Star gazing live- like a different education

[Astral Peaks]

The Horizon title on this says it all.

Intellectual arrogance, playing God!!

Maybe you should start a thread on this?

Well, the synthetic bio-diesel production was impressive.

[Astral Peaks]

Himself, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan would be my favourite science popularists from when I was younger. I religiously watch The Sky At Night.
He's pushing close to ninety at the moment.

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I had no idea it was still broadcast. Learn something every day, I suppose?

[mazzington]

Carl Sagan was way better than Cox. His explanations and analogies were far more concise and effective. Cox is still very watchable though, fair play to him.

[jo9jo]

There is a brilliant app for the smartphone called "Google sky map".

[Northtipp]

Daft I know but they were pointing out earlier why star gazing from a city is essentially crap due to light issues and energy waste. I only dawned on me how true that was. I used to live in a big city and well if we were star gazing it wasn't stars we were looking at but helicopters. Now I'm in the sticks and the sky's at night are just amazing. Piddly school boy stuff but still. No this program has me and the wee lad busting to get out again.

Goodman Brian Cox.

[Munnkeyman]

This image was featured in tonight's show. It shows the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula(Messier 16).



M16 The Eagle Nebula

Image Credit: far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium; X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger



Composites and individual images of M16.



Image Credit: far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium; ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger; optical: MPG/ESO; near-infrared:VLT/ISAAC/McCaughrean & Andersen/AIP/ESO

[irish_bob]

The Brian May?

Surprised you don't like Cox?

hes too effeminite

[Munnkeyman]

I had no idea it was still broadcast. Learn something every day, I suppose?

Ya, once a month, I think there is a repeat on tomorrow night of this month's programme on BBC HD.

[ItsEvolution]

I've just started an astronomy course and his has really brought it to life, ill be a bit sad when it ends tomorrow night, why can't they run it for a week or two like spring/autumn watch?

[Munnkeyman]

I've just started an astronomy course and his has really brought it to life, ill be a bit sad when it ends tomorrow night, why can't they run it for a week or two like spring/autumn watch?

S282 with the OU by any chance?