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Post by gyro on Apr 24, 2009 23:15:30 GMT
have been seen tonight, and a great view of Saturn with rings and everything. As well as my daughters' first iridium flare, and tracking a satellite across Taurus. And my son didn't get to bed until 10.30pm. He was well chuffed ! Here : www.starparty.org/ |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 24, 2009 23:23:18 GMT
Oh my goodness! Did you all have telescopes or binoculars? What a great thing to have in your area. Hope lots of people turned out.
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Post by gyro on Apr 24, 2009 23:24:35 GMT
You should have seen the size of some of the 'scopes !
There were thousands and thousands of pounds worth of lenses there, and everybody was really friendly letting us look through them and showing us what to look for, etc. etc.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 24, 2009 23:39:55 GMT
What a great experience for the kids. It must have been such a revelation, especially for the little guy, to see what all is out there.
If you've got a decent pair of binoculars, take the kids out one clear night to somewhere with no artificial light. Take a blanket and you all can lie on your backs and see quite a show.
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Post by gyro on Apr 24, 2009 23:49:17 GMT
If only I could find the bleedin' camera, I'd show you a pic of the kids next to a couple of decent 'scopes.
We have a smallish telescope from the '60's ...
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 24, 2009 23:50:47 GMT
I would think all your family would have would be gyroscopes.
*laughs foolishly*
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Post by gyro on Apr 24, 2009 23:54:05 GMT
chortle chortle .....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2009 4:58:49 GMT
Telescopes are a magical instrument of childhood. Even just looking at the moon through one makes a fantastic impression -- or at least it did when I was a kid. Children nowadays grow up in a world a incredible synthetic images, so some of them might be harder to impress.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 25, 2009 5:45:46 GMT
*taps Kerouac on shoulder*
Um, I think you're referring to your kaleidescope.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2009 5:48:39 GMT
No, I'm talking about kids who might say, "The moon? Big deal. I saw robots blow up the moon last week on television. It was cool."
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 25, 2009 5:52:41 GMT
I actually knew what you meant, but could not resist.
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Post by gyro on Apr 25, 2009 9:31:57 GMT
We went to an exhibition a few weeks back (well, february) of the original moon pictures taken by NASA between the first moon landing and the early 70's. Fascinating. Both kids are entranced with the moon, and Little Miss G was so excited to see Saturn through a 'scope so that it looked 'real' !
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Post by gyro on Apr 25, 2009 9:32:37 GMT
Obviously, not much light about, but you get the picture ......  |
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Post by rikita on Apr 27, 2009 21:39:28 GMT
um... did anyone else get a warning from their virus program when they clicked that link?
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 28, 2009 1:53:12 GMT
Do you mean the starparty link? I didn't get a warning, I use AVG.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2009 1:57:20 GMT
Nah ~~ I clicked on it when it was first posted, & just now to test it and it seems fine. Wish they'd hurry up and post the photos though.
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Post by rikita on Apr 28, 2009 6:10:31 GMT
i see... well i am scared to click on it again now - when i clicked a warning from avast came up and told me something about a trojan horse.
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Post by komsomol on Apr 28, 2009 7:34:59 GMT
It was too slow to open for me so I gave up waiting.
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