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[silva]

I'll have to wait till 1-20-2019 for a total lunar eclipse.

 

[Amy SF]

I'll have to wait till 1-20-2019 for a total lunar eclipse.

Oh, it's only 17 months away. Be here before you know it.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Hey! It's been four years in interstellar space for Voyager 1!! Voyager - The Interstellar Mission

 

[Amy SF]

When is the next total solar eclipse? 2024 'will be even better'

 

[Tom L.]

I think there will be a total solar eclipse in 2019 also, but it will only be visible in parts of Asia and/or Africa (not sure where or when).

ETA: Nope-I was wrong. It's in South America (thanks for posting that, Amy!)

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Best-Ever Image of Distant Star Shows Puzzling 'Vigorous' Currents - ExtremeTech

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Large Asteroid to Safely Pass Earth on Sept. 1

 

[Jamie in Chile]

I think there will be a total solar eclipse in 2019 also, but it will only be visible in parts of Asia and/or Africa (not sure where or when).

ETA: Nope-I was wrong. It's in South America (thanks for posting that, Amy!)

I may see this one. It is 6 hours drive from my house.

 

[Jamie in Chile]

 

[Jamie in Chile]

That (previous post) is a photo I took myself of the annular eclipse of the sun in Coyhaique this year. We had perfect skies. To get the photo, I put the camera on max zoom and put the eclipse glasses slightly in front of the lens. It took about several minutes of trying to get one good photo. I didn't take any pictures of the annular phase as it's just 1 minute long and you want to just enjoy it. But here's one I copied from online:

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Saturn's Strangest Sights, As Captured By A Doomed Spacecraft

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Farewell, Cassini! You had one hell of a ride. Cassini's Saturn Mission Goes Out In A Blaze Of Glory

 

[Tom L.]

^^^Absolutely! I still remember how excited I was when the Huygens probe landed on Titan...

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Australia Says It Is Launching Its Own Space Agency

 

[MadamSarcastra]

From meteor showers to a supermoon: 5 astronomy events you won't want to miss this fall

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Send Your Name to Mars: InSight

I think I'm going to enter Jerry's name... he reeeeally wants to go to Mars....

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Apparently I can't send my name... not from the same computer, anyhoo. Oh, well... it's a nice gesture for my space-crazed best friend.

I'm gonna pick up a frame at Dollar Tree for his "boarding pass" that I printed up so he can display it proudly....



(Blotted out last name before posting here.)

 

[Tom L.]

Australia Says It Is Launching Its Own Space Agency

But everything they send up keeps coming back to the launch pad....

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Goodbye to the Dark Side

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Astronomers Strike Gravitational Gold In Colliding Neutron Stars

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Orionid meteor shower: Friday night to bring excellent viewing conditions in eastern US