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16 September 2022 06:36:47

Meteor confirmed, it wasn't just space junk


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/15/fireball-seen-over-uk-confirmed-as-meteor-after-day-of-confusion


When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.


[Calpurnia in Julius Caesar - W Shakespeare]

War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
ozone_aurora
16 September 2022 08:16:01

I wonder if it was the type that just skimmed the upper atmosphere and then left. There was one a few decades ago that did that but can't remember which one it was.

Roger Parsons
19 September 2022 07:20:10

The US space agency's Perseverance rover is close to completing its first set of objectives on Mars. The Nasa robot has collected a diverse set of rock samples that it will soon deposit on the surface, awaiting carriage to Earth by later missions.

Perseverance: Nasa Mars rover collects 'amazing' rock samples
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62950404



Roger

RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
The Beast from the East
21 September 2022 20:17:35

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Roger Parsons
06 October 2022 06:22:16
Heads up for the Orionid meteors
"The Orionid meteor shower will peak on the night of 21-22 October between midnight and dawn. However, if you're looking you should be able to see the shower for several "days either side of this 'maximum' date.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/orionid-meteor-shower-2022-when-where-see-it-uk 
Roger
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Osprey
06 October 2022 08:46:39

Heads up for the Orionid meteors
"The Orionid meteor shower will peak on the night of 21-22 October between midnight and dawn. However, if you're looking you should be able to see the shower for several "days either side of this 'maximum' date.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/orionid-meteor-shower-2022-when-where-see-it-uk
Roger

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 


I hope we have clear nights... 

Nobody likes a smartass, especially another smartass...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Osprey
12 October 2022 12:32:50

1 million-mile-long plasma plume shoots out of the sun in stunning photo.


An astrophotographer has captured a hauntingly beautiful image of a massive plume of plasma shooting out of the sun. The fiery filament, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), extended into space to a distance of more than 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from the solar surface, according to the photographer.


Suns plasma plume

Nobody likes a smartass, especially another smartass...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
ARTzeman
20 October 2022 09:47:23


 


I hope we have clear nights... 


Originally Posted by: Osprey 


Cloud and rain forecast for my area. Peasedown st John.





Some people walk in the rain.
Others just get wet.
I Just Blow my horn or trumpet
Roger Parsons
20 October 2022 10:10:15

The anticipated solar eclipse on 25th can be watched on line if it's cloudy.

Heads up for a partial Solar Eclipse on Tuesday 25th October - 10.00 - 12.00hrs.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/online/solar-eclipse-october-2022-uk-live-stream



Roger

RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
20 October 2022 16:57:36

The Orionid meteor shower will peak on the night of 21-22 October between midnight
and dawn. However, if you're looking you should be able to see the shower for several
days either side of this 'maximum' date.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/orionid-meteor-shower-2022-when-where-see-it-uk


Roger

RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
29 October 2022 07:38:51
Having a quick "boggle" at this... Lost for words.
James Webb telescope's ghostly 'Pillars of Creation'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63431578 

Roger
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
31 October 2022 21:26:02
This year the Taurid meteor shower will peak between 10-11 October in the
Southern Hemisphere and 12-13 November in the Northern Hemisphere.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/taurid-meteor-shower-2022-when-where-see-it-uk 

Roger
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
07 November 2022 17:08:11

If you are at a loose end.....



Marking 50 years since Apollo 17 - join our live Moon viewing - watch on Youtube
7 December | 8pm
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/online/moon-viewing-live


Roger

RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Rob K
28 November 2022 12:47:24
Artemis I is currently on the far side of the moon having surpassed the record distance from Earth for a crew-capable spacecraft.

You can track its current location here: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/trackartemis/ 

And see some cool photos from the onboard cameras on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/albums/72177720303788800/with/52523215560/ 
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
+1
Roger Parsons
05 December 2022 13:58:44
Heads up...
Catch one of the biggest meteor showers of the year
"13/14 December – Catch the peak of the Geminids meteor shower"
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-december-2022 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
+1
Bolty
05 December 2022 15:49:07

Heads up...
Catch one of the biggest meteor showers of the year
"13/14 December – Catch the peak of the Geminids meteor shower"
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-december-2022 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 



Hopefully with a colder and more settled pattern looking likely Roger, we might get a chance to see the Geminids this year. It's not often you get proper clear nights for it, but this year we might get a better chance.

The Geminids are believed to be just as prolific as the Perseids in August. On a clear, dark night, you might see in excess of 120 meteors an hour.
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
My weather station 
ozone_aurora
05 December 2022 17:56:48
Yes, the easterlies have produced very cloudy skies here in Sheffield, with numerous showers due to N Sea convection and gradual orographic uplift, (and stable upper levels causing much spreading of convective clouds in medium levels, please correct me if I'm wrong). Hopefully, when winds backs to N'therlies and with long land track, should be more clear night skies (barring occasional polar lows and toughs) later in the week.
Roger Parsons
11 December 2022 11:43:32
Spash down:
"The parachute-assisted drop into the sea should occur at about 09:40 local time (17:40 GMT)."
Nasa's Orion capsule on target for splashdown
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63907649 

 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Osprey
11 December 2022 20:18:04

Spash down:
"The parachute-assisted drop into the sea should occur at about 09:40 local time (17:40 GMT)."
Nasa's Orion capsule on target for splashdown
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63907649 

 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

Hi Roger. Yes I watched this on NASA live, YouTube. Now have to wait 2 years for the manned mision around the block and back!
Nobody likes a smartass, especially another smartass...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Roger Parsons
11 December 2022 20:38:16

Hi Roger. Yes I watched this on NASA live, YouTube. Now have to wait 2 years for the manned mision around the block and back!

Originally Posted by: Osprey 


Although I can see the exciting side of human space exploration, Osprey, it is a slow, costly and tricky business. Then I consider what fantastic work can be done these days with robotic alternatives and I feel a bit of a party-pooper. We already know humans can be sent to the Moon - but human space travel is a short-term and argueably pointless priority when you consider what can be achieved without human cargoes and related life support - for now anyway. I feel perhaps we need to show we can stop trashing planet Earth before we send any of our species elsewhere! This short clip makes my point in a terrestrial context.

Mount Everest has become the world’s highest garbage dump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jCmYUQ1Q88 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Osprey
11 December 2022 21:32:26

Although I can see the exciting side of human space exploration, Osprey, it is a slow, costly and tricky business. Then I consider what fantastic work can be done these days with robotic alternatives and I feel a bit of a party-pooper. We already know humans can be sent to the Moon - but human space travel is a short-term and argueably pointless priority when you consider what can be achieved without human cargoes and related life support - for now anyway. I feel perhaps we need to show we can stop trashing planet Earth before we send any of our species elsewhere! This short clip makes my point in a terrestrial context.

Mount Everest has become the world’s highest garbage dump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jCmYUQ1Q88 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 


I agree 100% (YouTube).  I'd charge them much more and I'd name shame them as well. 
Re moon missions, I reckon that when we've sorted our own backyard, re: climate, famine, war, etc,etc, etc, then we should travel outwards. but it really is a waste of time. There's probably aliens in the next solar system trying to do the same, only they'd be disappointed if they traveled here, as it's the same here as it maybe where they come from, lol. The 60's moon missions were political.
Nobody likes a smartass, especially another smartass...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Roger Parsons
25 December 2022 08:40:27
Stunning, awe-inspiring stuff:

James Webb telescope: Amazing images show the Universe as never before
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64051171 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
doctormog
29 December 2022 15:15:44
I’m not sure how unusual this is occurrence is but it is pretty cool. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64082159  

I think I may need an app (and clear skies!) to help.
Aberdeen
Current conditions (personal WS) 
+1
Roger Parsons
29 December 2022 15:29:22

I’m not sure how unusual this is occurrence is but it is pretty cool. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64082159  

I think I may need an app (and clear skies!) to help.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 



If you are not yet a user of Stellarium, let me lure you in, DrM.
It's a free, interactive, open-source planetarium. Very handy.
I've been using it for years. I use the downloaded version.
https://stellarium.org/ 
There's a web version you can try. Not so good IMO,   
https://stellarium-web.org/ 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
+3
Roger Parsons
30 December 2022 04:46:50
Did you manage to see any?
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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