☾ The ☆ Astronomy ☄ Thread ☽

[ctan]

One of the amazing events that I look forward to in the night sky ay yung mga meteor showers. :-) Kahit mahirap dito sa Manila, I really try and do my best na maka-witness. :-)

[Luc]

Mahirap dyan sa city doc! Sa province mo yan pinapanood napakaganda daw. Pero di ko pa nawitness ito sa province din. x10 showers ang difference daw.

At a clear night, I always find time to spot Betelgeuse and Rigel in Orion.

[ctan]

^^ yeah!!! Betelgeuse and Rigel in Orion!!! :-)

x10? Ganun kalaki ang difference?

[Luc]

yep! i hope i'll get the chance to see one someday too.


I find it cool that as one of the biggest stars out there, Betelgeuse and Rigel are in the same constellation.

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

bat kya nalungkot aq nung bawal ang mga aliens at conspiracy theories..

bat kya madameng stars pag nasa forest ako pag gabi kesa nasa manila.

i love looking at the moon lalo na ung pag bumibilog sa kanya ang ulap!

[Luc]

bat kya nalungkot aq nung bawal ang mga aliens at conspiracy theories..

bat kya madameng stars pag nasa forest ako pag gabi kesa nasa manila.

i love looking at the moon lalo na ung pag bumibilog sa kanya ang ulap!

hahaha gawa tayu ng aliens thread, fin?

yung bilog na ulap around the moon means it will rain the next morning

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

hmm.. i see..

how bout ung yellow moon at red moon? i saw these kind of moons.

[mang juan]

Gusto ko makakita ng moon bow.

[carpediem]

@fox: Thanks. I just think this will be a unique thread. Parang never pa ako nakakita ng thread about astronomy sa ibang forums.

@marvin: Sorry, meron na tayong Aliens thread, dun nalang yung mga about aliens and conspiracy theories.

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

what bout ung solar explosion ng araw.. baka daw umabot d2 iyon at masira ung mga satelite natin..

Tsaka what about ung Barnard's star? Ung star na gumagalaw papunta sa direction natin?

[carpediem]

^ never heard about Barnard's star

Yes our sun will probably become a red giant and swallow up the earth, but that's several billion years from now. By then humans should have migrated to other parts of the universe, that is assuming humans survive long enough without being wiped out by natural or self-induced cataclysmic events.

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

Barnard Star
Barnard's Star will make its closest approach to the Sun around AD 11,700, when it approaches to within about 3.8 light-years.

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

^^ Mt. Olympus vs. Mt. Everest vs Mauna Kea

Rising above the Red Planets frequent dust storms is the Olympus Mons -the tallest known volcano and mountain in our solar system. The central edifice of this shield volcano stands 27 kilometers ( 88,580 ft) high above the surface -or three times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level and 2.6 times the height of Mauna Kea above its base. It is 550 km in width, flanked by steep cliffs, and has a caldera complex that is 85 km long, 60 km wide, and up to 3 km deep with six overlapping pit craters. Its outer edge is defined by an escarpment up to 6 km tall; unique among the shield volcanoes of the Red Planet.

[carpediem]

Malapit na daw mag supernova ang Betelgeuse. They say within the next million years. Since it is hundreds of light years away, maybe the process has already begun.

[carpediem]

Maybe not everyone knows this.

When you look at the night sky, you are looking at the stars as they were years ago, depending on how far they are. If a star is 1 million light years away, then you are looking at its appearance when it was 1 million years ago, because it takes its light that number of years to travel to earth.

In short, we are looking at very, very old snapshots of the stars, some of them may not exist anymore!