Mars will pass unusually close to Earth - Page 2

Estel13 · 08-05-2003, 09:42 PM

well, i love this stuff, and i can hardly wait. G2G,L8TR.

wahine · 08-06-2003, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HOBBIT
not brighter than venus??? how often do we look up at the sky and say "hey look at venus!"

this won't be anything then

Man, you really need to find a Happy Happy Place, where you are the Happiest thing, that ever lived a Happy life, stay there for a Happy time, come back...and be frickin Happy!

Mr. Negativity!

Yeeeesh!

*dies*

Estel13 · 08-06-2003, 08:52 PM

i got a big telescope, but i hate using it.

i like your sig, wahine.

***HOBBIT*** · 08-06-2003, 09:00 PM

me, negative?

Estel13 · 08-06-2003, 09:04 PM

uh, yeah.

Yeesh, the only thing more negative than you is a wet cat.

wahine · 08-06-2003, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HOBBIT
me, negative?

We love you just the way you are, only...when you ARENT the way you are...hope that made sense to you!

Estel--I took it (the book) from a child

read it, adored the Toad. Thanks.

elixir · 08-07-2003, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HOBBIT
not brighter than venus??? how often do we look up at the sky and say "hey look at venus!"

this won't be anything then

Well, I did it every day last winter. Venus was seen every morning for about a month or so, and it was bright. I've seen Mars too - it's big and bright and red.

I like starry sky and it's nice to really see those planets, which are so far away but still in our solar system...

When I look at stars I usually began to think what is it like there - the star is a centre of another solar system and there are planets around it, and what are the planets alike, and if there is some kind of life there, and whether this star even exists anymore - it takes a lot of years for light to travel, we see the star, it's bright to us, but it might be dead the moment we are looking at it - we see something that doesn't exist anymore...

And so called aliens... think how small is the chance that there are millions and millions of planets in the universe, but only one has life on it... that would make our world a true miracle - the one, the only one...

Hmm... I think I got a little carried away. Anyway it's always intresting to see the planets and stars and comets. I saw the Hale-Bopp comet - it was truly beautiful

EDIT: I've seen the solar eclipse too

I was about 6 years old and it was a cloudy day, but it was truly amazing and I will remember what it felt like my entire life

Hans Moleman · 08-07-2003, 02:56 PM

* Mars (Ares) is the god of War
* The name of the month March derives from Mars.

It has been widly researched, even since prehistoric times

Estel13 · 08-07-2003, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wahine
Estel--I took it (the book) from a child read it, adored the Toad. Thanks.

***Jonathan*** · 08-07-2003, 04:58 PM

I looked at Mars through my telescope this summer. I believed I was looking at Jupiter, but after reading this thread I realize that it was actually Mars I was studying.
That also explains why "Jupiter" looked so redish and why I didn't see Jupiter's moons or red spot

I've never seen Mars that bright before. The planet looks better than ever.

Elf Girl · 08-07-2003, 05:17 PM

I've seen every planet but Pluto and Mercury.

...and I haven't seen Earth. I can't find it, no matter how hard I look up at the heavens.

johnnyrod · 08-07-2003, 06:11 PM

Well I'll give it a look, I've still got my crappy old Tasco telescope as I never got around to knocking up anything better. Still not seen Mercury, doubt I'll see Pluto, or even knew it if I did, but I'm fairly sure I've seen the rest.

I have a small appplication that plots the Galilean moons, knocked up by a chap called Michael moltenbury. I've just tried to locate his pages but with no luck, if anyone wants it I could post a link to it on my webspace. This was quite a find at the time, the only one I managed to turn up. Aha! got it, check out downloads page here: http://www.michael-moltenbrey.de/ I have this and it's pukka.

durin's bane · 08-07-2003, 06:27 PM

I don't really care about stuff like this, but I'll give it a look anyway.

Estel13 · 08-08-2003, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
I've seen every planet but Pluto and Mercury.

...and I haven't seen Earth. I can't find it, no matter how hard I look up at the heavens.

You live on Alpha Centauri or something?

elixir · 08-12-2003, 05:38 PM

I can see it right now! I can see it right now! Just turn my head a little away from the computer and there it is!!! It's so bright, so big and bright!!!

Valaróma · 08-12-2003, 05:51 PM

The earth is beautiful, but it can't be that beautiful for you to not notice it for this long a time

I can't say it interests me that much. In fact the first thing I noticed is that the day is the day after TTT comes out

***Earniel*** · 08-12-2003, 05:58 PM

Sigh, these things make me curse our light pollution even more. When I climb on our roof, I can hardly see the stars above, even in open weather. But what I unfortunately can see is the further off glow of the highway and the city.

Maybe I should nick my sister's telescope.... It's not like she's using it anymore AND she left it in my closet.

cee2lee2 · 08-12-2003, 11:50 PM

We'll probably get our telescope out if we ever get a clear night. We've been getting so much rain. I'm going to be real disappointed if we aren't able to see it.

(edit for stupid spelling error)

cee2lee2 · 08-12-2003, 11:52 PM

We'll probably get our telescope out if we ever get a clear night. We've been getting som much rain. I'm going to be real disappointed if we aren't able to see it.

gimli7410 · 08-13-2003, 10:32 PM

saw it last night and that was nuts it looked pretty cool. tonite im gonna use a telescope

08-05-2003, 09:42 PM	#21
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	well, i love this stuff, and i can hardly wait. G2G,L8TR. __________________

08-06-2003, 08:52 PM	#23
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	i got a big telescope, but i hate using it. i like your sig, wahine. __________________

08-06-2003, 09:00 PM	#24
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	me, negative? __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

08-06-2003, 09:04 PM	#25
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	uh, yeah. Yeesh, the only thing more negative than you is a wet cat. __________________

08-07-2003, 02:56 PM	#28
Hans Moleman Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 41	* Mars (Ares) is the god of War * The name of the month March derives from Mars. It has been widly researched, even since prehistoric times __________________ Oh you look like the little T.V leprocan i will be looking forward to getting your lucky charms. "Ahh my brain"

08-07-2003, 04:58 PM	#30
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I looked at Mars through my telescope this summer. I believed I was looking at Jupiter, but after reading this thread I realize that it was actually Mars I was studying. That also explains why "Jupiter" looked so redish and why I didn't see Jupiter's moons or red spot I've never seen Mars that bright before. The planet looks better than ever. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

08-07-2003, 05:17 PM	#31
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I've seen every planet but Pluto and Mercury. ...and I haven't seen Earth. I can't find it, no matter how hard I look up at the heavens. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

08-07-2003, 06:11 PM	#32
johnnyrod Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Scunthorpe, UK Posts: 166	Well I'll give it a look, I've still got my crappy old Tasco telescope as I never got around to knocking up anything better. Still not seen Mercury, doubt I'll see Pluto, or even knew it if I did, but I'm fairly sure I've seen the rest. I have a small appplication that plots the Galilean moons, knocked up by a chap called Michael moltenbury. I've just tried to locate his pages but with no luck, if anyone wants it I could post a link to it on my webspace. This was quite a find at the time, the only one I managed to turn up. Aha! got it, check out downloads page here: http://www.michael-moltenbrey.de/ I have this and it's pukka. __________________ Frodo Lives!

08-07-2003, 06:27 PM	#33
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	I don't really care about stuff like this, but I'll give it a look anyway. __________________ Yada, yada, yada

08-12-2003, 05:38 PM	#35
elixir Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: wherever my dreams take me Posts: 356	I can see it right now! I can see it right now! Just turn my head a little away from the computer and there it is!!! It's so bright, so big and bright!!! __________________ ~ Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you ~ "We've got a wizard and we're not afraid to use him!" HOBBITS NEEDED! Some dwarves as well !!!

08-12-2003, 05:51 PM	#36
Valaróma Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In a state of confusion Posts: 50	The earth is beautiful, but it can't be that beautiful for you to not notice it for this long a time I can't say it interests me that much. In fact the first thing I noticed is that the day is the day after TTT comes out

08-12-2003, 05:58 PM	#37
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Sigh, these things make me curse our light pollution even more. When I climb on our roof, I can hardly see the stars above, even in open weather. But what I unfortunately can see is the further off glow of the highway and the city. Maybe I should nick my sister's telescope.... It's not like she's using it anymore AND she left it in my closet. __________________ We are not things.

08-12-2003, 11:50 PM	#38
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	We'll probably get our telescope out if we ever get a clear night. We've been getting so much rain. I'm going to be real disappointed if we aren't able to see it. (edit for stupid spelling error) Last edited by cee2lee2 : 08-12-2003 at 11:52 PM.

08-12-2003, 11:52 PM	#39
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	We'll probably get our telescope out if we ever get a clear night. We've been getting som much rain. I'm going to be real disappointed if we aren't able to see it.

08-13-2003, 10:32 PM	#40
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