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A sense of wonder... (pg. 4)
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| Omega_M |
I dunno if you are talking about this one. In the background is the sun, and the space shuttle Atlantis is seen approaching the international space station. They call such events, transits. Mercury transits are fairly common. This pic is just awesone :eyes: I've never seen anything like this before.
Edit: I didn't see your earlier post. :o |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Cheers - I've already found it though. Check my link instead, it's a better pic! |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
The c0r is the centre of the universe though...
And space-time is flat!
C'mon, you are supposed to know these things! :o |
I believe this to be true. This thread is propaganda. That is not "earth" in the picture; that is the CORe. The holocaust never happened, my coffee needs a refill and the CORe. is the centre of the universe. Even though Floorfiller quit on us, he'll forever be metrosexual. |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
This is the silouhette of the space station and shuttle against the backdrop of the sun which is 87 million miles away. The space station is doing a visual check of the shuttle... |
Doesn't look like the space station is doing a visual check of the shuttle.
The tail of the space shuttle appears to point towards the ISS.
The underside with the heat shield tiles is actually on the opposite side.
Looks more like the shuttle's going to dock with the ISS. |
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| Events@Spec |
Maybe that's just a dead pixel. I get a lot of those in my D50. :wtf:
Where r teh other planets? |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Events@Spec
Maybe that's just a dead pixel. I get a lot of those in my D50. :wtf:
Where r teh other planets? |
There they are! :gsmile:
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| RickyM |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
id like a source for that coz i think thats about as likely as north-south getting finished in the next century. |
Think about it though...if we can feel the heat of the sun from knows how many million miles away, then think how hot the center must be!
And as for N&S I dono! |
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| _Ocean_Drive_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by RickyM
Think about it though...if we can feel the heat of the sun from knows how many million miles away, then think how hot the center must be! |
If my astronomy from my childhood serves me right, the surface temperature is anything form 6,500 C and upward and the Sun's core (not the Chillout Room!!) is 15 million C and up...
I've always been intereted in Astronomy since I was about six. I find it fascinating and just so interesting. :) |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by RickyM
Think about it though...if we can feel the heat of the sun from knows how many million miles away, then think how hot the center must be!
And as for N&S I dono! |
*Waits for pkcRAISTLIN to pounce on teh prey* |
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| _Ocean_Drive_ |
What intrigues me about the size of the Universe is that life and other things could be going on that we know nothing about, e.g. Star Wars taking place somewhere else or something!!
Other random facts: We are about 500 light seconds from the sun, and 1.3 LS from the moon.
LIGHT takes 100,000 YEARS to cross from one side of the milky way to the other.
The nearest star - Alpha Centuri (afer the Sun) is 4 light years away.
Our nearest galaxy, Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is about 25,000 LY away.
The galaxy Andromeda is 2.2 million light years away (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this)
Our solar system orbits a loop in the galaxy every 225 million years.
Anyone interested in scale, try this for size... The Gaseous pillars in the Eagle nebula...
If you look about halfway up on the left hand side, the tiny two pink stars to the right of the pillar... that is bigger than the diameter of our solar system.
And just for the 'vastness' factor, the most distant object pictured is...
... 12 billion light years away. Just think about that for a minute! |
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| RapidFire |
| read this a while ago. very well put together. kinda makes you re-think all the problems in your life and realize how insignificant they are |
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| RickyM |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_
What intrigues me about the size of the Universe is that life and other things could be going on that we know nothing about, e.g. Star Wars taking place somewhere else or something!!
Other random facts: We are about 500 light seconds from the sun, and 1.3 LS from the moon.
LIGHT takes 100,000 YEARS to cross from one side of the milky way to the other.
The nearest star - Alpha Centuri (afer the Sun) is 4 light years away.
Our nearest galaxy, Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is about 25,000 LY away.
The galaxy Andromeda is 2.2 million light years away (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this)
Our solar system orbits a loop in the galaxy every 225 million years.
Anyone interested in scale, try this for size... The Gaseous pillars in the Eagle nebula...
If you look about halfway up on the left hand side, the tiny two pink stars to the right of the pillar... that is bigger than the diameter of our solar system.
And just for the 'vastness' factor, the most distant object pictured is...
... 12 billion light years away. Just think about that for a minute! |
And yet none of those things are as big as some of the egos on here!
Seriously though, those facts are scary...that our solar system is like a grain of sand in the ocean. |
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