Astronomy Toadfish Nerds Unite!

[Sibling Chatty]

BRAK!!

Where's Q??

[Opsa]

I dunno, I haven't seen him lately ( and miss him). I also haven't spotted any Perseid meteors yet, but I'm going to look again tonight and tomorrow, if we have clear weather.

[Opsa]

Well, we BBQed last night and hung out by the fire, hoping to spot a meteor, but (as usual) a nice flock of clouds flew in right about at nightfall, so no sightings.  Still, it was fun to hang outdoors. Might try again tonight.

(I did see whole flocks of them with golden sparkly trails in my dreams last night!)

[Alpaca]

Happy 100,000th to Hubble!

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/31/

[Opsa]

Cool! My dad helped on the robot arm on the Hubble. I'll send him a congrats.

Thanks!

[anthrobabe]

Astronomy porn ahead

beautiful and often interactive photos of our amazing universe

Sky Factory

[anthrobabe]

What's that rumble
Oh that's just Space X doing a test

look for the video link to the 3 minute burn test-- shake and bake baby!

Space X burn test

[anthrobabe]

Now where did I put that darn toolbag anyway

Read and find the link to the short video of the toolbag in orbit-- way cool- it is a streak -- it will be up there for a while.

ISS toolbag in orbit video

note there are several links here you want to look for the Universe Today part about the 2nd or 3rd paragraph.

[Opsa]

Awesome, ABabe!

Did you see the footage of the meteor in Alberta that was taken from a squad car dashboard cam?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27848645/

[ivor]

I saw that.  It was awesome.  I heard it was associated with two sonic booms.

[anthrobabe]

That is way cool-- would love to hear the dual sonic boom maybe someone got it and will put it up somewhere.
I am so glad I wasn't that cops dispatcher- that is a SHHTF moment.


Check this out-- I possibly heard about it in September but it didn't make a dent in my brain
It sure should have
Retrograde Trans-neptune object
I think that 2008 KV42 is possibly a toadfish due to it's nonconformity to the 'rules'.

[Opsa]

OMG- It goes backwards! They should have named it after me! 

[Opsa]

Did anyone catch the convergence of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon last night? It was awesome from here!

Photo

[Bluenose]

Did anyone catch the convergence of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon last night? It was awesome from here!

Photo

Yep.  went outside to see it and there was some light mid level cloud cover,with the moon just visible through it, but a few minutes later the cloud had moved and we could see the "smiley face" clear as a bell.  Very bright and spectacular!

[anthrobabe]

Yes and it was very nice.