Re: The Outer Space thread

[The Call of the Wendigo]

https://twitter.com/earthskyscience/status/1570934564909899778

[Fangirl Three]

Good luck spotting Neptune with binoculars.

Jupiter is a fine naked eye object in the SW in the evenings at the moment though, I was admiring it the other night.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I thought this was the woman who does those comedy videos where she pretends to be a cabinet minster.

https://twitter.com/_raviee/status/1573438070900559872

[Zarniwoop]

I was trying to take some photos of Jupiter and it's Moons through my telescope the other night, but I was drunk and kept falling off the ladder....they weren't very good.

[Nightjar]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I was trying to take some photos of Jupiter and it's Moons through my telescope the other night, but I was drunk and kept falling off the ladder....they weren't very good.

In fairness to you, Galileo had the same problem.

[Fangirl Three]

Your telescope has a ladder?

I'm imagining a huge dome looming above the suburban treetops of Zarnichester.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Tonight, there's been an orange light to the left of the moon. Is it Mars?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

There's also a bright light, way, way, way, way to the right of the moon but I don't know what that one might be.

[Fangirl Three]

There's also a bright light, way, way, way, way to the right of the moon but I don't know what that one might be.

That is Jupiter, I was admiring it myself the other night.

And you're right about the orange thing next to the Moon yesterday, that was indeed Mars.

skymap!

[The Call of the Wendigo]

If it's so close to the moon, it could invade it at any point.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

And we're powerless to stop it.

[SiberianPrincess’sMidriff]

The chance of them coming in a million to one!

[Nightjar]

But still they come.

[Fangirl Three]

You'll all be pleased to know that Mars will be much further away from the Moon tonight, as the Moon has moved on to a different part of the sky.

The Moon moves 13 degrees a day, Mars only 1 or so.

(A degree is twice the width of the full moon, or twice the width of the sun, or half the width of your finger held at arms length.)

[Nightjar]

But still they come.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I've just seen the full moon set over Sheffield city centre. It was a beautiful sight.

[Fangirl Three]

I'm going to use that information to work out where you must have been watching from.

[Fangirl Three]

That checks out with your previously known haunts

[Tina Turner]

The Moon moves 13 degrees a day, Mars only 1 or so.

Is that Centigrade or Fahrenheit?

Only, I only use Kelvin, what with me having happy memories of visiting Heaven 17 when they all lived on Kelvin Flats.

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