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@obi_jon | 10 December 18 | |
@obi_jon | 10 December 18 | |
@ shadow27 - 10.12.18 - 12:15am The Chinese want to land on the dark side of the Moon! They hope to be the first country to make a soft landing, in which there is no serious damage. Is that the mission to land on the moon's dark side that the Chinese launched yesterday? Or is this a future mission they have planned? |
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@cleancut | 11 December 18 | |
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@obi_jon | 13 December 18 | |
The Geminid meteor shower will be at it's peak over the next 24hrs, with a possiblity of upto 120 meteors per hour in dark sky areas. Best views from the Northern hemisphere will be from midnight until just before dawn.
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@shadow27 | 3 January 19 | |
The Chinese have landed. Wonder if we can see any stars from that side? I know that it is a great spot for an observatory, in regards to radio astronomy as well.
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@1lostie | 3 January 19 | |
The stars will be visible at night time regardless of which side of the moon you are on
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@shadow27 | 3 January 19 | |
@ 1lostie - 3.01.19 - 09:42am The stars will be visible at night time regardless of which side of the moon you are on Did you see stars during any of the Apollo moon landings? No. Why? ''That's the trade-off the Apollo astronauts had to make. The sky on the moon is black as night not because it is night, but because there's no atmosphere to scatter the daylight the way ours does on Earth. But make no mistake: there is every bit as much sunlight at midday on the moon as there is on our home planet. That makes the lunar surface incredibly bright. The scenery on the moon was the most important thing to capture in the Apollo photographs, so the camera was adjusted to make the most out of that scenery. As a result, the relatively dim stars in the background didn't register in any of the shots.'' |
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@1lostie | 3 January 19 | |
Yes i know all that because those photos were taken in daytime not night
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@shadow27 | 3 January 19 | |
@ 1lostie - 3.01.19 - 09:42am The stars will be visible at night time regardless of which side of the moon you are on Surely the side that never faces the Earth will inevitably be darker when it *is* lunar nighttime, right? I imagine the light reflected from Earth would obscure stars. |
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