December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* | |
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Lotus Flower User ID: 16091860 United Kingdom 12/21/2012 06:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* You have to register to chat in the chatbox. Lotus Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares - Hebrews 13:2 One Crowded hour of glorious life, is worth an age without a name - Thomas Osbert Mordaunt |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28388164 United States 12/21/2012 06:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Going to start setting up my gear for polar aligning my telescope. Should take me about an hour or so, then we'll view Saturn and see if the planets out there really are "tilting." It is EXTREMELY windy, but the clouds in my area are finally breaking up. The view may be shaky due to the wind, but we should at least be able to planet-watch! Quoting: Dr. Astro Great show, Doc! This is what I'll remember most about Dec 21, 2012 in my old age. Many, many thanks! |
Lotus Flower User ID: 16091860 United Kingdom 12/21/2012 06:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* No, thank YOU for taking the time and trouble to do all this in the first place. Lotus Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares - Hebrews 13:2 One Crowded hour of glorious life, is worth an age without a name - Thomas Osbert Mordaunt |
Éireann User ID: 9891074 United States 12/21/2012 06:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* *yawn* w00t! Nooooes! I slept through it! Damn :( Eireann~ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20 |
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Éireann User ID: 9891074 United States 12/21/2012 06:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Gah dem it!!! Well. Shit. LOL!!! I guess I won't know the secrets of the Universe this time around. I'll get it next time. Eireann~ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20 |
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Dr. Astro (OP) Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 27749847 United States 12/21/2012 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Uhh astro? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18040398 What about Jupiter? People said that was the first to tilt maybe saturn was only a doom spread but Jupiters real? i really dunno No. The weather didn't clear in time for me to catch Jupiter, but it hasn't tilted. I saw it myself last night after my justin.tv channel got taken down. I'll do Jupiter later, what Nancy foolishly presented is just the effect of field rotation which is normal even for Jupiter from an alt-az perspective: |
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Menow User ID: 18943200 United States 12/21/2012 09:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Someone please tell Denise to crawl back to the mental institution she escaped. Astro should send her this as a video response! Not that she will accept but at least you did the right thing. Oh I would love to, but she's blocked all comments/responses on that video. That woman is a great example of how shockingly dense and misinformed some people can be. |
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Menow User ID: 18943200 United States 12/21/2012 11:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Someone please tell Denise to crawl back to the mental institution she escaped. Astro should send her this as a video response! Not that she will accept but at least you did the right thing. Who the hell is Denise? Denise: [link to www.youtube.com] |
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DUCM900 User ID: 30553157 Italy 12/21/2012 12:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Isn't it supposed to be tilted slightly? It looks perfectly level, other planets are not perfectly level. Did you adjust it so it would be perfectly level? Doesn't it rotate on it's axis like Earth? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29787375 Hes just a liar or troll (guess the first one), dont feed him. - Last Edited by IWASTHERE on 12/21/2012 01:06 PM |
Lotus Flower User ID: 16091860 United Kingdom 12/21/2012 01:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Someone please tell Denise to crawl back to the mental institution she escaped. Astro should send her this as a video response! Not that she will accept but at least you did the right thing. Who the hell is Denise? Denise: [link to www.youtube.com] Ahhh thanks! As a sidenote, I wonder what that PM Denise received that is featured on her FB there Lotus Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares - Hebrews 13:2 One Crowded hour of glorious life, is worth an age without a name - Thomas Osbert Mordaunt |
Dr. Astro (OP) Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 6065057 United States 12/21/2012 02:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: December 21st Solstice PARTAY! Come see live video of Saturn! The rings are not "tilted!" *Thanks for coming!* Isn't it supposed to be tilted slightly? It looks perfectly level, other planets are not perfectly level. Did you adjust it so it would be perfectly level? Doesn't it rotate on it's axis like Earth? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29787375 Hes just a liar or troll (guess the first one), dont feed him. - Saturn appears to tilt towards or away from us over the course of its orbit, but side to side it should look level right now, with the rings "open" not edge on. I showed both the orientation of the camera during the broadcast and that the planet moves horizontally when I use the guide rate east and west commands during the above video. That proves it's pretty much level with the equatorial grid. |