cool astronomy picture of the day
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Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
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Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
Just out of curiosity, any reason it's B&W and not color?
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Just out of curiosity, any reason it's B&W and not color?
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uh, probably because the camera was black and white? and at night there would be very little light to take a picture with. so, colors would probably be very washed-out anyway. but, really i don't know.
Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
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Just out of curiosity, any reason it's B&W and not color?
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Because, when the light left on it's journey here, colour photography hadn't been invented yet... :laugh:
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Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
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Because, when the light left on it's journey here, colour photography hadn't been invented yet... :laugh:
LOL! :)
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Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
A friend of mine took these, some in the driveway of his house when he lived outside Tampa. He is out west somewhere now... His rig is at the bottom of the page.
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A friend of mine took these, some in the driveway of his house when he lived outside Tampa. He is out west somewhere now... His rig is at the bottom of the page.
holy crap. look at the size of that telescope! nice pix, too :)
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A friend of mine took these, some in the driveway of his house when he lived outside Tampa. He is out west somewhere now... His rig is at the bottom of the page.
I bet that telescope was a pretty penny or two, even a few pretty nickels :)
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Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
Now THAT is an awesome background for my new *cough* Vista laptop. Marc
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Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay
The Racetrack is hard to get to; the photo is quite a trophey. Very cool thanks!
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I bet that telescope was a pretty penny or two, even a few pretty nickels :)
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More than a few. An apo refractor that large runs in the same general price range as a new car.
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