Jay-qu Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Disaster.. around 9pm the clouds came over and shrouded our view. :) I saw nothing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 G'dafrom the land of ozzzzz This paper goes back to 2003 Still quite interesting. Latest Sun Flare Put at X28, Strongest on Record SPACE.com -- Latest Sun Flare Put at X28, Strongest on Record The strongest flares on record, in 1989 and 2001, were rated at X20. This one is at least that powerful, scientists say. But because it saturated the X-ray detector aboard NOAA's GOES satellite that monitors the Sun, a full analysis has not been done. The satellite was blinded for 11 minutes. Craig DeForest, a solar physicist at the Southwest Research Institute, said others in his field are discussing the possibility that Tuesday's flare was an X40. "I'd take a stand and say it appears to be about X40 based on extrapolation of the X-ray flux into the saturated period," DeForest told SPACE.com. Mayb need to check recent flares. Gallery of solar flares SPACE.com Image Gallery: HOT STUFF: Solar Flares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 I saw my first galaxy last week, it was the Sombrero galaxy M104. Also on the observed list are the tarantula and carina nebula's, omega centauri and Saturn (+4 moons) ;) I love this scope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Got our and had a look at Jupiter last night, I was hoping to get a look at the great red spot but I think I was to early. My partner took a video of the planet through the eyepiece with a digital cam - I then stacked the images together to bring out some more detail, this is the result: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 if the left side in your image is the South pole of Jupiter, you guys managed to image the new impact! little dark smudge; look close. :hihi:nice work! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Yeah I was trying to work out if that smudge was the impact or not, very cool if it is :hihi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I've got an idea...let's crash something into the moon at 5,600mph to see if there's water there. :hihi: What?! They're already doing it?! Oh well... In 4 or so hours, NASA will crash a rocket booster and it's associated satellite into the moon. I don't think we'll notice much of anything, even with a large telescope, but it will likely generate great images that will show up here. YUMMY!! :P NASA - LCROSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Unfortunately the moon was below the horizon in Australia, so I didnt get a chance of turning my scope on it and trying to watch... :naughty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 a rare view of our rock(s). juno @nasaThis image of Earth (on the left) and the moon (on the right) was taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Aug. 26, 2011, when the spacecraft was about 6 million miles (9.66 million kilometers) away. It was taken by the spacecraft's onboard camera, JunoCam. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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