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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Oh boy! K Index says we've got aurora!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 120
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: Forum Help, Comments
- Topic: Trouble with a post
- Replies: 2
- Views: 48
Trouble with a post
Tried to post last night and got this message:
I tried to follow the link on the notice (messageboard@mnastro.org) and that email bounced back.
I tried to follow the link on the notice (messageboard@mnastro.org) and that email bounced back.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Oh boy! K Index says we've got aurora!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 120
Re: Oh boy! K Index says we've got aurora!
SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER been banging on my phone all day long... The K Index just hit 8!
You're killing me, Smalls!
You're killing me, Smalls!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Oh boy! K Index says we've got aurora!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 120
Oh boy! K Index says we've got aurora!
Wonder if it's clear enough to see...?
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Ah,,, Nope! Glad I got out last night. Remarkably clear! Nice ISS pass. M42 was ROCKIN'!
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Ah,,, Nope! Glad I got out last night. Remarkably clear! Nice ISS pass. M42 was ROCKIN'!
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Kennedy Space Center visit- allow 1 or 2 days?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 396
Re: Kennedy Space Center visit- allow 1 or 2 days?
Eric: They've changed it up quite a bit since the shuttle program ended, so I'm not sure what else has changed, but you could easily spend a whole day. The visitor center has some amazing stuff, including the Rocket Park and the space shuttle Atlantis . The Astronaut Hall of Fame used to be a separa...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: Beginners SIG
- Topic: February B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 24th -- 1:00pm -- "Discovering the Moon: Missions to the Moon"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 834
Re: February B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 24th -- 1:00pm -- "Discovering the Moon: Missions to the Moon"
Excellent presentation, Dave!! I mentioned the Lunar Ops training in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Here is a picture of the modifications for "Moon School." NBL Moon Ops Training.png The red arrow shows the simulated craters. Astronauts train on how to get out of them or rescue a colleague fro...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: Clair de Lune (Moonlight)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4968
Re: Clair de Lune (Moonlight)
For those of you who attended Dave Falkner's EXCELLENT BSIG presentation on The Moon today, here is the video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNpsy6lBPBw Using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they assemble a 3D model of the Moon and provide us an entirely different ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: Beginners SIG
- Topic: I have inherited an old Meade LX90 EMC but the AutoStar handbox is not functioning. Next steps?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2139
Re: I have inherited an old Meade LX90 EMC but the AutoStar handbox is not functioning. Next steps?
Sounds great! Good luck!!
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: Beginners SIG
- Topic: I have inherited an old Meade LX90 EMC but the AutoStar handbox is not functioning. Next steps?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2139
Re: I have inherited an old Meade LX90 EMC but the AutoStar handbox is not functioning. Next steps?
Carter: I've had problems like this and often times it was the cable. Where are you located? If you want to swing by with your scope you could plug in one of mine and see if that takes care of it. Let me know!
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: Group purchase of Observers handbook?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11081
Re: Group purchase of Observers handbook?
I'm in! Thanks!
- Thu May 18, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: HAVOC: Exploring Venus from Above
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2855
Re: HAVOC: Exploring Venus from Above
Actually, that's the whole idea... You stay ABOVE those nasty clouds, and it would be down right pleasant! Nothing exotic necessary.
- Tue May 09, 2023 8:33 am
- Forum: MAS Electronic Media & Book Group
- Topic: HAVOC: Exploring Venus from Above
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2855
HAVOC: Exploring Venus from Above
The May monthly meeting reminded me of this...
Saw this from Langley several years back. A pretty cool concept for the exploration of Venus:
https://youtu.be/0az7DEwG68A
Saw this from Langley several years back. A pretty cool concept for the exploration of Venus:
https://youtu.be/0az7DEwG68A
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Eclipse Tomorrow!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Re: Eclipse Tomorrow!
This is a shot of the Earth from the ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1.
If you look closely, you can see the shadow of the Moon on the Earth. This was taken during the eclipse!
If you look closely, you can see the shadow of the Moon on the Earth. This was taken during the eclipse!
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6048
Re: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
I saw him at McNamara. Not sure if this link will work, but here is access to the stream:
https://youtu.be/LjngzmGRSEE?t=1
*Fixed it*
https://youtu.be/LjngzmGRSEE?t=1
*Fixed it*
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Eclipse Tomorrow!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Re: Eclipse Tomorrow!
FANTASTIC, Dick! What a great report!! Speaking of Eta Car, I went to a presentation at the UofM on Monday. Director of the Vatican Observatory, Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., was talking about the joys of star gazing. I asked him, "What was your best night ever at a telescope?" Here was his a...
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Eclipse Tomorrow!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Re: Eclipse Tomorrow!
If you want to catch the coverage, it's right here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ifILl7GeZpE?feature=share Kinda weird coverage, though. The hosts are just padding off and on during the partial phase. They don't sound like they've done many eclipses. And then, when things start getting REALLY intere...
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Eclipse Tomorrow!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Re: Eclipse Tomorrow!
NICE shots from Paul Maley
and from Eliot Herman
on an island off the coast of Australia.- Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Eclipse Tomorrow!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Re: Eclipse Tomorrow!
Here's a link to a group that is live streaming from the northwest corner of Australia:
https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclips ... 3-april-20
https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclips ... 3-april-20
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Eclipse Tomorrow!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Eclipse Tomorrow!
An absolutely gorgeous view of the Moon. Just the day before the total solar eclipse, early in the morning the fabulous moonrise was observed and captured in Exmouth, within the path of totality over the ocean: . Mohamad-Sol-r11_1681864389_lg.jpg . Taken by Mohamad Sol on April 19, 2023 @ Exmouth, A...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: Space Exploration
- Topic: The ISS went RIGHT over the top of the Twin Cities, today!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6479
The ISS went RIGHT over the top of the Twin Cities, today!
The view from above:
Google Earth of same area:
Google Earth of same area with roads labeled:
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6048
Re: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Just found out Brother Guy will also be presenting at: Public Talk - University of St Thomas, Sunday April 16, 12:30 pm Anderson Lecture in Science & Religion - McNamara, Great Hall, Monday April 17, 7:00 pm Meteorite Talk - UMN School of Earth & Environmental Science and Minnesota Institute...
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6048
Bell Museum: Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Br. Guy Consolmagno | April 14 | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer with Brother Guy Consolmagno Friday | April 14, 2023 | 2:30 pm–3:30 pm Br. Guy Consolmagno is both a Jesuit brother and a planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory, which he has directed since 2016. Thanks to his Vatican connections, his work has sent him aro...
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF close approach
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15198
Re: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF close approach
See? Now you're just asking to get punched.
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- Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF close approach
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15198
Re: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF close approach
Oh, come on!
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Astronomy
- Topic: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF close approach
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15198
Re: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF close approach
And this? This ain't helping.