And what of the ninth planet which nobody has seen but is definitely there?AHB wrote:What happened to the comet I failed to see?
A reason to get up early
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Video, not entirely convincing. If it is there, hopefully it has a big moon, not too close.LGTrotter wrote:the ninth planet which nobody has seen but is definitely there?
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Do you mean Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina?AHB wrote:What happened to the comet I failed to see?
Not easy to see this evening due to the full Moon, but relatively easy to locate due to its proximity to well known constellations. Look at that page again two weeks from now to see where it is and then look for it with binoculars. When you see an indistinct grey smudge with a faint green core you have seen the comet.
It doesn't look like this...
It looks more like this, but not so bright and well defined, more like a smudge...
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Do look carefully for alien bodies.
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By one of my former lecturers, Do black holes have no hair? Worthy of your attention.
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It's not quite 9am on this wet Wednesday and my mind has already been blown by the fact that Murray (x2)and Konte are in the semi-finals of the Austrailian open, and that if I am going to get sucked into a Black hole...it needs to be a big one!jdaw1 wrote:By one of my former lecturers, Do black holes have no hair? Worthy of your attention.
Strangely I was not too surprised in who Julian's former lecturer was.
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Perseids go cray-cray tonight, according to the beeb http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37050631 . But it is clouding up here at present so I don't think I will see much.
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Hopefully will have a relatively clear night tonight in Tokyo for the Perseids. The cloud cover seems to be dispersing.
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Unfortunately it was cloudy this morning in my part of the world
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Wow. Hope the skies are clear for a super blue blood moon, tonight.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/super-blue ... ing-jan-31
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/super-blue ... ing-jan-31
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Learning something new every day. While I understand the colloquial use of "once in a blue moon", I did not know that this related to an actual lunar phenomena (the third full moon in a season with four full moons; though also now used by some more recently as the second full moon within the same calendar month), rather than some rare chance occurrence (such as specific dust particles in the air, or similar).TLW wrote: ↑23:51 Mon 29 Jan 2018 Wow. Hope the skies are clear for a super blue blood moon, tonight.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/super-blue ... ing-jan-31
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I always knew of a blue moon as being the second full moon in a calendar month - something which happens roughly once every two years.
I understand that a super blue blood moon happens about once every 150 years. Sadly for those of us in the UK, the lunar eclipse happens while the moon is below the horizon.
I understand that a super blue blood moon happens about once every 150 years. Sadly for those of us in the UK, the lunar eclipse happens while the moon is below the horizon.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I'm not especially bothered about it being "blue" (since that's just a consequence of our choice of calendar and dateline etc), but I'd be interested to know when the next super blood moon will occur which will be visible in the UK.
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It was mercifully clear in Tokyo, and the moon was indeed a red/orange, although it appeared to have been an incomplete eclipse at the time I saw it. However, I did see the total solar eclipse over Tokyo several years ago. That was good, too.
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I caught the super blood moon from the office window on Wednesday night around 5pm. It was very impressive. It wasn't the blue moon since it was a few hours less than full, but it looked pretty damn impressive as it came up over the horizon.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Unfortunately I missed the blue phase and the red phase - I just caught a big white moon.
The blood moon is indeed an impressive sight. The blue moon reminds me of my mother singing at family gatherings in the 1970s
The blood moon is indeed an impressive sight. The blue moon reminds me of my mother singing at family gatherings in the 1970s
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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The brightest comet of 2018 will be visible to the naked eye over the next week - unless there are clouds in the way.
https://earthsky.org/space/46p-wirtanen ... e-dec-2018
https://earthsky.org/space/46p-wirtanen ... e-dec-2018
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And the Geminids are at their peak on 14th December
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I have often wondered what planetary accretion looks like. Now we know.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Got to see the partial solar eclipse this morning in Tokyo - about a third, it seemed. Was lucky enough to see the full eclipse several years ago, as well.