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Biohazard said:You think one laser could stop thousands of warheads?
no but it could probably kill thousands of heads of war though ^^
What Star/Planet/Alien Is This?
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no but it could probably kill thousands of heads of war though ^^
for anyone interested in space stuff this website is quite good. http://www.heavens-above.com/main.aspx?Loc=London&Lat=51.517&Lng=-0.105&Alt=18&TZ=GMT
It shows you where everything is in the sky as well as the different tracks of the satellites/ISS and planets.
It shows you where everything is in the sky as well as the different tracks of the satellites/ISS and planets.
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Blinkz said:
I may be wrong, but you can't see the ISS in the northern hemisphere.
LordSplodge said:
you can at certain times. It moves very quickly tho. It crosses the sky in around 2mins I think it is. If you look at the link I posted above that website allows you to choose your position on earth and then calculate when the ISS will pass overhead, giving times and direction to look.
At the moment it is currently above the centre of the south atlantic ocean moving towards South Africa.
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Blinkz said:
I bow to your wisdom and when less tired will read the link you posted!
Pretty awesome thatWotDa said:
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It looks like one of my cut toenails
It's Venus and here's some more info to aid confusion...
Venus is often called the Evening star and this is because it is only seen in the hours of dusk and dawn, not in the middle of the night (hours visible change with season, etc). This is intuitively because Venus is a lot closer to the Sun than the Earth and so when the Sun "sets" .. ie is not visible then Venus will not be visible for much longer....
You can always tell Venus apart as it is always the brightest "star" visible in the evening... however if you aren't sure the second test for if you are seeing a planet is if the object is flickering...
Obviously light from stars that are very far away from us gets obscured/passes through dust clouds/is red or blue shifted/goes slower in places and therefore stars are seen to "flicker".
Planets with their reflected light not having any obstacles on it's path to Earth do not flicker and so if you are seeing bright solid light then it's a planet
Venus is often called the Evening star and this is because it is only seen in the hours of dusk and dawn, not in the middle of the night (hours visible change with season, etc). This is intuitively because Venus is a lot closer to the Sun than the Earth and so when the Sun "sets" .. ie is not visible then Venus will not be visible for much longer....
You can always tell Venus apart as it is always the brightest "star" visible in the evening... however if you aren't sure the second test for if you are seeing a planet is if the object is flickering...
Obviously light from stars that are very far away from us gets obscured/passes through dust clouds/is red or blue shifted/goes slower in places and therefore stars are seen to "flicker".
Planets with their reflected light not having any obstacles on it's path to Earth do not flicker and so if you are seeing bright solid light then it's a planet