leXX Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Yay, I'm so excited. I'm going to a lecture by the one and only Sir Patrick Moore on Friday night. The lecture is all about Mars, the planet of most interest to me. Damn, I can't wait. I love Astronomy and I've been a fan of his since I can remember. The man is brilliant. Are there any more 'The Sky at Night' fans out there? I never miss an episode even though it's only on once a month. If I miss it on tv, I watch it on the web. Sir Patrick Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Ahhhhhh! Sorry. I'm going to do a big astronomy project tomorrow. I wish we had that kind of shows in my wee little country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Astronomy interests me greatly.....I always wish I had taken more classes about it while I was in school. Any good book recommendations LeXX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvader28 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Astronomy is excellent....i just got a big telescope for my 21st b'day , 10 inch reflector I'm at uni right now so i can't use it though Back home i live in the countryside and you can see plenty of stars etc. Got some excellent views of Saturn's rings...truly spectacular. It's very humbling to sit in the dark looking up into infinity. Patrick Moore's just released his autobiography...should be a good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 11, 2003 Author Share Posted March 11, 2003 There are so many excellent Astronomy books Leemu. This is a good one. I prefer DVD's and videos to books though when it comes to astronomy. I love to see the universe in all it's wonderful glory. I recommend 'The Planets' by the BBC, and 'Space' also by the BBC narrated by Sam Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvader28 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Yes!! Those series were excellent.....some of the facts just boggle the mind...the CG in "Space" was really well done too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 12, 2003 Author Share Posted March 12, 2003 I guess there arn't many ppl interested in astronomy in the swamp. *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 Goodness knows enough of them see them all the time while on their medications... I've always been interested in the weird stuff like black holes and pulsars myself. It's such a strange concept to think about, especially when you call light "old". As in not a few seconds, minutes or hours, but whole eons old. That's just crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-99 Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 Ya im interested in those stuff myself, But the most stuff i like about space is aliens and other unkown planets, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvader28 Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 Have you seen the recent stuff about how they've actually seen light emitted from the Big Bang? Mind-boggling stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 im only trying to fathom the size of our solar system, before i go onto guessing about the sizes of our galaxies and such... this might take me a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZePhyR Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 One cannot possibly have an idea of how big our universe is. It's fun to think about tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTeddyPaul Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 That is one sexy stud. Must make listening to the class a whole lot easier. Is the Sky at Night a UK thing or am I just outta the loop? BigTeddyPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-99 Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 Alot of people could learn alot from this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dath Maximus Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 heck im taking a space science class in school right now! i think space stuff is the best, nothing more cool about the power of a black hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Torque Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 I have always been fascinated by astronomy. Why are ya so low leXX, tons of people like astronomy, they just arent posting. Hmmm i have a couple of astronomy books. My favorite thing about space is the rings of saturn they are very beautiful and vibrant. Man meeting Sir Patrick Moore would be great. Also im intrested in many other sciences like Molecular Biology and DNA studies. I would like to meet Francis Crick and James Watson, the discoverers of the Double Helix. Maybe also Rosalind Franklin who was not recognized because she was a woman, she was very smart and intellegent. Then there is Lynus Polling possible the most famed and intellegent scientist of them all. He could understand and study anything. WOW sceince is amazing. Can you send me a ticket to England and invite me too come too leXX:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvader28 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Here's something to wrap your head around....everything in the Universe was compacted into a miniscule point before the Big Bang....so what was around this point. What surrounded it? What's "outside" the universe now? Freaky stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Slayne Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Originally posted by leXX I guess there arn't many ppl interested in astronomy in the swamp. *shrugs* I love astronomy. Have seen the BBC show called "The Planets" and found it quite interesting. Ever since I was little, I've always had my nose inside one book on astronomy or another. Of all the planets out there Saturn would have to be my fav, mostly because of the beauty of it. Jupiter on the other hand is a planet that for some strange reson I can always pick out in the night sky, especially when there is a telescope around. Luck maybe, as I don't particularly know what times of the night/year it is out. BTW: Thanks to you Lexx for giving the heads up on that "send your name to Mars" thing with NASA. I may not be anyone important in the grand sceme of things, but at least my name will be written somewhere out there amoung the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 Wow, you remember that! That was ages ago!! Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool. The final count was 3,551,645 names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Slayne Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 That is a lot of names! My father put his name in as well, as did my sister. I find it a wonderfull thought that even though I most likely I will not live to see a day when we as humans are living on mars, at least many of us will be there in name only. Maybe even in some old museum on mars in the distant future if all goes well. Here's to our own small slice of history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 i did that too:D i even printed out the certificate:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 My husband and I actually own a plot on the moon. It was a present from my sister a couple of years ago! One day, my great great great grandchildren might live on it!! hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Originally posted by leXX My husband and I actually own a plot on the moon. It was a present from my sister a couple of years ago! One day, my great great great grandchildren might live on it!! hehe yeah sure and george bush is a swell guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 You know kingpin, it's getting boring proving you wrong ALL the time... http://www.moonestates.com/index.asp I'll scan my certificate if you want more proof, and knowing you, you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 no i belive you have estate up there or whatever its just that...you cant live on the moon for to long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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