Spectacular planet show promised

bbcnews.com ^ | 4-3-2003 | By BBC News Online's Helen Briggs

[Centurion2000]

We saw two corresponding radio bursts from the planet.

Must have been the thetan clams' mayday hails.
Thanks for the ping.

[Denver Ditdat]

But ... where's Uranus?

< groaner joke >

Q: Why are there so few gay astronomers?

A: Because all they want to look at is Uranus.

< /groaner joke >

[longshadow]

...honestly that guy takes me for granted without even so much as a "Honey, I'll be gone for a couple of months on a case".

More likely it would be: "Honey, I'm off to visit with Elvis on the Mothership. I'll be back in a few months. Try to have those cattle mutilation cases solved for me by the time I get back."

[edwin hubble]

Nebullis,
re: panic...Please see Jeff Gordon's amazing links in #26

[Doctor Stochastic]

I'll watch for it, unless there's another "controlled" burn this year. Conditions are right for the "controlled" burns. No rain since last August, little snow, extremely warm (warmest winter since 1977, driest since 1877), lots of wind.

[edwin hubble]

... uh... that's #28, not #26.

[CygnusTheSwan]

But ... where's Uranus?

Don't have a clue, but last I knew, there were some Klingons near it...

[rvoitier]

Thanks for the link! Love that kind of stuff.

BTW, check your profile. do not gave in to the system?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"C'mon guys, this is astronomy - you know exactly when this will happen again ... and again... and again "

Oh, to be sure, the planets will be there in all their glory. But will there be anyone on this one to observe them?

If a tree falls in the forest...

[Nebullis]

Please see Jeff Gordon's amazing links...

Very funny material!

[Joe Hadenuf]

But ... where's Uranus?

In april Uranus can be found with binoculars or the small telescopes among stars of Capricornus, Uranus is around magnitude 5.7 Uranus glides within 1/3° of a 12th-magnitude galaxy, NGC 7171, in early April and again in late July. During September and December, the planet passes close to the 4th-magnitude star Mu (m) Capricorni.

Even with my computerized Schmidt Cassegrain 10" catadioptric telescope, it's not very spectacular optically, due to its size and distance. However, photographically its a much better looking image.

Now do you know where Uranus is?

[Nebullis]

"During the period when choices are made, and adjustments are being made in one's life, depression can set in. This is true of any double-bind, where one loses either way, but in the situation of the alien issue and the coming pole shift, who can one talk to? One is an outcast."

I think you'll find a fan or two on FR.

[Scully]

I'm well acquainted with the phenomenon as well :)

[Republic]

Do ya know where or what direction we should be looking and the approximate time in order to catch a glimpse of the comet? Thanks.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Look to the northwest, low on the horizon just after dark, as within about 45 minutes, it will set below the horizon. After April 4, however, it will be in the predawn sky in the east.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Romulus]

FYI

[<1/1,000,000th%]

This'll be fun.

[RadioAstronomer]

Indeed! :) You are up late tonight! :-)

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Yeah. And it was snowing here again today. We need some global warming quick. I better call it quits. Have a good night. :-)