Rosetta mission successfully ends. by mmmmmBetty in space

[–]mmmmmBetty[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Listening to the stream one of the directors (I think) said they wanted a clean ending so to speak. I believe they don't want anything to interfere with any possible future missions I guess regarding transmissions and such.

Don't Miss Tomorrow's Livestream of Rosetta Crashing into a Comet by IndianAlien in Astronomy

[–]mmmmmBetty 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are they actually crashing it or just trying to touch it down slowly

New Telescope Collimation by Dinner4tuba in telescopes

[–]mmmmmBetty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Enjoy, my secondary adjustment screws are the same (really tight) last time I tried I ended up stopping but might give it another go, haven't had the big scope out for a while so haven't tried again.

NASA captured Guatemala eruption from space. by Endless_Vanity in space

[–]mmmmmBetty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably because of the heat which would cause convection currents of some sort i would imagine, but I'm no expert

I took a picture of the moon last night... by Kinganderson28 in Astronomy

[–]mmmmmBetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I had the same thought, this wasn't last night the moon is only a tiny crescent at the moment, photo is Kool nonetheless

Craigslist, Telescopes and Cars? by winplease in telescopes

[–]mmmmmBetty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best way would be to do multiple different searches, like reflector, refractor, dobsonian, Equatorial (EQ) etc. Also search brand names

Real life Pokestop by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]mmmmmBetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Question: Is there a place where I can find great Sagan audio bites *not* edited over sentimental music? by mr_streets in carlsagan

[–]mmmmmBetty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is pale blue dot audiobook on YouTube which has quotes like the "pale blue dot" quote without music

WATSKY EMERGENCY. THE HAIR IS GONE. by [deleted] in Watsky

[–]mmmmmBetty 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Fuck you if you love a car for its paint job

Upgrade from 8"dob by ponchoko in telescopes

[–]mmmmmBetty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you could afford the extra something with go to tracking is nice, I have a 12" manual tracking sometimes it's annoying moving it around manually so much but you get quick at it just can't track stuff as easy.

The Iris Nebula, captured by Jimmy Walker by Skratt in space

[–]mmmmmBetty 23 points24 points  (0 children)

TLDR: basically long exposure imaging through a telescope with automatic tracking (follows a point in the sky all night).