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[Arnold]

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Time to save the space thread from the depths of general discussion. I will update this post now and then
with news, rocket launch schedules and dates for interesting events.

[I]Message me if there's something you want up here![/I]

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[B]News:[/B]

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[B]Europe's Comet-Chasing Spacecraft Gets Big Wake-Up Call Monday[/B]
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A European spacecraft will emerge from 2.5-year hibernation Monday (Jan. 20)
to begin preparing for a long-awaited encounter with a comet in May.

The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe is scheduled to wake up at
5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) Monday after sleeping in deep space for the past
957 days. The first signal from a newly alert Rosetta is expected to arrive
here on Earth no earlier than 12:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT) Monday, ESA
officials said.

The Rosetta spacecraft blasted off in March 2004 on a mission to chase
down and rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko more than
a decade later.

[B][URL="http://www.space.com/24318-rosetta-comet-spacecraft-wakeup-call.html"]Space.com[/URL][/B]
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[video=youtube;Z6Kp6MMl0HQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Kp6MMl0HQ[/video]
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[B]Launches:[/B]
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[B]Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 3[/B]
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[swebonny]

I like space.

[lordcrypto]

i like touching big telescopes

like swebonny's and larp's

their telescopes are the best

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;43585940]i like touching big telescopes

like swebonny's and larp's

their telescopes are the best[/QUOTE]

My telescope is bigger than Swebonny's though. :)

[swebonny]

I received my telescope by the way:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d5YgVg7.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7YfiGnL.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8AP8gLs.jpg[/IMG]

It's pretty big.

[Brainmaster]

Larp, I wanna touch your telescope somewhere in the future.

[swebonny]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;43585955]My telescope is bigger than Swebonny's though. :)[/QUOTE]

A whole 200 mm bigger.

[LooperNor]

I stuck a camera on the end of mine:

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/cmount.jpg[/img]

Feels safe and stable.

(Actually it is surprisingly stable, so that's good).

Still waiting on clear skies though..

[lordcrypto]

is this going to become a di--telescope waving contest

[swebonny]

Good news by the way:
[B]President Obama signs $17.6 billion NASA budget[/B]!!
[URL]http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1401/17budget/#.Utr9LhARmUl[/URL]

[Teeteegone]

space is pretty cool i guess

[t]http://puu.sh/6pFic.jpg[/t]

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;43586050]Good news by the way:
[B]President Obama signs $17.6 billion NASA budget[/B]!!
[URL]http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1401/17budget/#.Utr9LhARmUl[/URL][/QUOTE]

Not really good news, it's less than before considering inflation. :(

[Pelf]

less telescopes, more space, more rockets

[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Stickney_mro.jpg/1280px-Stickney_mro.jpg[/t][t]http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Bald-Eagle-Photobombs-Antares-Rocket-Launch-Won-t-Let-a-Frog-Get-All-the-Glory-384962-2.jpg?1379693997[/t][t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Cygnus_Orb-D1.5.jpg[/t]

Also, space frog should be added to the OP:

[t]http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/10v1JCe.jpg[/t]

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=Pelf;43586175]less telescopes, more space, more rockets[/QUOTE]

What about space telescopes?

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/HST-SM4.jpeg/1023px-HST-SM4.jpeg[/img]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_2009_top.jpg/600px-James_Webb_Space_Telescope_2009_top.jpg[/img]

[Pelf]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;43586217]What about space telescopes?

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_2009_top.jpg/600px-James_Webb_Space_Telescope_2009_top.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

[t]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/509902main_heaveymetal-img2-orig.jpg[/t][t]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/8023399231_67c490d74b_o.jpg[/t]

[Nibroc]

[QUOTE=Pelf;43586241][t]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/509902main_heaveymetal-img2-orig.jpg[/t][t]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/8023399231_67c490d74b_o.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

That reflection on the second pic is fucking killing me.

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=Pelf;43586241][t]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/509902main_heaveymetal-img2-orig.jpg[/t][t]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/8023399231_67c490d74b_o.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

Really excited to see the things the JWST will show us.

Considering how many amazing things we've gotten from Hubble, it should be fantastic.

[swebonny]

New panorama from the Chinese lander:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Mw74IZZ.jpg[/IMG]

[Killer900]

[QUOTE=Pelf;43586175]less telescopes, more space, more rockets

[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Stickney_mro.jpg/1280px-Stickney_mro.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]Wow, the level of detail on this pic is incredible. (For those who don't know what it is, it's one of Mars' moons.

[Pelf]

Also add China's moon landing to the OP:

[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Chang'e3.jpg[/t][t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Yutu.jpg[/t][t]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/10/article-2537388-1A8E2A3D00000578-141_634x448.jpg[/t][t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Chang'e_3_landing_site.png[/t]

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Another cool picture:

[t]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/10840840555_7d1b2bf4d8_o.png[/t]

[Mbbird]

first page picdump: have some Enceladus and its cryogeysers

[t]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uxL8SwhcYlM/ULnVibdCImI/AAAAAAAAAz0/IlUf8iZMxig/s1600/Enceladus.jpg[/t] [t]http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/enceladus_geysers.jpg[/t] [t]http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/enc_10_24/enc19_PIA08386.jpg[/t]

[DesolateGrun]

[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith[/URL]
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Theres a monolith on Phobos, imagine the view from that thing looking up to mars rising over it.

[Pelf]

[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;43586422][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith[/URL]

Theres a monolith on Phobos, imagine the view from that thing looking up to mars rising over it.[/QUOTE]

Mars monolith is more monolith

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/The_Mars_Monolith.jpg[/img]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_monolith[/url]

[dije]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;43586217]What about space telescopes?

-pic-

-pic-[/QUOTE]I'm sure this crudely made Taylor Space-ft will make you happy too
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41041550/people/loopernor_summedup.png[/t]

[editline]Aasdasd[/editline]

And not to fuck the thread up, have a pic of the Andromeda galaxy:

[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41041550/Pictures/13/dec/DSC_0495.jpg[/t]

[Daniellynet]

The first page is so pretty with all these sexy space pictures and telescopes.

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=dije;43586595]And not to fuck the thread up, have a pic of the Andromeda galaxy:

[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41041550/Pictures/13/dec/DSC_0495.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

If we're posting self-taken pics again, how about one of Jupiter:
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/stellar/jupte.jpg[/img]

This was before I got the telescope, used a 400mm tele-lens.

Haven't been able to try with the scope yet, due to clouds.

[Virtanen]

space is great, but I suck at science :c

[Hattiwatti]

Seeing all the sexy pictures on [URL="http://www.astrobin.com/"]AstroBin[/URL] make me want to get a telescope or at least a better lens for my camera.

[RaTcHeT302]

Space pirates ahoy :v: We need to weaponize telescopes

[QUOTE=Swebonny;43586330]New panorama from the Chinese lander:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Mw74IZZ.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Hopefully one day we'll get to see another Earth like planet from upclose.

The milky way also gives me a slight eerie feeling for some reason. Is there an universe map of some sort (similar to Space Engine)?

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=Hattiwatti;43586837]Seeing all the sexy pictures on [URL="http://www.astrobin.com/"]AstroBin[/URL] make me want to get a telescope or at least a better lens for my camera.[/QUOTE]

You can do a lot without getting super-telephoto lenses.

For things like Andromeda, you don't really need a lot of zoom, because it's actually really large in the sky.

I took this with a 105mm lens, it's multiple exposures and using DeepSkyStacker to boost exposure without introducing a lot of noise:

[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/stellar/wow.jpg[/IMG]

[editline]19th January 2014[/editline]

In fact, if it was easier to see, it would be this size compared to the moon:

[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2668640/stellar/moone.jpg[/t]