A reason to get up early

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Glenn E. wrote:Perhaps you just needed more Port before your performance?
DRT wrote:I didn't have any Port
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Charles Dodgson wrote:‘Take some more tea,’ the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.

‘I’ve had nothing yet,’ Alice replied in an offended tone, ‘so I can't take more.’

‘You mean you can’t take LESS,’ said the Hatter: ‘it’s very easy to take MORE than nothing.’

‘Nobody asked YOUR opinion,’ said Alice.
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DRT wrote:I didn't have any Port
Not the most believable tale.
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Taken this evening at 311x magnification in fading daylight!
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The left side of the picture is in shadow (Moon night). The two bright white features about half way up in the shadow are sunlight striking the tops of hills/mountains high enough to clear the horizon. 88)
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I finally figured out how to use my astro-webcam 88)
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DRT wrote:Jupiter - 9 Feb 2014.jpg
deja vu :wink:
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Irish amateur astronomer discovers supernova using home-made telescope.
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New meteor shower the Camelopardalids predicted for tonight.
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mpij wrote:New meteor shower the Camelopardalids predicted for tonight.
What time and whereabout in the sky?
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Camelopardalids is a constellation close to Polaris (the north star) so if you face north and look high in the sky you will be in the right area.

The problem is that you need to be standing in the USA when you look up. It will be daylight here in the UK before the earth passes through the debris that will cause the meteor shower. If there are some rocks the size of the one that crossed the sky and exploded over Russia a couple of years ago you might see it in Wokingham :wink:
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Yikes! Is it really true that a sufficiently large asteroid strike can shake the cellar so vigorously that the sediment might be disturbed? Is it really? How horrific. Is that why the dinosaurs all died of heart attacks? Nurse — the smelling salts!
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jdaw1 wrote:Yikes! Is it really true that a sufficiently large asteroid strike can shake the cellar so vigorously that the sediment might be disturbed? Is it really? How horrific. Is that why the dinosaurs all died of heart attacks? Nurse — the smelling salts!
Yes it's true. The dinosaurs died of TCA (Tyrannosaurus Cardiac Arrest) brought on by rapid consumption of their Port cellars.
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An unusually large near-full Moon a few minutes after Germany won the 2014 World Cup...
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Gentlemen, I introduce you to Uranus…
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No sniggering, Jewesbury.
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I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
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LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
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DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
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With that behemoth; to Uranus and beyond!

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DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
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With that behemoth; to Uranus and beyond!

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Right. I have just seen the namecheck a few posts above. Me?? You think I'M the immature one???
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djewesbury wrote:Right. I have just seen the namecheck a few posts above. Me?? You think I'M the immature one???
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In a word, yes.
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I.. But..
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Stop stuttering boy. And sit up straight in class!
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DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
Did you decide to go for a 12-incher because Uranus wasn't big enough?
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PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
Did you decide to go for a 12-incher because Uranus wasn't big enough?
That's right, Phil. Uranus is definitely better with a big aperture.
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