Space and stuff

[Bedfordblue]

Proxima Centuri from the Webb telescope

Part of the Charcuterie Cluster.

 

[Bedfordblue]

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[Shevin Keedy]

Quite a decent meteor shower last night. Didn't have a great (non-light polluted) vantage but saw plenty; some very low with good long trails. Will look out again tonight, if you are in Liverpool or thereabouts, view towards Cassiopeia around midnight-ish onwards.

 

[ste d' indica]

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Seen some of her films, she's a very broad minded girl.

 

[Wizard]

 

[ste d' indica]

Artemis I Moon Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad Ahead of Historic Mission – Artemis

blogs.nasa.gov

To quote Winston Zeddemore - "That's a big twinkie" Fingers crossed for a Monday launch.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

 

[SerenityNigh]

So still no capable of finding integrity on a (front) bench then...you decide which.
What are they doing with hubble?
is the webb orbit similar? I ask because of the 'space trash' issue.

It orbits roughly 1 million miles from Earth

 

[SerenityNigh]

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I only count abar 45 suns, how long is a year?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[iamEverton]

NASA -never a Straight answer.

 

[ste d' indica]

4 hours people....

 

[ste d' indica]

LOX and LH2 are fully tanked, 750,000 gallons of fuel on board, weather looks good, we might get a flight today.

 

[Chewbacca]

Fingers crossed ?

 

[ste d' indica]

Sun's coming up in over the Cape, beautiful.