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vbcbandr t1_j6vdzyw wrote
Reply to comment by VoraciousTrees in Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world by entered_bubble_50
I only did the math in my head...but it appears to check out.
Airplanesteve t1_j6vdw99 wrote
Ngl I like NASA returning to Apollo era projects. Hopefully we’ll see a sea dragon 2 project.
geoDan1982 t1_j6vdi20 wrote
Reply to I’m on the east coast of USA (MD REP) and want to see the green beast, comet E3, tonight. I was told to look north anyone able to pinpoint where in the sky 🤣 by ceedeeze
Look northwest skies. Kind of near ursa major. Closest constellation is camelopardalis. I think I saw it about an hour ago in southern PA. I found it naked eye but then used some binoculars. It’s kind of cloud covered at the moment.
TheDancingRobot t1_j6vd6vu wrote
Reply to comment by JuuzoLenz in Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world by entered_bubble_50
Shhh... It's right behind you.
fuzzius_navus t1_j6vcslb wrote
Reply to comment by 311polo in I’m on the east coast of USA (MD REP) and want to see the green beast, comet E3, tonight. I was told to look north anyone able to pinpoint where in the sky 🤣 by ceedeeze
Oh geeze, forgot to paste the link:
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/usa/washington-dc
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Reply to When can i see the Green comet by Melcat248
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Late-Pool8338 t1_j6vbzq2 wrote
Reply to When can i see the Green comet by Melcat248
Not sure if this helps but I'm in north Alabama (close to Tennessee) and the area is visible shortly after sunset and for the majority of the night. Wish it wasn't cloudy here!
Toadfinger t1_j6vbze4 wrote
Reply to When can i see the Green comet by Melcat248
It's supposed to be near the North Star. It's not very big. I read that binoculars help.
fuzzius_navus t1_j6vblmi wrote
Reply to I’m on the east coast of USA (MD REP) and want to see the green beast, comet E3, tonight. I was told to look north anyone able to pinpoint where in the sky 🤣 by ceedeeze
Try this site with your phone, it has helped me locate the correct position of celestial objects before using a scope.
Note, you do want to protect your night vision for a comet this dim.
fishead36x t1_j6vb70f wrote
Reply to I’m on the east coast of USA (MD REP) and want to see the green beast, comet E3, tonight. I was told to look north anyone able to pinpoint where in the sky 🤣 by ceedeeze
Near the north star last I checked. Too much light pollution where I am though.
limacharley t1_j6vb0y3 wrote
Reply to I’m on the east coast of USA (MD REP) and want to see the green beast, comet E3, tonight. I was told to look north anyone able to pinpoint where in the sky 🤣 by ceedeeze
The key is how dark your skies are. This is not a bright comet (Magnitude 5 last time I looked). That means it is just barely visible as a dim smudge with the naked eye in dark skies. It may not be visible if you are in an area with light pollution. The brightness does not change very much from day to day, so, if your skies are dark, then it shouldn't be noticeably harder to see it tomorrow than it would be today.
daveomatic t1_j6v9696 wrote
Reply to comment by RogerSmith123456 in Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world by entered_bubble_50
Also a magnetosphere. That’s why they call it the breadbasket of the belt 🚀
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TheGreatestOutdoorz t1_j6v37fs wrote
Reply to comment by 1992PlymouthAcclaim in Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world by entered_bubble_50
When I went to college, I thought it was so ridiculous that we assumed life had to be carbon based. I majored in biochem and quickly learned why carbon is almost certainly the only base for complex life, and while it kind of made me sad, it was incredibly cool to think about different ways carbon could create complex life forms.
JuuzoLenz t1_j6v2ltb wrote
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Never though that stealth ocean world would be something I would read one day
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yongedevil t1_j6v0p8d wrote
Reply to comment by _WardenoftheWest_ in NASA is funding ideas for a Titan seaplane and faster deep space travel by fchung
And then there are the people who come up with these ideas. Ideas like this, that could be dismissed out of hand as being impractical for any number of reasons. But thanks to people like Von Eshleman who sat down and did the math we know roughly what we need to achieve to make these crazy ideas real.
A solar gravitational lens is still in impractical territory, but pieces like blocking out the sun's light, precise spacecraft positioning, and now high performance engines are developing. Who knows, if one of our other telescopes finds a planet that we really really want a closer look at maybe we'll get an actual image of it showing continents and oceans in our lifetimes.
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