Smithysteve Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I must be doing too much astronomy at the moment ? my brain is interpreting every day things as Astro stuff! ??✨ My missus spilled sugar on the breakfast table this morning and I thought the crystals looked like an open cluster of stars, with varying magnitudes of brightness! ? When I hear a news item about motorways e.g. M1, I'm thinking Crab Neb!... Etc. If a tv program or film shows a starry night background to the scene I am trying to work out constellations or determine if the scene is realistic... They generally are not! ? I could go on, but you get my drift! Anyone else suffering with star craziness? ? Tweedledee and +RonC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 You're not the only one Steve. What Trumpler class would you estimate the sugar cluster to be, and did it contain a planetary nebula by any chance? Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 minute ago, Tweedledee said: You're not the only one Steve. What Trumpler class would you estimate the sugar cluster to be, and did it contain a planetary nebula by any chance? Looked a bit, 11, 2, m, ish. It smacked of NGC 7790 & NGC 7788, til the missus wiped it up destroying the whole star cloud! ? I didn't mention anything to my better half of course! ?? Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 15 minutes ago, Smithysteve said: Looked a bit, 11, 2, m, ish. It smacked of NGC 7790 & NGC 7788, til the missus wiped it up destroying the whole star cloud! ? I didn't mention anything to my better half of course! ?? I get the picture exactly, as I know the very clusters you are talking about. The in between number 7789 Carolines cluster is the nicest I reckon. Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Yes Caroline's Rose, it's coming around... Cassiopeia area will look good in a month... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I would love a superweapon to wipe out a star cluster. I'm on a slight Stephen Baxter kick at the moment to get tips, you know chucking supermassive blackholes around, messing with the universal constants, that kind of thing. Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, DeanWatson said: I would love a superweapon to wipe out a star cluster. I'm on a slight Stephen Baxter kick at the moment to get tips, you know chucking supermassive blackholes around, messing with the universal constants, that kind of thing. I tried tweaking a universal constant once, and my collimation was out for weeks. tuckstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 My backs the same... never been collimated quite right. Tried using a laser collimator. Couldn't sit down for a week. tuckstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 6 hours ago, DeanWatson said: My backs the same... never been collimated quite right. Tried using a laser collimator. Couldn't sit down for a week. By not being able to sit down would suggest to me you had not removed the collimator from its test position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Caroline's Cluster looks really good in a big dob, simply stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 On Saturday, July 09, 2016 at 18:44, Doc said: Caroline's Cluster looks really good in a big dob, simply stunning. I bet it is. Apart from seeing it regularly in binoculars, I had a magnificent view of it from Belper a while back in my old 10" F4 Schmidt Newt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I'm very guilty of your last two. My (non-astronomer) wife and daughter hate it when I say that it is not the real night sky. Another one I do is if I see the Moon on a soap, I know that the episode was filmed some time ago. Notice also that nobody discusses elections or other current events on them! I once noticed the Hyades and Pleiades on a STEPS video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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