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Uranus Makes a Surprise Appearance
Space.com ^
| 15 March 2019
| Hanneke Weitering
Posted on 03/15/2019 3:14:51 PM PDT by BeauBo
Can you spot Uranus in this photo? You may be surprised to learn... it is possible to see it with the naked eye — no telescopes or binoculars required. All you need is... an idea of where to look for it... Although telescopes and binoculars are not required to see Uranus on a dark, clear night, binoculars can come in handy when you're trying to locate it — especially for those with less-than-stellar eyesight.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Humor; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; commentbait; science; stoplookingatit; uranus
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To: BeauBo
Uranus is always the butt of the jokes
To: BeauBo
Uranus makes a surprise appearance? Aren’t they talking about the moon?
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:32:19 PM PDT
by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: BeauBo
Uranus headlines are the best.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:32:51 PM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: RightGeek
To: BeauBo
See it all the time, no crack smart ass jokes from me... lol
To: ScottfromNJ
As I recall, when seen through a car window, it was called “pressed ham”.
To: BeauBo
I’m only here for the comments
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:39:45 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: ShadowAce
I can’t believe Uranus is so close to your Omicron Pisicum!
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:44:38 PM PDT
by
Thickman
(Libsteria is funnier than confounded GOP "leaders".)
To: Drew68
Everybody has seen heranus.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:46:27 PM PDT
by
tuffydoodle
(God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
To: ShadowAce
That was almost funny 65 years ago when I was in the first grade.
To: TexasGator
Hey--I had to come up with something on the spur of the moment and super quick, or I wouldn't be the first!
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:49:41 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: BenLurkin
Great photo. Very appropriate.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:49:55 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: BeauBo
Oh. I thought Ass On Call was calling for a press conference...
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:50:40 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: BeauBo
And yet people still keep misidentifying it as the moon.
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:51:44 PM PDT
by
LeoTDB69
To: BeauBo
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:53:20 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: ShadowAce; BeauBo
Yeah, yeah.. it did once... I split my pants playing Ice Hockey and said “Damn... where’s that breeze coming from?”
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posted on
03/15/2019 3:59:37 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: BeauBo
Does Uranus have fissures in it?
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:03:58 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: RightGeek
To: BeauBo
This brings back memories of high school science class. We just kept asking question after question about Uranus and she just kept right on answering without giviving any indication of anything unusual. She had to have known the joke, but we thought she was just clueless
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:11:33 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: BeauBo
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:13:42 PM PDT
by
adorno
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