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Post by goz on Jul 14, 2020 21:21:52 GMT
Advice in case you are considering getting a telescope, think about getting one with a clock drive equatorial mount that compensates for the rotation of the Earth. Even low power telescopes looking at the Moon will not keep the Moon in the field of view for more than a whole minute. It is also racing across the field of view all that time. It is amazing how you can notice the Earth is turning so fast with a telescope. Yeah, amazing. Like driving on a long road at fifty miles an hour and seeing a cloud thirty degrees above the horizon, and in about three or four minutes you find yourself directly under that cloud. It's yet another sky phenomenon that I don't remember ever happening when I was a kid, but it's happening now. Don't forget to tell PlanetArlon about the protractor that you use for measuring the ...... something something something of the moon.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 15, 2020 9:10:29 GMT
Yeah, amazing. Like driving on a long road at fifty miles an hour and seeing a cloud thirty degrees above the horizon, and in about three or four minutes you find yourself directly under that cloud. It's yet another sky phenomenon that I don't remember ever happening when I was a kid, but it's happening now. Don't forget to tell PlanetArlon about the protractor that you use for measuring the ...... something something something of the moon. Arlon already knows what a protractor is. He knows what this is too, even if you don't.
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Post by goz on Jul 15, 2020 21:46:42 GMT
Don't forget to tell PlanetArlon about the protractor that you use for measuring the ...... something something something of the moon. Arlon already knows what a protractor is. He knows what this is too, even if you don't. This board is blessed to have two such scientific geniuses! LOL ..any views on droplet infection in a pandemic?
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Post by Arlon10 on Jul 16, 2020 23:51:19 GMT
Advice in case you are considering getting a telescope, think about getting one with a clock drive equatorial mount that compensates for the rotation of the Earth. Even low power telescopes looking at the Moon will not keep the Moon in the field of view for more than a whole minute. It is also racing across the field of view all that time. It is amazing how you can notice the Earth is turning so fast with a telescope. Does it prove to your satisfaction that the Earth is indeed flat? Do you own a telescope?
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Post by Arlon10 on Jul 16, 2020 23:54:28 GMT
Too much TV and TV based internet and not enough of anything else isn't good for you.
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Post by theauxphou on Jul 17, 2020 20:32:34 GMT
Yeah, I’ve got one but it’s a kids’ model that I’ve had since childhood. I still have it, I think, but it’s packed away somewhere.
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Post by Arlon10 on Jul 17, 2020 22:24:45 GMT
Yeah, I’ve got one but it’s a kids’ model that I’ve had since childhood. I still have it, I think, but it’s packed away somewhere. New ones are available that have a USB connection and built in digital camera.
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Post by goz on Jul 17, 2020 22:54:24 GMT
Yeah, I’ve got one but it’s a kids’ model that I’ve had since childhood. I still have it, I think, but it’s packed away somewhere. New ones are available that have a USB connection and built in digital camera. Gee! I bet you could find things that would deny the natural origins of life with a device like that!
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 18, 2020 6:55:30 GMT
Gee! I bet you could find things that would deny the natural origins of life with a device like that! I think he wants us to be ready when the aliens finally reveal themselves, but I’m already in astral contact with them. Astral contact? That doesn't sound scientifically verifiable. Is this a jest?
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