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Post by Ayinger on Dec 25, 2006 19:39:29 GMT -5
at least it wasn't Uranus........
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Post by RocDoc on Dec 25, 2006 22:19:57 GMT -5
*rimshot!*
Ai!
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 19, 2007 8:16:22 GMT -5
 Naujojoje Zelandijoje uþfiksuota praskriejanti McNaughto kometa. Ðià kometà 2006-øjø rugpjûtá atrado Australijos astronomas Robas McNaughtas. Ji yra ryðkiausia uþfiksuota kometa, kuria galima matyti ið Þemës, per pastaruosius 30 metø. |
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 19, 2007 8:49:10 GMT -5
What the hell does that gibberish say?
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 19, 2007 9:15:38 GMT -5
Pictured here is the passing McNaughton Comet.
This comet was discovered in August of 2006 by astronomer Rob McNaughton.
It is the most prominent and the most easily visible from Earth for an entire 30 years.
Lithuanian is made even more gibberish-y here when this site doesn't have the right letterfaces and then just substitute whatever it has, usually from some other language's alphabet, for what I saw when I C&P'd it....not that that would help you guys to understand it.
It just becomes totally goofy-looking to a person who knows the language...
There ya go.
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 19, 2007 9:35:45 GMT -5
Wouldn't it have been easier to just post in English?
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Post by Thorngrub on Jan 19, 2007 9:55:46 GMT -5
Actually fuzz, I believe it would have been more difficult to do that.
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 19, 2007 9:58:00 GMT -5
For him maybe, but not for everybody else. But then again, the good doctor is a translating machine.
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 19, 2007 12:42:12 GMT -5
I didn't get to see that one and now it's gone behind the sun. Found out too late and the weather didn't cooperate. I don't know if it will be visible again - need to check on that.
Not sure what they mean by "It is the most prominent and the most easily visible from Earth for an entire 30 years."
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 19, 2007 13:46:09 GMT -5
Musta been lost in the translation.
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 19, 2007 15:09:13 GMT -5
Yeah.
Pictured here is the McNaughton Comet passing over New Zealand.
This comet was discovered in August of 2006 by astronomer Rob McNaughton.
It is the most prominent and the most easily clearly visible from Earth for an entire the most recent (or 'past') 30 years.
Strat, is it the McNaughton Comet or is it the McNaught Comet?
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 19, 2007 15:43:02 GMT -5
I think it would most properly be "Comet McNaught."
If it was as bright as the recent Hale-Bopp or Hyakutaki, I'd be awfully impressed (and a bit surprised - it's rare to have that many bright comets in a lifetime, although anything can happen).
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 23, 2007 12:23:16 GMT -5
Sunspot
An image released by NASA, taken by Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope on Nov. 20, 2006., reveals the structure of the solar magnetic field rising vertically from a sunspot, an area of strong magnetic field, outward into the solar atmosphere.
(NASA)
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 23, 2007 13:06:15 GMT -5
I didn't get to see that one and now it's gone behind the sun. Found out too late and the weather didn't cooperate. I don't know if it will be visible again - need to check on that. I need to get going, signed - The Cat In The Hat You really should look into writing more poetry, strat-0. You've got a natural talent for it, imo ;b |
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Post by strat-0 on Apr 1, 2007 22:31:07 GMT -5
Thank you, friend Thorny, but I hate to be corny The words just come natural to me But the cosmos are real Despite how we may feel And that solar prominence completely dwarfs dozens of earths...  |
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