt=hp_t3

I would SOOOOOOOOOOOO do this!  :yes:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

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Locutus

#573
February 28, 2013, 11:26:44 AM
Would your wife SOOOOOOOO do that too?   :wink:  ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#574
February 28, 2013, 12:00:29 PM
Quote from: Locutus on February 28, 2013, 11:26:44 AM
Would your wife SOOOOOOOO do that too?   :wink:  ;D

:yes: (I asked her)  :biggrin:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Locutus

#575
February 28, 2013, 12:03:09 PM
Don't forget to dust those telescopes and/or binoculars off.  PANSTARRS is warming up for a display over the next two weeks.

http://www.universetoday.com/100169/comet-panstarrs-how-to-see-it-in-march-2013/
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

libby

#576
February 28, 2013, 11:06:31 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on February 28, 2013, 01:45:46 AM
Where do I sign up?  :yes:

If newly unveiled plans pan out, a man and a woman may represent humanity on one journey that has never been attempted before: a mission to Mars.

"It's incredibly feasible. It's not crazy talk," Taber MacCallum, CEO of Paragon Space Development Corp., told CNN.

MacCallum and millionaire Dennis Tito announced their plans Wednesday to send a couple of earthlings on a 501-day trip in a spacecraft that would fly by the red planet. The proposal was unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington.

The mission would lift off in 2018, they said. It would not involve landing on Mars, making the proposed journey infinitely easier than putting people on the planet's surface, which NASA wants to do later this century. But the spacecraft would pass within 100 miles of the planet. . . .

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/27/group-aims-to-send-2-humans-on-mars-mission-in-2018/?hpt=hp_t3

I would SOOOOOOOOOOOO do this!  :yes:
That is fascinating. Made me think of The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. But taking a trip like that?  ... in my imagination only. I am slightly claustrophobic.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

libby

#577
February 28, 2013, 11:11:31 PM
Quote from: Locutus on February 28, 2013, 12:03:09 PM
Don't forget to dust those telescopes and/or binoculars off.  PANSTARRS is warming up for a display over the next two weeks.

http://www.universetoday.com/100169/comet-panstarrs-how-to-see-it-in-march-2013/
Thanks.  :yes:
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Locutus

#578
March 04, 2013, 11:30:34 PM
Look for PANSTARRS at these positions on these dates.  It should be a naked eye comet low on the western horizon after sunset.  The fact that it's on the western horizon around sunset also means that it will set fairly quickly itself.  The window of opportunity is narrow.

One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

libby

#579
March 05, 2013, 11:10:43 AM
Quote from: Locutus on March 04, 2013, 11:30:34 PM
Look for PANSTARRS at these positions on these dates.  It should be a naked eye comet low on the western horizon after sunset.  The fact that it's on the western horizon around sunset also means that it will set fairly quickly itself.  The window of opportunity is narrow.


:( I won't be able to see it. I live in a community  with a lot of mature trees (former forest) and I can't think of anywhere close by where I could get an unobstructed view. My townhouse faces east/west, but there are mature trees in all directions.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Locutus

#580
March 05, 2013, 11:19:18 AM
Take a ride into the country. ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#581
March 05, 2013, 11:30:32 AM
I'll probably be at work. . .  :mad:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

libby

#582
March 05, 2013, 11:35:26 AM
Quote from: Locutus on March 05, 2013, 11:19:18 AM
Take a ride into the country. ;D
I've thought about that -- if I could get away, there's a Holiday Inn on Waynesboro Mountain that would provide the full horizon view and darkness needed (if it's still there). Used to travel that way (scenery and my love of the mountains) when driving to WV. Stayed there one night when there was a terrific thunderstorm.  :yes:
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Palehorse

#583
March 08, 2013, 12:21:32 PM
An asteroid the size of a city block will pass by Earth this weekend, but have no fear: There's no danger of it hitting our planet.

The 80-meter (262 feet) wide asteroid makes its closest approach to Earth on Saturday afternoon in the United States. It will be about 975,000 kilometers (604,500 miles) away, said Don Yeomans, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. That's about 2 1/2 times the distance from the Earth to the moon.. . .

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/07/asteroid-to-fly-past-earth-this-weekend/?hpt=hp_t3
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Locutus

#584
March 08, 2013, 09:30:29 PM
Low clouds to the west on the first attempt to view PANSTARRS tonight.   :mad: :mad:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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