Space Science and Astronomy thread

[Ghfd]

Time please? I'm far to lazy to dig it out now you've given half the info

BBC2 9pm and iplayer

 

[nelford_safc]

What’s it called?

 

[Ghfd]

What’s it called?

it’s a study on dim stars , bit like yourself

 

[nelford_safc]

it’s a study on dim stars , bit like yourself

No mention of stars like

 

[peachy]

Bump. ^ ^ ^

BBC2

 

[PhilY]

Fascinating programme.

Those cryo-volcanoes on Enceladus are incredible!

I love how Cox can link simple phenomena here on earth (spinning a hard boiled egg as opposed to a fresh one) to explain how deductions are made for things millions of miles away!

 

[BarrySheensAutograph]

Send a glass eye to sleep this fella like.
Intelligent bloke mind.

 

[EchoMan]

This Brian Cox programme deserved a thread of its own. BBC at its best.

 

[Rokerparkpies]

This Brian Cox programme deserved a thread of its own. BBC at its best.

Programmes about space fascinate me..
Brian Cox is brilliant describing it.
Love watching them..different planets..how they differ...and what's out there.

 

[70s traveller]

This Brian Cox programme deserved a thread of its own. BBC at its best.

I enjoyed what I saw of it. Different to the bog-standard prog on the subject with new info - to me anyway.

 

[dangermows]

No aliens.

 

[Roker Mackem]

Just watched it.. thought it was brilliant. Lots if things I never knew in there.

 

[DaveH]

There is a comet that might be interesting to watch out for. Details on this site:

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Basically the smaller the magnitude the brighter it is. Stars in the Plough/Great Bear that you can usually make out are around 1.75, in a town, you are unlikely to see anything mag 5 or below. Jupiter was quite bright this morning at -2.39, so that first comet at -1.8 is starting to get excitingly bright.

From our view point, it is close to the sun (try looking here for Virgo

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), but as it moves away it could become a nice early evening object.

 

[dangermows]

Watched second episode. Superb series with Bri Cox. The size of the solar system alone is mind blowing. Love that comets from way beyond what we used to think was the edge of the solar system have paid us a visit. Haway the Oort Cloud

 

[Roker Mackem]

Watched second episode. Superb series with Bri Cox. The size of the solar system alone is mind blowing. Love that comets from way beyond what we used to think was the edge of the solar system have paid us a visit. Haway the Oort Cloud

Loved that episode. The size of our system is mind boggling enough before you even go into interstellar space

 

[dangermows]

Loved that episode. The size of our system is mind boggling enough before you even go into interstellar space

Loads of fascinating stuff. Mars going to get its own ring system, knowing Neptune was once much closer to the sun before it marauded out, Triton circling the other way round etc.

 

[Roker Mackem]

Loads of fascinating stuff. Mars going to get its own ring system, knowing Neptune was once much closer to the sun before it marauded out, Triton circling the other way round etc.

Yeah never knew a lot of that. Pity it'll be millions of years until the Mars ring.. would have been good to see in the sky.

 

[dangermows]

Yeah never knew a lot of that. Pity it'll be millions of years until the Mars ring.. would have been good to see in the sky.

We may well be part of it

On the flip side, at least we won't be about when the Sun destroys us (although some doubt humans will last that long anyway).

 

[Roker Mackem]

We may well be part of it

On the flip side, at least we won't be about when the Sun destroys us (although some doubt humans will last that long anyway).

We'll deffo destroy ourselves well before then and if we didnt we'd have the technology to leave the solar system.

 

[70s traveller]

We'll deffo destroy ourselves well before then and if we didnt we'd have the technology to leave the solar system.

Humans will then be off to destroy another planet.