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mimbresman
12-24-2007, 05:54 PM
Don't know if you caught it, but the moon and Mars were in conjunction last night.

My brother-in-law pulled out his Celetron and I snapped a few pics of the moon with the digi-cam through the eyepiece.

Though a little fuzzy you can make out the rays of the Tycho crater. Very cool!
myron
12-24-2007, 06:58 PM
I got my kid a telescope for Christmas. I can't wait!!

Very cool Mimbs!!
wigger thomas
12-24-2007, 09:12 PM
That's a sweet photo !!!!
rockyrider
12-24-2007, 10:17 PM
I'm a virgo. :rolleyes:
mimbresman
12-24-2007, 11:15 PM
I'm a virgo. :rolleyes:

Astrology is the next door down...:rolleyes:
rockyrider
12-24-2007, 11:31 PM
Astrology is the next door down...:rolleyes:I meant I was a Copernicus. The moon sure looked huge this morning.
WunSpeedWunder
12-25-2007, 01:25 AM
Hey,is that hole like thing near the bottom where the needle goes to pump it up?:p
rockyrider
12-25-2007, 01:49 AM
It's the moon's navel. It's an inny :D
mimbresman
12-25-2007, 02:37 AM
It's the moon's navel. It's an inny :D

Named for Tycho Brahe, the man with the golden nose. A real party animal, he lost his real nose in a duel.
real_ss_budgie
12-25-2007, 03:55 AM
very chumpy barinsky...M43 is up and about in our part of the sky..soon as the moons runs away, and there's no limp excuses now the reflector-scope is outta the shed and on the balcony.

carlo-centric
davkatreb
12-25-2007, 09:53 AM
It's the moon's navel. It's an inny :D
Fuzzy navel, dontchathink?
rockyrider
12-25-2007, 10:03 AM
Named for Tycho Brahe, the man with the golden nose. A real party animal, he lost his real nose in a duel.The legend was that he died from a strained or burst bladder because he was at a party of the king's drinking heavily and it was not possible to leave the room while the king was still there. Turns out not to be true (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Death).
mimbresman
12-25-2007, 10:40 AM
Never heard the murdered by Kepler theory. I did learn that Kepler desparately wanted Brahe's data.

CSI: Prague.
rockyrider
12-25-2007, 11:10 AM
Definitely the Las Vegas gang dresses more Bohemian, more black clothes.
mimbresman
12-25-2007, 10:39 PM
Definitely the Las Vegas gang dresses more Bohemian, more black clothes.

I hope some real astronomers read this thread and see that Photoshop Rocky!

BTW, You took the bait! I was hoping you'd do something like that. :p