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Marks256 · 9th August 2006, 08:20 PM

Hey, HiTech, were you and that "man in the moon" separated at birth, or what?

Lol, just kidding!

_nox_ · 9th August 2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Marks256

Hey, HiTech, were you and that "man in the moon" separated at birth, or what?

Lol, just kidding!

not funny....

HiTech · 9th August 2006, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by _nox_

not funny....

Not funny? His comment didn't bother me. If you Google under images for "Bat Boy" you'll come up with pages of that photo and many renditions of it. It's hilarious! I like this one .... look at the shape of the mouth!!

_nox_ · 9th August 2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HiTech

Not funny? His comment didn't bother me. If you Google under images for "Bat Boy" you'll come up with pages of that photo and many renditions of it. It's hilarious! I like this one .... look at the shape of the mouth!!
[...img...]

Hehehe... yea *this* is funny

( In contrary to Dusty's comment )

Marks256 · 9th August 2006, 09:57 PM

I like that one better. It almost looks like a bat got caught in a soup can.

AllVol · 9th August 2006, 11:49 PM

Actually, (there's that word again) here's the real scoop on Tycho. On the chart, the latitude marking are from -90 being due south as we see the moon, and -0 would be the moon's equator.

Tonight, in my hemisphere, the moon will be as full as it gets this month. A good time to see Tycho.

Regards,
AllVol

AllVol · 10th August 2006, 12:04 AM

And if you do get to see the moon, look for this:

Roff · 10th August 2006, 04:03 AM

I posted the moonquadrant picture on an astronomy forum. Turns out that the picture was inverted relative to the "normal" view. I remember that's what some telescopes do. The "normal" view is posted below. The crater in question (now near the top of the picture) was identified as Pythagoras, not Tycho.

HiTech · 10th August 2006, 12:16 PM

Well it still a nice looking crater IMHO!!!

Doh! Excellent detective work Ron, I completely forgot the scope does indeed invert images unless an image erector is installed, which wasn't when I took those pics. I can't believe that little but important fact escaped me!!

Boy oh boy, you had me looking at a moon map trying to figure it out and what surprises me is how identical things look between the northern and southern lunar hemispheres. I'm going to mention this to an astronomy prof next time I run across him. Now that we've seemed to put this issue to bed, how about I post a close-up photo of a black hole galaxy I located that's approx. 800 trillion lightyears away?

Well I didn't make it out to the big scope last evening, but I did one better! Was travelling home from fueling up my vehicle when I chanced upon a trashpile with a Bushnell telescope thrown on top of it. It's an 80mm refractor with an alt-azimuth mount. It has an image erector, moon filter, and a barlow lense. It needs some TLC in that screws are loose or missing and the tripod needs tightening up. The optics need a good proper cleaning too but it does work and I peeked at the moon thru it. I'm going to keep it as a smaller scope that will get piggybacked to my larger one that I hope to buy someday (or find in the trash). I'm awaiting to see if a college near me is going to dump their 8'" reflector that needs the mirror cleaned or either recoated.

AllVol · 10th August 2006, 09:41 PM

Hi, Hi

In this part of the country, we occasionally see those promising piles of junk, often including TV's, stereo's, etc.

Usually, those piles are the result of someone having skipped out on paying their rent, and the landlord can legally "curb" their belongings. If this is the case in your area also, be vewy vewy carefwel when poking around in someone else's junk. Your "junk" might well be his "treasure" and he's come back for it.

HiTech · 11th August 2006, 07:19 PM

These people were home and even looking out their window. If they wanted the thing, they would've come running out the door, stopping me. Besides, it was somewhat dismantled and I will need to pick up a couple of metric screws to secure things better. I always make sure not to overly disturb a pile as that too would upset me as a homeowner. It's one thing to have an animal root around, but I've had my garbage piles turned inside out by some trash divers... and sometimes the refuse truck driver won't take the extra time to clean up the needless mess.

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9th August 2006, 08:20 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	Hey, HiTech, were you and that "man in the moon" separated at birth, or what? Lol, just kidding!

9th August 2006, 09:57 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	I like that one better. It almost looks like a bat got caught in a soup can.

9th August 2006, 11:49 PM	(permalink)
AllVol	Actually, (there's that word again) here's the real scoop on Tycho. On the chart, the latitude marking are from -90 being due south as we see the moon, and -0 would be the moon's equator. Tonight, in my hemisphere, the moon will be as full as it gets this month. A good time to see Tycho. Regards, AllVol __________________ All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by AllVol; 6th February 2007 at 12:48 AM.

10th August 2006, 12:04 AM	(permalink)
AllVol	And if you do get to see the moon, look for this: __________________ All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by AllVol; 6th February 2007 at 12:48 AM.

10th August 2006, 12:16 PM	(permalink)
HiTech	Well it still a nice looking crater IMHO!!! Doh! Excellent detective work Ron, I completely forgot the scope does indeed invert images unless an image erector is installed, which wasn't when I took those pics. I can't believe that little but important fact escaped me!! Boy oh boy, you had me looking at a moon map trying to figure it out and what surprises me is how identical things look between the northern and southern lunar hemispheres. I'm going to mention this to an astronomy prof next time I run across him. Now that we've seemed to put this issue to bed, how about I post a close-up photo of a black hole galaxy I located that's approx. 800 trillion lightyears away? Well I didn't make it out to the big scope last evening, but I did one better! Was travelling home from fueling up my vehicle when I chanced upon a trashpile with a Bushnell telescope thrown on top of it. It's an 80mm refractor with an alt-azimuth mount. It has an image erector, moon filter, and a barlow lense. It needs some TLC in that screws are loose or missing and the tripod needs tightening up. The optics need a good proper cleaning too but it does work and I peeked at the moon thru it. I'm going to keep it as a smaller scope that will get piggybacked to my larger one that I hope to buy someday (or find in the trash). I'm awaiting to see if a college near me is going to dump their 8'" reflector that needs the mirror cleaned or either recoated. __________________ Don't make me reach through this monitor to slap you a good one!

10th August 2006, 09:41 PM	(permalink)
AllVol	Hi, Hi In this part of the country, we occasionally see those promising piles of junk, often including TV's, stereo's, etc. Usually, those piles are the result of someone having skipped out on paying their rent, and the landlord can legally "curb" their belongings. If this is the case in your area also, be vewy vewy carefwel when poking around in someone else's junk. Your "junk" might well be his "treasure" and he's come back for it. __________________ All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.

11th August 2006, 07:19 PM	(permalink)
HiTech	These people were home and even looking out their window. If they wanted the thing, they would've come running out the door, stopping me. Besides, it was somewhat dismantled and I will need to pick up a couple of metric screws to secure things better. I always make sure not to overly disturb a pile as that too would upset me as a homeowner. It's one thing to have an animal root around, but I've had my garbage piles turned inside out by some trash divers... and sometimes the refuse truck driver won't take the extra time to clean up the needless mess. __________________ Don't make me reach through this monitor to slap you a good one!