Author Topic: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird. (Read 193992 times)

jasc15 · « **Reply #770 on:** August 04, 2015, 06:44:47 PM »

Nice. Mine is a bit overexposed it seems. I guess the "looney 11" rule makes sense. On my LCD, f/11 looked a bit dark, so i just opened it up.

The problem with the old autofocus, I think, is that infinity is somewhere just before the stop on the focus ring, so I need to go to the stop and back it off ever so slightly. This should really be the only variable, since the exposure settings are pretty much fixed for shooting the moon.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #771 on:** August 05, 2015, 01:25:33 PM »

^^Awesome pictures guys!

Speaking of the moon, just saw this cool picture taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth

cramx3 · « **Reply #772 on:** August 05, 2015, 01:34:31 PM »

awesome photo

Orbert · « **Reply #773 on:** August 05, 2015, 02:37:44 PM »

Yeah, that's pretty sweet.

rumborak · « **Reply #774 on:** August 05, 2015, 04:23:26 PM »

Bad CGI, the shadow don't look right.

(Just kidding)

Kotowboy · « **Reply #775 on:** August 05, 2015, 04:24:46 PM »

Fake - can see the cutoff either side of the earth.

SYME !!!!!

It doesn't look real though in all honesty. Saw it on twitter and thought someone had photoshopped a pebble on the Earth pic.

Fiery Winds · « **Reply #776 on:** August 05, 2015, 05:33:33 PM »

Fake - Dark side of the moon is dark!

The perspective threw me off for a second, considering that the famous "earthrise" photo shows a much smaller view of earth:

Moon landing was a hoax!

Re-reading the article, I realized this latest photo was taken through a telescope which causes the size discrepancy.

jasc15 · « **Reply #777 on:** August 05, 2015, 07:42:43 PM »

Found this on reddit today. I have been looking for something like this for a long time, but never knew exactly what to search for. It's the Apollo 11 flight plan, or mission sequence.

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/3ftxjv/apollo_11_flight_plan_enlarged_and_digitally/

jasc15 · « **Reply #778 on:** August 10, 2015, 08:24:30 AM »

NASA's astronomy picture of the day:

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #779 on:** August 10, 2015, 10:53:07 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on August 05, 2015, 01:25:33 PM

^^Awesome pictures guys!

Speaking of the moon, just saw this cool picture taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth

Extremely unique photo since we never see that side of the moon. Plus, it's a new moon when the darkside is facing us. Pretty cool.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #780 on:** August 10, 2015, 11:25:15 AM »

Quote from: jasc15 on August 10, 2015, 08:24:30 AM

NASA's astronomy picture of the day:

It's pretty amazing to think that no human has ever sat a foot on that environment, yet it feels so familiar if you know what I mean. Slightly big but you get my point.

Chino · « **Reply #781 on:** August 10, 2015, 11:35:37 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on August 10, 2015, 11:25:15 AM

Quote from: jasc15 on August 10, 2015, 08:24:30 AM
NASA's astronomy picture of the day:

It's pretty amazing to think that no human has ever sat a foot on that environment, yet it feels so familiar

I think that's one of the biggest drawbacks of modern day space exploration. People have become so familiar with pictures like this, they've almost become routine and unexciting. We have gotten go good at this sort of thing that people seem to have lost their sense of wonder.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #782 on:** August 10, 2015, 11:56:13 AM »

Quote from: Chino on August 10, 2015, 11:35:37 AM

I think that's one of the biggest drawbacks of modern day space exploration. People have become so familiar with pictures like this, they've almost become routine and unexciting. We have gotten go good at this sort of thing that people seem to have lost their sense of wonder.

Bingo. This photo 'should' be a big deal to more people than it is....but as you point out the ease in which it seems these pics become available just make it an 'ehh' moment. It's really fascinating stuff that has been rendered to the dirt that supports the totem pole of retarded crap that people now days find cool

cramx3 · « **Reply #783 on:** August 10, 2015, 12:23:40 PM »

Not just the real pictures, but think of all the movies where we have seen someone walking on Mars. It's just so normal looking that it doesn't come off as impressive as it should be.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #784 on:** August 10, 2015, 12:28:50 PM »

Doesn't Louie CK have a bit where he rips on people for this? When people complain about their flight or crappy cell phone service....he lambasts them for the fact that we are getting to places in hours that used to take months upon months and we are talking to people in real time across the globe?

Chino · « **Reply #785 on:** August 10, 2015, 12:36:39 PM »

Quote from: gmillerdrake on August 10, 2015, 12:28:50 PM

Doesn't Louie CK have a bit where he rips on people for this? When people complain about their flight or crappy cell phone service....he lambasts them for the fact that we are getting to places in hours that used to take months upon months and we are talking to people in real time across the globe?

Yeah. Something like "Even the shittiest cellphone is still amazing" and "I hate when people complain that their phone is too slow. It's going to space! Give it a minute!".

Orbert · « **Reply #786 on:** August 10, 2015, 12:50:43 PM »

I think that bit was called "Everything is amazing and no one's happy" or something like to that.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #787 on:** August 10, 2015, 01:32:04 PM »

I agree that pictures like that dosen't get the exposure or fascination than they should but just to be clear I was more referring to the point that the landscape dosen't look "hostile" and not very far from a sand quarry or desert on earth which of course is very far from reality.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #788 on:** August 10, 2015, 01:44:41 PM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on August 10, 2015, 01:32:04 PM

the landscape dosen't look "hostile" and not very far from a sand quarry or desert on earth which of course is very far from reality.

well that's because the entire space program, pictures...flights....it's all fake and produced at a secret facility in Nevada. Don't you know that?

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #789 on:** August 10, 2015, 01:47:47 PM »

Chino · « **Reply #790 on:** August 10, 2015, 01:50:29 PM »

Perfect example.

Today the crew aboard the ISS were the first people in the history of our species to eat food grown from beginning to end in a non-Earth environment. That's absolutely massive and huge stepping stone for long distance space travel. I felt a little underwhelmed by it. I realize the significance of it, but it was almost expected. We've been talking about terraforming mars for so long now, that it makes this accomplishment almost seem behind the times.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #791 on:** August 10, 2015, 01:57:16 PM »

Quote from: Chino on August 10, 2015, 01:50:29 PM

Today the crew aboard the ISS were the first people in the history of our species to eat food grown from beginning to end in a non-Earth environment.

Yeah...but it nowhere competes with the fact that Tyga bought Kendal a $300k car for her 18th birthday....

Chino · « **Reply #792 on:** August 10, 2015, 01:59:46 PM »

Quote from: gmillerdrake on August 10, 2015, 01:57:16 PM

Quote from: Chino on August 10, 2015, 01:50:29 PM
Today the crew aboard the ISS were the first people in the history of our species to eat food grown from beginning to end in a non-Earth environment.

Yeah...but it nowhere competes with the fact that Tyga bought Kendal a $300k car for her 18th birthday....

Don't know who either of those people are. Was Kendal pissed because it wasn't in the color he wanted?

cramx3 · « **Reply #793 on:** August 10, 2015, 02:03:18 PM »

you are so not into popular news!

sooo, who are those people?

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #794 on:** August 10, 2015, 02:04:39 PM »

Quote from: Chino on August 10, 2015, 01:59:46 PM

Quote from: gmillerdrake on August 10, 2015, 01:57:16 PM
Quote from: Chino on August 10, 2015, 01:50:29 PM
Today the crew aboard the ISS were the first people in the history of our species to eat food grown from beginning to end in a non-Earth environment.

Yeah...but it nowhere competes with the fact that Tyga bought Kendal a $300k car for her 18th birthday....

Don't know who either of those people are. Was Kendal pissed because it wasn't in the color he wanted?

Quote from: cramx3 on August 10, 2015, 02:03:18 PM

you are so not into popular news!

sooo, who are those people?

Kendal is the 18 y ear old young Kardashian....Tyga is her rapper boyfriend. it's a 'headline' on near every news source online.

cramx3 · « **Reply #795 on:** August 10, 2015, 02:13:19 PM »

I had a feeling it was a kardashian or something. I probably saw it and just naturally ignored it while I do my internet browsing.

TioJorge · « **Reply #796 on:** August 10, 2015, 03:47:59 PM »

That picture is just insane. It's baffling to me that people don't smile their pants over something like that. We're looking at a picture that's of a place that none of us will ever be able to even fathom seeing in person. That's an incredible thing to behold and to imagine. Yeah, it does look a lot like some places on Earth in parts, but there's also little nuances of the landscape that do look alien and foreign to anything on Earth.

It's the embodiment of wonder, and I cannot wait to see what kind of insane pictures we'll be looking at when I'm an official old fogey. I also can't wait till I can go in that thread without being farted on and boo'd away.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #797 on:** August 11, 2015, 07:07:05 AM »

The selfie of all sefies:

Btw does anyone know what that white stuff is?

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #798 on:** August 11, 2015, 07:09:08 AM »

Awesome pic. Shame about the stitching errors though.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #799 on:** August 11, 2015, 07:12:09 AM »

Yea just noticed the weird shadow.

TioJorge · « **Reply #800 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:34:40 AM »

Dat sky doe. That's what looks most alien to me, the fact that the sky is so different. No oceans, no blue..and lots of sand and dust. But it still looks awesome somehow.

I'm interested in what that gravel looking stuff is too.

Shadow doesn't line up. Government conspiracy. Sad part is...I KNOW god damn well there's people out there, probably more than I'd guess, that'd say that.

Chino · « **Reply #801 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:37:39 AM »

Quote from: TioJorge on August 11, 2015, 10:34:40 AM

Shadow doesn't line up. Government conspiracy. Sad part is...I KNOW god damn well there's people out there, probably more than I'd guess, that'd say that.

You should look at the comments on Fox News surrounding that vid NASA released last week of the moon crossing in front of the Earth.

El Barto · « **Reply #802 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:45:49 AM »

Quote from: jasc15 on August 05, 2015, 07:42:43 PM

Found this on reddit today. I have been looking for something like this for a long time, but never knew exactly what to search for. It's the Apollo 11 flight plan, or mission sequence.

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/3ftxjv/apollo_11_flight_plan_enlarged_and_digitally/

This is awesome. Actually answered a question or two I've always been curious about.

Chino · « **Reply #803 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:54:17 AM »

I'd love a giant version of that framed in my office.

El Barto · « **Reply #804 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:58:54 AM »

Fixing to print one for mine right now.

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