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Post by sherlew99 on Feb 12, 2017 12:29:40 GMT -6
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Post by pickinduck on Feb 14, 2017 20:02:44 GMT -6
I was just out with my 10x50 binos for a few minutes before the clouds rolled in. The target I chose quick to see if I could locate was M79. On my giant planisphire it says it's a globular cluster. Looks like it might be to small for my binos.
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Post by sherlew99 on Feb 14, 2017 20:07:58 GMT -6
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Post by pickinduck on Mar 18, 2017 7:46:56 GMT -6
We'll be transitioning into the LEO BIG DIPPER part of the sky.
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Post by pickinduck on Mar 19, 2017 5:27:03 GMT -6
There was an asteroid that zoom by earth on St Patrick's Day. This morning I seen a headline that said there maybe 100 planets in our solar system.
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Post by sherlew99 on Mar 19, 2017 9:36:08 GMT -6
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Post by sherlew99 on Mar 19, 2017 10:16:32 GMT -6
This morning I seen a headline that said there maybe 100 planets in our solar system. As for planets in the solar system, if the definition of a planet is changed, then the number of planets will rise to over 100.
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Post by pickinduck on Mar 19, 2017 10:29:37 GMT -6
When will we be able to get back to doing comfortable star gazing?
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Post by sherlew99 on Mar 19, 2017 10:29:44 GMT -6
The Daily Mail has something on an asteroid called 2017 EG3 that passed by a bit more recently. Here we go, finally found it on NASA's site.
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Post by sherlew99 on Mar 19, 2017 10:31:01 GMT -6
When will we be able to get back to doing comfortable star gazing? Hopefully before too long. I still have rain and clouds on the horizon for now.
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Post by pickinduck on Mar 19, 2017 10:37:17 GMT -6
This morning I seen a headline that said there maybe 100 planets in our solar system. As for planets in the solar system, if the definition of a planet is changed, then the number of planets will rise to over 100. What is the definition of a planet? What do you think it should be? Let's see, what do I think it should be. It should have enough mass to be circular and have it's own orbit of its star.
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Post by pickinduck on Mar 19, 2017 10:42:09 GMT -6
OMG last summer when I was star gazing in my zero gravity chair with my 10x50 binos that was wonderful.
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Post by sherlew99 on Mar 19, 2017 11:00:34 GMT -6
What is the definition of a planet? What do you think it should be? Let's see, what do I think it should be. It should have enough mass to be circular and have it's own orbit of its star. The first definition is the most important. Some people want to add the larger of Jupiter and Saturn's moons, but I'm still not sure if they should be called planets in their own right. Pluto and Charon are practically a twin, or binary planet system, though, and people believe that they both should be classified as such. I guess we can call the larger of Jupiter and Saturn's moons planetoids. Charon has no detectably atmosphere, though, and is not really spherical. It may have also formed from a collision with Pluto by another object. The second definition which defines a planet as one that orbits a star would exclude 'rogue' planets, which orbit the center of the Milky Way instead of a sun in a solar system.
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Post by sherlew99 on Mar 19, 2017 11:25:33 GMT -6
Ceres should also be considered.
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Post by pickinduck on Mar 19, 2017 12:04:31 GMT -6
Can we see Ceres with our binoculars or telescopes?
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