Space Thread

elbmek · Sep 27, 2022

The surface of Dimorphos seconds before impact. When you think about it its a miracle. Millions of miles away and only 160m across!!! I suppose we will have to wait to see how much its was 'nudged'. Can't wait to see the LICIA images

elbmek · Sep 27, 2022

and as seen through a telescope
LICIA image before and after

elbmek · Sep 27, 2022

Astronomers stunned as binary asteroid Didymos-Dimorphos brightens after DART space rock impact

"This is exceeding my expectations a lot!"

www.space.com

elbmek · Sep 27, 2022

James Webb spots intergalactic chase

Ghot · Sep 27, 2022

It's time for Jupiter, again...

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Edwin · Sep 27, 2022

Ghot said:
It's time for Jupiter, again...

Been overcast here for 5 frickin days!!! I can't see squat!!!

Ghot · Sep 27, 2022

Edwin said:
Been overcast here for 5 frickin days!!! I can't see squat!!!

You probably got a few more days.
Ofc, it'll get a bit smaller each day. It was closest on the 25th. I didn't even know about it then.
I can never see it when it "just" comes over the horizon, but I think that's the best time for seeing things... large.

I lucked out here. Overcast like all get out, during the day, but crystal clear, at night.
I can't see it till like after midnight here, because of the hills and trees.

I kind of miss my younger days, when I could get up a planet sighting party, etc.
Now it's just me in my jammies out there. LOL

Unfortunately, approx. 3:15am is the best time for me. I live on a dark deadend street, and the ONLY light, is a street light in my front yard. At 3:15am though, I can stand on the front porch where the porch roof blocks the street light completely.

And... SW is the best direction for me as well. It's got the lowest hills and trees in that direction.

11:47pm ET
Same binocs, on a tripod this time... found another spot between two trees...

Only real difference was a slight tilt (to the left), and the moons were a lot clearer.
Instead of guesstimating how many moons I could see, I could definitely tell there were four.

If Jupiter wasn't so bright, I'm sure I'd be able to see the Red spot, and maybe some bands.
But the planet is like an LED.

The Red spot and some of the bands are bigger than the moons I can see...

I'm gonna keep an eye on it for the next few nights. Maybe the geometry will change some, so it isn't so bright.
It's literally, like a white LED.

Well since I can't change the aperture on my binocs, I guess I'll have to get an 800mm (16x) lens for my camera.
They're only $13,000 LOL

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/542293-REG/Canon_2746B002AA_EF_800mm_f_5_6L_IS.html

A Guy · Sep 29, 2022

https://imgur.com/TTOfBPL

https://imgur.com/boT5rKV

https://imgur.com/X7NGsoM

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elbmek · Oct 2, 2022

Forget Artimis

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

www.spacex.com

Edwin · Oct 2, 2022

elbmek said:
Forget Artimis

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

www.spacex.com

Cool!!!
Snagged a pretty impressive screenshot from there!!!

A Guy · Oct 3, 2022

https://imgur.com/a/Ih6qZrQ

A Guy

Brink · Oct 4, 2022

After being smashed into by a NASA spacecraft, Dimorphos asteroid grows a tail

The SOAR Telescope in Chile imaged a 10,000-kilometer-long bright streak in space - the aftermath of the Dimorphos asteroid getting slammed into by the DART spacecraft.

www.zdnet.com

elbmek · Oct 25, 2022

This pic shows one from Hubble (left) and one from James Webb (right). I have looked at it for some time and noticed that many stars seem to have moved or are not in both images. Brightest of the stars should be in both, but are not. Some in particular, are very bright but do not even appear in Hubble.

z3r010 · Oct 26, 2022

elbmek said:
This pic shows one from Hubble (left) and one from James Webb (right). I have looked at it for some time and noticed that many stars seem to have moved or are not in both images. Brightest of the stars should be in both, but are not. Some in particular, are very bright but do not even appear in Hubble.

Could that not just be down to the different types of light emitted by the stars and the different detection methods by the telescopes?

A Guy · Oct 26, 2022

NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky

Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.

www.nasa.gov

A Guy