I just looked at the Moon and Jupiter on my telescope[views:2009][posts:16]________________________________ [Mar 9,2004 10:05pm - retzam ""] Apparantly, Jupiter is really close to us right now (well, compared to where it usually is). So I broke out the telescope and found it. What the was a little shiny dot to the naked eye, with the telescope and the most powerful lens it came with was a little shiny dot that appeared to be enlarged by about .3 nanometers. But, as always, the Moon was really fun to look at. I am sorry I wasted all of your time. |
| ________________________________ [Mar 9,2004 10:24pm - retzam ""] Yeah, so I just read an article (http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=113220 ) about this, and I guess what I was looking at wasn't Jupiter. It says that even with a small telescope you can see the separate bands of gas that make up its atmosphere. Also, it says it appears as a quarter, which the thing I looked at didn't. I will try again tomorrow night. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 9,2004 11:17pm - succubus ""] hmmm i know who wants a telescope =) let us know what you see tomorrow night! |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 9,2004 11:26pm - the_reverend ""] actually, if I get the condo... I want to get a telescope and snap celestial pictures from my deck... |
| __________________________________ [Mar 9,2004 11:27pm - succubus ""] of course you do...and supposedly you started it as a joke heh |
| ________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 8:01am - Beakey ""] You guys are using telescopes for the wrong reasons. |
| _______________________________ [Mar 10,2004 8:07am - gorg ""] hahahaha |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 9:14am - subjugate ""] did you see uranus |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 10:55am - succubus ""] telescope=stars binoculars=spying on people |
| _________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 11:22am - Beakey ""] Tell that to Jimmy Stewart. |
| ________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 3:28pm - retzam ""] Damn, today's overcast as hell. The sky is completely covered with nimbostratus clouds as far as the eye can see. Don't think I am gonna have any luck tonight. I will try anyway though. |
| ________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 7:30pm - retzam ""] It has cleared up, so I am gonna try at 9. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 7:43pm - swamplorddvm ""] Dude, I used to look at shit with my telescope. I've seen Jupiter, Saturn and the moon. I should start doing that again. Fun stuff. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 8:57pm - Wee...Bink! ""] look at the sun and burn your eye out. |
| ________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 9:05pm - retzam ""] Yeah, I love it. It's so fucking mystical, you know? I don't know, I guess it kind of makes me completely forget about my own planet. |
| ________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 9:07pm - retzam ""] Damn it, I just checked and it is still too cloudy. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 10,2004 9:11pm - swamplorddvm ""] I need to get a bigger telescope. The wider the better. it takes in more light. |