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Peake · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject:

That's no moon. It's a space station.

Tobor · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:33 pm Post subject:

@ sduck
thank you for sharing that!
you can't imagine how many times I've thought about the implications of your dad's equation...

Guinness ftw!

Popski · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:38 pm Post subject:

whoa!!!
that is a total mind melter..

The Drake Equation!
SETI!

yes, your dad is quite well known indeed.

I am totally intrigued by Cosmology and Cosmonogy. Sort of a part time hobby although I have only a layman's grasp on it all.

Popski · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject:

numan7 · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:59 pm Post subject:

lost in space, it seems... hihi

awesome to read that sduck is a scion of scientific uber-greatness!! hey sduck, have you told your dad about this forum?

cheers,
n7

decaying.sine · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:16 pm Post subject:

I love this forum. So damn interesting!

Popski · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:39 pm Post subject:

Popski · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:

I'm a big fan of Lawrence Krauss:

The anti-religion polemic notwithstanding, he makes some amazing points about our current understanding of the universe.

I'd love a telescope but it's sort of a fruitless endeavour in the city.

sduck · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject:

I told my dad about my synth and it being all DIY and all that, and about how he got me started with teaching me how to solder and all that, which is true, but he denied it all. Said I had snuck around in the basement figuring out all this stuff by burning stuff up and breaking his tools mostly. Which is also true. He still wants his drill back. (BTW, I actually did use his old drill for tons of my diy stuff - I only finally replaced it a few months ago)

Carl Sagan was around the house a lot. Too many stories. Us kids got sent downstairs a lot so they could get drunk and carry on. At one point I babysat Alexander, Carl's son a few times. I was offered Carl's Porsche 914 (with license plate "PHOBOS") to buy when I was buying my first car, but for some stupid reason I didn't.

I actually did make a stab at learning some in depth astronomy stuff, and took a summer course at Cornell with one of my dad's grad students, but the math was beyond me, and I didn't make it through. I've always regretted that.

Popski · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject:

Popski · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

authorless · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:36 pm Post subject:

I named a song after the Drake Equation . Thank your dad for the inspiration.
[s]http://soundcloud.com/authorless/n-r-fp-ne-fl-fi-fc-l[/s]

Phalanxe · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:09 am Post subject:

Just saw this video, thought some people here would appreciate it:

Peake · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject:

mckenic · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject:

Please remember these are years old with a crap digital camera held over the eye piece... no fancy adapters or photoshop etc hihi

Lots of fun!

Popski · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:51 am Post subject:

mckenic · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:41 am Post subject:

Thanks mate! I was very happy with them considering its just the camera held up to the eyepiece. I have em as my screensaver hihi

Tobor · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject:

@mckenic wow bravo!
I like those..

I'm slowly getting better at stacking and webcam...
tonight a nice sky (for a city) gave me these

Aristarchus Crater

Gauss Crater

Saturn

mckenic · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject:

Wow! Those really cool! I might have to ask you questions about stacking when I get my webcam back up and running if thats cool?

Saturn pic is inspiring - must get back to it!!! Clear nights here and nice and cold too for imaging.

tailwagger · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject:

Webcam..........stacking..........

http://www.astronomie.be/registax/