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Huygens probe gets clean bill of health [final checks for Christmas Day release to Saturn's Titan]
The Register ^
| Nov 24, 2004
| Lucy Sherriff
Posted on 11/24/2004 1:51:58 PM PST by Mike Fieschko
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To: Mike Fieschko
When they say "with a decent telescope you will be able to see it". I guess everyone has a Hubble telescope to use.
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posted on
11/24/2004 1:56:57 PM PST
by
reagandemo
(The battle is near are you ready for the sacrifice?)
To: Mike Fieschko
Maybe it will find more votes for Gore -- or even Kerry.
(Hmm -- so that's where those evil Republicans
hide the ballots.)
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posted on
11/24/2004 1:59:11 PM PST
by
StormEye
To: Mike Fieschko
The Huygens probe is named for Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer who discovered the moon.
Man, that must have been back before night was invented.
"Hey, you see that?
What?
That!
What?
The thing, that, that mooon!
Oh, yeah I see it now. hunh, wonder what it's made of?"
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:03:04 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: reagandemo
When they say "with a decent telescope you will be able to see it". I guess everyone has a Hubble telescope to use.
I guarantee I could go out and buy the best telescope money has to offer, and I still wouldn't be able to locate the Huygens Probe landing on Titan. I mean really, is this guy serious? If that were the case, we wouldn't even need to turn on the TV, we could just out and watch the landing from our backyards!
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:07:34 PM PST
by
rs79bm
(Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
To: Mike Fieschko
Huygens Probe is too small to be seen from Earth. I have seen Titan before though my 8 inch telescope. It is about 8th magnitude. Saturn is really cool to observe.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:08:10 PM PST
by
Ptarmigan
(Proud rabbit hater and killer)
To: tet68
They mean Saturn's moon, not Earth's moon.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:09:06 PM PST
by
rs79bm
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To: Mike Fieschko
Titan, as captured by Cassini:
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:19:55 PM PST
by
rs79bm
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To: tet68
The Huygens probe is named for Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer who discovered the moon. Man, that must have been back before night was invented.
By "the moon," they mean Titan -- a moon of Saturn.
Even our moon isn't even properly called "the moon." It's called Luna.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:25:36 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
To: rs79bm
Oh and we could also see the moon landers also! (sarcasm off) This guy does not have a clue.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:25:55 PM PST
by
reagandemo
(The battle is near are you ready for the sacrifice?)
To: rs79bm
Have they narrowed down or determined what the white patches at the southern pole are?
To: Mike Fieschko
Have they narrowed down or determined what the white patches at the southern pole are?They know they're white.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:36:21 PM PST
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: Ptarmigan
"Huygens Probe is too small to be seen from Earth."(Ptarmigan)
Agreed. I have an 8" Newt on an EQ Mount, Huygens is not visible, but maybe it flares up as it enters the atmosphere of Titan? That would be cool! I enjoy viewing Saturn as well, I have seen some of her moons which I can't identify myself yet. A flare up on Titan would help me out.
Cool to bump into a fellow Freeper/Astronomer. I look forward to Saturn rising in the Northeast night sky over the winter. I'd like to be watching on or after the 15 of January. How long does it take light from Saturn to reach Earth anyway?
Clear skies
To: reagandemo
You'd be amazed at what I can see with my cheap little Meade ETX-70:
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:40:56 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
To: Imperialist
To: RandallFlagg
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:45:11 PM PST
by
ProudVet77
(Just say NO to blue states.)
To: ProudVet77
My Wife bought that for me in 2000 for less than $200.00 (I actually have the 60MM, but it's almost exactly the same as the pic).
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:47:30 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
To: ProudVet77
I should also mention that I can look at Jupiter as if it were the size of a quarter if I held it at half an arm's length from my eyes.
Saturn comes in at about a nickel.
These cold nights are the best times to see the planets, IMHO.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:55:59 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
To: RandallFlagg
No disrepect meant about your scope, but you won't be seeing the Huygens probe at Saturn with it.
..unless the Saturnians nuke it.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:56:02 PM PST
by
clyde asbury
(In the eyes of the Confessor, there's no place you can hide.)
To: Imperialist
Light from Saturn to Earth? One hour and 24 minutes to reach Earth, roughly.
Must be a little old photon from Florida, with its left turn signal on.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:59:31 PM PST
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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