The Moon.

kneemos

Ever look at the Moon through a telescope.
I did.I have to say it's a bit bloody boring,really not much to see.
Telescopes are bought specifically to look at the Moon.My advice is save your cash.

darkpagandeath

Or buy a telescope recommended for this purpose ? Depends on what you want to see the Nazi's are on the other side.

happyoutscan

Moon is overrated.

Funkfield

M O O N, that spells moon.

endacl

The moon is brilliant to look at, once you have a decent telescope, know what you're looking at, and don't bother anytime near a new moon.

The Moon rocks!

'Moon rocks'? See what I did there?

dubscottie

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Or buy a telescope recommended for this purpose ? Depends on what you want to see the Nazi's are on the other side.

They are in Antarctica..


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Highjump

Worth a read..

kneemos

happyoutscan wrote: »

Moon is overrated.

Needs rings.

BlaasForRafa

did you see the Whole of the Moon?

Ruu

Love taking snaps of the moon!

Calibos

kneemos wrote: »

Ever look at the Moon through a telescope.
I did.I have to say it's a bit bloody boring,really not much to see.
Telescopes are bought specifically to look at the Moon.My advice is save your cash.

You looked at the full moon with the telescope didn't you?:D :rolleyes:

kneemos

Calibos wrote: »

You looked at the full moon with the telescope didn't you?:D :rolleyes:

No, half Moon.
It's the same every time.Please tell me what the attraction is?

BoJack Horseman

Half moon..... Total eclipse....

http://www.genoablack.com/uploads/Image/489223732_640-2.jpg

Bongalongherb

You either get the feel for astronomy and get stuck in, or you just poked your eye-ball onto the lens and said... this is a load of bollix, all I can see is the Moon. Have a look at the planets low in the west... jupiter and venus. If you're bored looking at the moon, then just stick it up your arse and refract said telescope into the un-known. Might be a better view under these circumstances.

Happy astronomy..

best wishes

Bong.

PS: You need passion for astronomy. No point in looking at something if you don't understand it or have no curiosity regarding it.

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMS2NT-gEIw

Go to 1.45

Junkyard Tom

Chinese Lantern.

kneemos

Bongalongherb wrote: »

You either get the feel for astronomy and get stuck in, or you just poked your eye-ball onto the lens and said... this is a load of bollix, all I can see is the Moon. Have a look at the planets low in the west... jupiter and venus. If you're bored looking at the moon, then just stick it up your arse and refract said telescope into the un-known. Might be a better view under these circumstances.

Happy astronomy..

best wishes

Bong.

You can barely see the planets.
Maybe once or twice,yeah cool.What brings you back?

jobeenfitz

kneemos wrote: »

Ever look at the Moon through a telescope.
I did.I have to say it's a bit bloody boring,really not much to see.
Telescopes are bought specifically to look at the Moon.My advice is save your cash.

I'd say Paris, London and New York would be "a bit bloody boring", without life-form?

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCm6gRHINqA

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV-Puy78yPU

donegaLroad

The moon acts as a buffer to help prevent meteorites from hitting Earth.

The meteorite that caused the Typho crater on the moon would have been very damaging had it hit us.

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKSYgOGtos

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80qhyovOnA

Junkyard Tom

The Americans put man on the Moon and then decide to put a fucking car up there for them to drive around in despite there being no shops or drive-throughs.

Mad bastards.

KomradeBishop

There's a lot that you can do with a fairly modest telescope, some nice filters, and a bit of expertise with image processing - this guy has produced some incredible pictures this way:
http://www.deepskycolors.com/
(equipment) http://www.deepskycolors.com/gear.html

There are much more interesting things to look at though, than just the moon - the same guy made this incredible image:
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/2010/10/mb_2010-10_OrionWF.jpg
http://www.deepskycolors.com/archive/2010/10/22/orion-from-Head-to-Toes.html

Some of the moon:
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/2008/10/10-12-2008_MoonColor.jpg
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/2011/12/2011-12-10_LunarEclipse.jpg

Bongalongherb

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Chinese Lantern.

Or maybe a new plasma energy untapped as of today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amszn8iA0LE

Junkyard Tom

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Or maybe a new plasma energy untapped as of today.

Sounds a bit like ball lightning. My Granny was chased around the house by ball lightning, that decided to come down the chimney, and only prevented it from killing her by jumping into a pond out the back.

darkpagandeath

dubscottie wrote: »

They are in Antarctica..


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Highjump

Worth a read..

Or in the hollow earth :pac:

wil

If you thought the moon was boring through a telescope, have you checked out the sun? *









*even for the blindingly stupid it should be blindingly obvious that would be a blindingly bad move.

3rdDegree

Funkfield wrote: »

M O O N, that spells moon.

Man, I loved this!

darkpagandeath

Ruu wrote: »

Love taking snaps of the moon!

Oh my god ! It's coming right for us.

Ruu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nt8dJ6rMZI

SpaceTime

You sure it wasn't pointed at a streetlight?

3rdDegree

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Oh my god ! It's coming right for us.

Pulling away from us actually. Keep watching, you'll see...

dubscottie

efb wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80qhyovOnA

My fav song ever.. Since I was 10 ish!!

Bongalongherb

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Sounds a bit like ball lightning. My Granny was chased around the house by ball lightning, that decided to come down the chimney, and only prevented it from killing her by jumping into a pond out the back.

Ball lightning only last a few seconds, a scientifically sound measurement.

This odd kind of plasma phenomena is interesting if they can just capture it to understand. Maybe not capture it, but to understand its making.

No point in blaming Santa Claus all the time.

dubscottie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D11FpDa3NY

Better version.. More soul..

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU

efb

I love the moon!

Bongalongherb

I love Saturn.

Saturnating in a bath of quality earthly beer.

efb

I do love Uranus

NachoBusiness

Thank you.

Ruu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ft3RUvZgE

iceax

Have a look at the moon tonight its cool

LordSutch

kneemos wrote: »

The Moon. Ever look at the Moon through a telescope.
I did.I have to say it's a bit bloody boring,really not much to see.
Telescopes are bought specifically to look at the Moon.My advice is save your cash.

Unless of course youre David Icke ...

In which case youre looking at something so much more interesting than just a dusty old mass of rock!

> > > https://youtu.be/5pfl4prGZIY

everlast75

Ruu wrote: »

Love taking snaps of the moon!

THAT'S NO MOON!!

Bobblehats

kneemos wrote: »

Ever look at the Moon through a telescope

I got a bit of a fright and I ended up putting my scope through it



Sorry Marty...

JupiterKid

Just over an hour from now, at 2:56am on July 21, will mark the exact 50th anniversary that Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission became the first person to walk on the Moon.

This was a momentous occasion in the history of humankind. It is in our very human nature to explore, to leave our Earthly cradle, to expand our horizons

The next step is Mars. Let's go there.

fitriv uyda

JupiterKid wrote: »

Just over an hour from now, at 2:56am on July 21, will mark the exact 50th anniversary that Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission became the first person to walk on the Moon.

2:56 UTC, thats 3:56 Summer Time

Hamsterchops

Bright ideas for the Moon.

Cover the bright side with mirrors so we could look at ourselves, the reflection would also give us permanent light at night via light from the Sun! Use the dark side of the moon as a massive rubbish tip. Build a Moon base and use the moon as a launch pad to Mars! > Install gravity portoloos, moon WiFi too.... pluse a small Centra or Tesco Express.
Anyone remember the moon buggy? (It's still there I guess), so they would need to make many more of them and then charge visitors to use them while taking Moon holidays!
Keep the moon special, so no terraforming the moon's atmos - I'd keep terraforming for Mars, but that's another trip away.....

Judoon on the moon to keep the peace.

The Moon
Is a lock of witch's hair,
Tawny, and golden, and red.
And the night winds stand and stare
At a strand from a witch's head.

branie2

Did you see the cow jump over it?