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Re: The night sky
« Reply #15 on: July 24, 2010, 11:13:17 PM »
Thanks for the link BB, learnt something new. ^^

After watching an epi called "Edge of Space" (from the Extreme Universe series), it made me realize just how insanely large our solar system actually is - including the recently discovered solar-dust ring (could be an ice-ring) behind Pluto, our solar system is twice as big as we think it is. Means traveling to other stars seems all the more impossible. T_T

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2010, 07:43:15 PM »
@ NeoN - sadly this is so. Space is mind-bendingly huge. Until such times as Faster-Than-Light engines and/or Wormhole-Passage technologies leave the realms of sci-fi, 
we won't be heading out beyond the immediate confines of the few planets closest to us, for some time.

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2010, 08:34:34 PM »
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Re: The night sky
« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2010, 08:00:29 AM »
True. When i go on a trip overseas and come back i always get to see the layers of pollution instead of the stars.  :(

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2010, 08:40:54 PM »
Awesome piccie dude! I rate segment 5 sums up what I see when stepping out the car in the night.

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2010, 11:41:12 AM »
Howick and Worcester sometimes rate about a "2" on a good night. Crystal clear winter skies in KZN are starwatcher heaven.

(Thought I'd posted this, but guess I didn't)

Did any of you know that the Russians actually sent robot rovers to the moon way before NASA sent theirs to Mars? Saw a cool doccie on these a little while ago.

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2010, 09:46:23 PM »
^ Whoa... fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing. 8)

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2010, 09:48:02 PM »
Good times!

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2010, 11:57:09 PM »
Forgot to bring this up earlier...
But did anyone catch the sun a few days ago? 8)

I finally went to go see it after my mum called me at work and told me to. :P Before that, I just Googled it and checked out the piccies online. >_< Man, the real thing was so much better, it did leave my right eye sore for an hour after though. >_> Worth it! :P

Was totally surprised that there wasn't any form of heads up about "the event". :/ The results/articles I got back when Googling were from 2008 and 2001 (previous occurrences). X_x

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2010, 10:03:21 AM »
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Re: The night sky
« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2011, 02:06:29 AM »
I missed the Lunar Eclipse. :(

So I was wondering  did any of  you experience it and  does anyone have pictures  ?

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2011, 10:20:22 AM »
^ Ah man... I thought it was today...  :(

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2011, 01:07:10 PM »
^ Whoa! :/

I was keeping tabs on it til about half 9 last night, then we jammed DotA til past midnight and that was the end of that. Seen an epic piccie on FB though...
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Re: The night sky
« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2011, 10:26:41 PM »
I got to watch it! We interrupted out Doom: The Board Game session to check it out.

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Re: The night sky
« Reply #29 on: July 05, 2011, 08:08:55 AM »
Checked it out aswell. Made me realize i need a tripod for my camera  :(
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