Astronomy Anarchy

[Snaggletooth]

#MeToo.

Simply trying to comprehend what those people have figured out is next to impossible.

I get the impression that it requires being able to think in mathematics the way the rest of us think in words.

It needes thisse kinde of understandengs.....

 

[Sean]

 

[valis]

Lunar eclipse tonight (May 15, Sunday night).  Max at 9:12 PM PDT.  Google for the details, this is a good one.

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

saw the moon coming up a nice dark orange and bang, clouds started rolling in

 

[ropetrick]

I can not see the eclipse thru the raindrops.  Maybe next time.

 

[Sail4beer]

This is how it looks through music

 

[Sail4beer]

 

[d'ranger]

Ben many years since I saw this, still very cool. Nice that we have a clear sky tonight.

 

[Sean]

 

[Not for nothing]

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Great shot, X Mt Sinai YC here,

Down here we have a t-storm coming with flashes of lighting, neat effect

 

[Sean]

Great shot, X Mt Sinai YC here,

Down here we have a t-storm coming with flashes of lighting, neat effect

Amazing that the clouds disappeared just as the the eclipse was getting underway. Fun to watch it happen!

Sag Harbor 

 

[Sail4beer]

It’s just ending in New Jersey after a beautiful transit!

 

[valis]

Heavy clouds and rain here.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

A bit off topic - is anyone else watching "How The Universe Works"? Didn't want to start another thread but will do so to keep this from getting hijacked.  I find it very interesting and the more I watch the less I think I know.  Sign me curious and confused.

I've seen many of them but have just learned to "binge watch" so seeing them all (some again) is on my list. Working through Dirty Jobs right now though.

Mike Rowe is able to narrate as if he actually understands what he's saying on HTUW but if you watch enough Dirty Jobs he seems normal and as confused by those ubergeeks as any normal person would be.

 

[d'ranger]

I've seen many of them but have just learned to "binge watch" so seeing them all (some again) is on my list. Working through Dirty Jobs right now though.

Mike Rowe is able to narrate as if he actually understands what he's saying on HTUW but if you watch enough Dirty Jobs he seems normal and as confused by those ubergeeks as any normal person would be.

Fuck off bitch.

 

[valis]

 Tau Herculids Meteor Shower May 30???

There *may* be a "brief but intense" meteor shower around 0500 UTC May 31 (10PM May 30, Pacific Daylight Time).  The Earth will be passing through the track of the parent comet, which has been breaking up.  Here's more:

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/tau-herculid-meteors-may-intense-shower/ 

 

[valis]

Here are some more pictures of that disintegrating comet:

 

[valis]

OK, not a storm, but a respectable shower.  Definitely more meteors than on a typical night.  Not particularly bright, minimal tails (mostly), and a few bright flashes coming straight at us.  There wasn't a well-defined radiant.  I went outside about 10:10PM PDT, and I understand that the peak may have been a bit before 10:00.  We got to see the ISS fly overhead about 10:23PM.  Beautiful clear night by Bodega Bay, CA.

 

[valis]

Webb Telescope's Giant Mirror Struck by Micrometeoroid (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/webb-telescopes-giant-mirror-struck-by-micrometeoroid/)

Summary: No big deal and not the first, but the biggest so far.  And I do wonder what the odds are, and how long before it becomes a problem.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Gob Dung It! $10B Pre-Biden Bucks and some 13 armed freakin' kid is throwing rocks at it.

 

[Snaggletooth]

Ist a darke an eerey morneng..........