The night sky

[HeroHurley]

My brain hurts.

Love owt like this though. Get an email every day from Earth Sky News. Amazing stuff.

 

[captain fatty]

I thought the universe was about 14.5 billion years old. Assuming we are moving one way, and GN z11is moving the opposite way, the maximum distance it can be from us is 29 billion light years ? Or am I missing something ?

Whats it moving / expanding in to?

 

[robbied1]

People will believe absolutley anything if they google it these days

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Whats it moving / expanding in to?

Nowt to do with me mate.

 

[Kent_Mackem]

Yeah, but it might have blew up 2,000 years ago. It could have not been there for 2,000 years but we can still see it. Absolutely mind boggling.

I was trying to explain this concept to an old boy in the pub. He just didn’t get it at all.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

I’m listening to hard techno.

 

[Blyth_Pirate]

Whenever the sky is clear, I like to go into the garden, pick out a random star which can be seen with the naked eye and use Google to find out as much information as possible about it (usually after the wife's gone to bed and I've had a drink).

Tonight's random star was a very faint one within the constellation Cepheus. For anybody who doesn't know, the constellation is shaped like a house. The star I picked out is towards the bottom centre and is called HIP 107374 / HD 207198. This particular star is a blue/white luminous giant and is.. 2992.32 light years away... almost three THOUSAND light years away and we can still see it!

Absolutely mind boggling.

Don't want to sink your boat, it's all a hologram. The earth is flat, I read it on here, so must be true.

 

[Mackem Al]

I was trying to explain this concept to an old boy in the pub. He just didn’t get it at all.

Yeah, my 7 year old daughter doesn't get it either. They haven't even seen Jesus yet up there. What events on earth will they be watching?

 

[Ambivalent Dave]

People will believe absolutley anything if they google it these days

Haway then, explain the universe and stuff. I’m all ears

 

[yorkyexile]

Whenever the sky is clear, I like to go into the garden, pick out a random star which can be seen with the naked eye and use Google to find out as much information as possible about it (usually after the wife's gone to bed and I've had a drink).

Tonight's random star was a very faint one within the constellation Cepheus. For anybody who doesn't know, the constellation is shaped like a house. The star I picked out is towards the bottom centre and is called HIP 107374 / HD 207198. This particular star is a blue/white luminous giant and is.. 2992.32 light years away... almost three THOUSAND light years away and we can still see it!

Absolutely mind boggling.

You're née Patrick Moore

 

[joemcdokes]

Haway then, explain the universe and stuff. I’m all ears

It’s git massive with stars and shit.

 

[robbied1]

Haway then, explain the universe and stuff. I’m all ears

Wasnt really referring to that, just saying people ask google everything and believe out it says lad

 

[Spenny]

Love a bit of Astronomy, it leads you down so many different scientific paths. To understand nuclear fusion in stars I memorised the 118 elements in the periodic table. I often recount them to the wife. She hates science, prefers Corra.

 

[DaveH]

Wasnt really referring to that, just saying people ask google everything and believe out it says lad

Are you suggesting that something said on this thread that people found via google is not correct?

 

[robbied1]

Are you suggesting that something said on this thread that people found via google is not correct?

Is that your interpretation

 

[Red]

Love a bit of Astronomy, it leads you down so many different scientific paths. To understand nuclear fusion in stars I memorised the 118 elements in the periodic table. I often recount them to the wife. She hates science, prefers Corra.

You're still married?

 

[DaveH]

Is that your interpretation

Just trying to work out what you are trying to say.

 

[robbied1]

Just trying to work out what you are trying to say.

That people believe eberything they read on google, pretty simple really

 

[DaveH]

That people believe eberything they read on google, pretty simple really

Looks like a wind up attempt to me. Come on a thread and insinuate that people are talking bollocks and being sucked in, without actually saying what. There are a few on here who do that a lot, try to lure people into defending what they have said without actually attacking it directly or offering an opinion themselves.

Perhaps I'm just misinterpreting what you said and this was a general comment unrelated to the discussion.

 

[Daffy]

Whenever the sky is clear, I like to go into the garden, pick out a random star which can be seen with the naked eye and use Google to find out as much information as possible about it (usually after the wife's gone to bed and I've had a drink).

Tonight's random star was a very faint one within the constellation Cepheus. For anybody who doesn't know, the constellation is shaped like a house. The star I picked out is towards the bottom centre and is called HIP 107374 / HD 207198. This particular star is a blue/white luminous giant and is.. 2992.32 light years away... almost three THOUSAND light years away and we can still see it!

Absolutely mind boggling.

You should have applied for Stars in your eyes