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Persephone · « **Reply #400 on:** June 17, 2011, 09:12:46 pm »

Thank You for the info

I'll try not to pass the transit of Venus

Check this out!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkO7SHCWno0&feature=youtu.be

Markus · « **Reply #401 on:** June 21, 2011, 01:00:16 pm »

Hey folks,

this is what you would have seen under clear skies, here in Spain.

Oh, and this is what you would have seen under thunderstorm-clouds with a gap in just the right place.

Cheers!

Markus

Luth · « **Reply #402 on:** June 21, 2011, 01:35:32 pm »

Wooow, that's nice!!

"HERE" in Spain???

Is there something you have to tell me, Markus?

Persephone · « **Reply #403 on:** June 21, 2011, 02:10:03 pm »

Markus · « **Reply #404 on:** June 21, 2011, 06:06:05 pm »

"Here" referring to "in this particular case", miladies. How could I go to Spain without asking for an audience with the Royal Couple?

Luth · « **Reply #405 on:** June 21, 2011, 06:31:37 pm »

Oh, well... then, I can call my spies back, right? Perhaps it was not necessary to send half my army to search and bring the High Priest to me, dead or al... well, to bring him to me

Markus · « **Reply #406 on:** June 22, 2011, 01:01:03 am »

Being brought to you at the expense of someone else is always a pleasure, my queen!

Kris, that's a great video indeed. Well, SDO is great, anyway.

Looks like the next big celestial event is the Perseids in mid-August. In the middle of our visit to Prague, actually.

Kris, is there some place nearby, just out of town, with rather dark skies we could go to to spend a night out?

Cheers!

Markus

Markus · « **Reply #407 on:** August 16, 2011, 05:55:58 pm »

Hey folks, hey Kris,
Say, have you seen this?
When the Perseids rained...
Here's the image explained.

Cheers!

Markus Astropoeticus

Persephone · « **Reply #408 on:** August 16, 2011, 10:31:32 pm »

Good! I follow that guy on my Twitter account but nowadays I am so busy I have not time to check the Twitter!

Thanks for showing me!. The astronauts use to post pretty good pics actually every now and then!

Markus · « **Reply #409 on:** August 17, 2011, 08:23:06 am »

Yeah, this one is lovely.

Today the full picture is on APOD.

Markus · « **Reply #410 on:** September 22, 2011, 08:43:15 pm »

Hey folks,

watch out for thin, old lunar crescents at dawn these days! It's equinox time - the Sun crosses the celestial equator tomorrow at 12:04 CEDT - and the moon is approaching its new phase. This is a good time to see thin crescents with lots of earthshine before dawn, so watch out! While doing so you will see the first messengers of the upcoming winter, like Orion with Taurus after midnight.

Cheers!

Markus

Lucy · « **Reply #411 on:** September 23, 2011, 10:42:38 am »

So merry Equinox, guys!

Persephone · « **Reply #412 on:** September 23, 2011, 12:21:07 pm »

Enjoy the autumn! x)

I am so much looking forward to my beloved Orion

Markus · « **Reply #413 on:** September 23, 2011, 05:17:17 pm »

Indeed, merry equinox!

Kris, you'll easily see him when you look Southeast after midnight.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #414 on:** September 24, 2011, 12:38:58 pm »

Oh yes, I know :-) Thank You Markus. I can see it easily from our balcony as it is south oriented x)

Markus · « **Reply #415 on:** September 26, 2011, 08:08:50 am »

Hey folks,

get your old eclipse-glasses out or look for the setting resp. rising sun - there's a sunspot so huge that you can see it without magnification! All you need to do is protect your eyes from the overly bright sunlight. Use special eclipse glasses for that or, weather permitting, the dimming of the sun at the horizon.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #416 on:** October 07, 2011, 03:22:29 pm »

Nice article

http://www.space.com/13204-crab-nebula-high-energy-pulsar-beam.html

The One · « **Reply #417 on:** October 07, 2011, 03:39:53 pm »

Mind blowing!

...I joined my university's astronomy club.

Markus · « **Reply #418 on:** October 08, 2011, 10:53:50 am »

Hey folks,

good one, Kris! And Jorge, great decision - tell us more about it on occasion.

Îf you get clear skies tonight, look out for a meteor storm!

See here.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #419 on:** October 08, 2011, 01:10:47 pm »

Yes! I noticed the news about the storm too but guess what

News:

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