The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[Zear0]

48 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Unless you plan on living until 2090....

Bloody hope not

[Vacamion]

 

Cloudy and dull up here.

 

I have realised why the most famous astronomers were not Scottish  

 

 

[st albans fox]

For sale 

one pair eclipse glasses 

one careful owner 

 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Eclipses were so much better in the good old days 

[Trav Le Bleu]

Well that's 20 mins of my life I'm never getting back.

 

Not to mention my eyesight.

[Parafox]

Well, that was underwhelming.

 

God.the Almighty He just teases us.

Edited 12 August by Parafox

[Foxdiamond]

2 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Well, that was underwhelming 

When it actually rains will be a much more worthwhile event

[Spudulike]

Not sure if anyone watched Newsnight yesterday but they had Brian May on a link up in Spain as he's an Astrophysics Phd. During the conversation he casually slipped in that he'd told Freddie that he can't travel at the speed of light 😁 No one in the BBC studio even noticed! 

[Parafox]

We've been sold a lemon.i demand a refund on the last 17 years of my life. And I stayed awake for this 

Edited 12 August by Parafox

[Corky]

Most interesting thing about the 1999 Eclipse is that we beat the Cov bastards 1-0 later that day.

[Parafox]

10 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not sure if anyone watched Newsnight yesterday but they had Brian May on a link up in Spain as he's an Astrophysics Phd. During the conversation he casually slipped in that he'd told Freddie that he can't travel at the speed of light 😁 No one in the BBC studio even noticed! 

Newsnight doesn't do wit.

[Bellend Sebastian]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

There's also this:

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/2237117/perseid-meteor-shower-peak-time-solar-eclipse-tonight

 

My wife's friend is a bit of an amateur astronomer and claims that this might not be shite, a bold claim.

 

Is this the one that came by a couple of years ago? I was in the middle of nowhere in west Dorset and stayed up as there was zero light pollution and thought I'd be in for a treat. There was also zero meteorites, absolute jokers 

 

42 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Well, that was underwhelming.

 

God.the Almighty He just teases us.

Everyone's DESPERATE to know when the next one is.

 

On balance I'd say that was just as crap as 1999

Edited 12 August by Bellend Sebastian

[Nalis]

I used a colander in the end, it strained my eyes

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

My wife's friend is a bit of an amateur astronomer and claims that this might not be shite, a bold claim.

 

Is this the one that came by a couple of years ago? I was in the middle of nowhere in west Dorset and stayed up as there was zero light pollution and thought I'd be in for a treat. There was also zero meteorites, absolute jokers 

 

Everyone's DESPERATE to know when the next one was.

 

On balance I'd say that was just as crap as 1999

Meteor showers are, pun unintended, very hit and miss. 

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, Nalis said:

I used a colander in the end, it strained my eyes

That's done the rounds of the Internet more times than the earth has orbited the sun 

[st albans fox]

18 minutes ago, Parafox said:

We've been sold a lemon.i demand a refund on the last 17 years of my life. And I stayed awake for this 

You weren’t impressed ?

even if you didn’t had glasses (I can sell you a pair for 2080), the light was incredible. 

[st albans fox]

Anyway, the fun never ends in our house 

 

a level results in the morning !

[String fellow]

The guy on the BBC stated that there's a new moon tonight as if it were a coincidence with the eclipse. No it's not - every solar eclipse coincides with a new moon!

[The Bear]

16 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Is this the one that came by a couple of years ago? I was in the middle of nowhere in west Dorset and stayed up as there was zero light pollution and thought I'd be in for a treat. There was also zero meteorites, absolute jokers 

The Perseid Meteor Shower happen the same time every year in August. The comet responsible, Swift Tuttle, only comes round once every 133 years. 

[Corky]

Not very Swift if it takes that long 

[Bellend Sebastian]

23 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Meteor showers are, pun unintended, very hit and miss. 

 

10 minutes ago, The Bear said:

The Perseid Meteor Shower happen the same time every year in August. The comet responsible, Swift Tuttle, only comes round once every 133 years. 

The thing that annoyed me most about it was that on any clear night you'll see a couple of meteorites if you're patient enough to sit there enough for an hour or so. That night there were, if anything, less meteorites than usual

[Parafox]

22 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

You weren’t impressed ?

even if you didn’t had glasses (I can sell you a pair for 2080), the light was incredible. 

Yes. the light was impressive but I was expecting almost darkness and a stilling of the day, given all the hype.

[Parafox]

27 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Anyway, the fun never ends in our house 

 

a level results in the morning !

I hope they're more impressive than tonight's non-event. 

[st albans fox]

39 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I hope they're more impressive than tonight's non-event. 

Thnx 

would be nice to have one academically clever kid amongst the hoardes. 

[brookfox]

Taken on my phone through the glasses I managed to get.