OT, but non-political.

[Cryptoengineer]

This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.

Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

pt

[James Nicoll]

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

[Jay Morris]

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

Neptune is in the parade but also only with a telescope.

[Robert Woodward]

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

I believe that you need a very dark sky (not easily available in the
21st Century).

[Charles Packer]

Post by Robert Woodward

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe you
don't need much of a telescope.

I believe that you need a very dark sky (not easily available in the
21st Century).

As it happens, later this week I'll be headed out to
one of the dark sky areas in western Maryland that I found last
summer. I'll take a sky map with me, my binocular, and try to
find Uranus.
https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yoursky
(default view)

[Steve Coltrin]

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Post by James Nicoll
I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

I *think* I spotted it with Mk1 eyeball at a very dark sky site.

[William Hyde]

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

Uranus is a bit brighter than magnitude six, most of the time, and can
be seen with normal vision in an unpolluted sky.

Even in the darkest of skies I have never been able to see anything
dimmer than magnitude 5.5, but I had a friend in undergrad astronomy
who could see 6.5.

Flamsteed in the late 1600s observed it several times, cataloging
it, according to wikipedia anyway, as 34 Tauri.

Wikipedia also says it may have been seen by Hipparchus in 128
BC. I did not know that.

William Hyde

[Tony Nance]

Post by William Hyde

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

Uranus is a bit brighter than magnitude six, most of the time, and can
be seen with normal vision in an unpolluted sky.
Even in the darkest of skies I have never been able to see anything
dimmer than magnitude 5.5, but I had a friend in undergrad astronomy
who could see 6.5.
Flamsteed in the late 1600s observed it several times, cataloging
it, according to wikipedia anyway, as 34 Tauri.
Wikipedia also says it may have been seen by Hipparchus in 128
BC.  I did not know that.
William Hyde

I was pretty excited to catch Uranus with my decent binoculars last
summer. This leaves Neptune and Pluto as the last ones I haven't seen
with my binoculars or telescope[1]. Since I'm too lazy to pull out the
well-packed-away telescope, it will probably be a few years before I can
catch Neptune. I doubt I have the equipment or ability to ever see Pluto
on my own.

Tony
[1] Whether one counts Pluto as a planet or not, I'd still like to see it.

[D]

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.

I believe Uranus is also visible but only with a telescope. Although
given Galileo spotted it without realizing it was a planet, maybe
you don't need much of a telescope.

Uranus is a bit brighter than magnitude six, most of the time, and can be
seen with normal vision in an unpolluted sky.
Even in the darkest of skies I have never been able to see anything dimmer
than magnitude 5.5, but I had a friend in undergrad astronomy
who could see 6.5.
Flamsteed in the late 1600s observed it several times, cataloging
it, according to wikipedia anyway, as 34 Tauri.
Wikipedia also says it may have been seen by Hipparchus in 128
BC.  I did not know that.
William Hyde

I was pretty excited to catch Uranus with my decent binoculars last summer.
This leaves Neptune and Pluto as the last ones I haven't seen with my
binoculars or telescope[1]. Since I'm too lazy to pull out the
well-packed-away telescope, it will probably be a few years before I can
catch Neptune. I doubt I have the equipment or ability to ever see Pluto on
my own.
Tony
[1] Whether one counts Pluto as a planet or not, I'd still like to see it.

Why did you check out my anus?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=comedy+drum+sound+effect

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

Don't Look Up.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021

Lynn

[D]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

Don't Look Up.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Lynn

Excellent movie! Shows the horror of a world where wokeness has gone too
far and the damage it could do to our planet. Highly recommended!

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by D

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

Don't Look Up.
  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Lynn

Excellent movie! Shows the horror of a world where wokeness has gone too
far and the damage it could do to our planet. Highly recommended!

How so?

The end would have been the same regardless of people's political
opinions.

It wasn't wokeness that 'damaged the planet'.

pt

[Scott Lurndal]

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by D

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

Don't Look Up.
  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Lynn

Excellent movie! Shows the horror of a world where wokeness has gone too
far and the damage it could do to our planet. Highly recommended!

How so?
The end would have been the same regardless of people's political
opinions.
It wasn't wokeness that 'damaged the planet'.

If you've been under a rock for the last several months,
you may not be aware that the "D" poster has identified
itself explicitly as a troll.

Indeed, the point of the movie was to ridicule climate
change deniers and trolls.

[D]

Post by Scott Lurndal

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by D

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

Don't Look Up.
?? https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Lynn

Excellent movie! Shows the horror of a world where wokeness has gone too
far and the damage it could do to our planet. Highly recommended!

How so?
The end would have been the same regardless of people's political
opinions.
It wasn't wokeness that 'damaged the planet'.

If you've been under a rock for the last several months,
you may not be aware that the "D" poster has identified
itself explicitly as a troll.

You are racist Scott! I'm ultra male, please do not refer to me as "it"!

Post by Scott Lurndal
Indeed, the point of the movie was to ridicule climate
change deniers and trolls.

Incorrect statement. The purpose of the movie was to ridicule climate
hysterics and wokeness. You clearly were sleeping through all the money
and missed everything.

[D]

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by D

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

Don't Look Up.
  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Lynn

Excellent movie! Shows the horror of a world where wokeness has gone too
far and the damage it could do to our planet. Highly recommended!

How so?
The end would have been the same regardless of people's political
opinions.
It wasn't wokeness that 'damaged the planet'.
pt

I disagree. With a solid, masculine and powerful culture in place, mankind
would have united, and based on meritocracy developed the technology to
successfully deal with the crisis. Due to wokeness and the polarization as
a result thereof, the planet was destroyed.

[vallor]

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

With binoculars, one can sometimes see tiny pinpricks of light
around Jupiter -- the Galilean moons.

[Jay Morris]

Post by vallor

Post by Cryptoengineer
This evening, I stood outside my house, and could see Venus and Saturn
in the western sky, and Jupiter and Mars in the eastern, at the same
time.
Sometimes its worthwhile to look up.
pt

With binoculars, one can sometimes see tiny pinpricks of light
around Jupiter -- the Galilean moons.

This is what pisses me off most about my monocular diplopia[1]. 20-20
vision but it doesn't allow me to distinguish things clearly, even
through telescope or binoculars. And I love looking at the stars.

[1]Double vision in a eye. I see overlapping images. For example, I'm
looking at a candle flame, one eye shut, and I still see two images
overlapping vertically, although one is dimmer. No correction for it. My
ophthalmologist can't find a reason, such as Corneal scarring or damage,
and it may be my eyes are just old.