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Cobbydaler 05-09-2007 20:22
Amazing Astronomy Site
 
www.wikisky.org

Click on Getting Started to learn more...

Halcyon 05-09-2007 20:37
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Look's good. Bookmarked. :tu:

Cobbydaler 05-09-2007 21:07
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Apropos this...

Carl Sagan reflecting on a picture of Earth taken from 4 billion miles away by Voyager I

Quote:
The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity -- in all this vastness -- there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. It's been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

Very humbling...

Link

Dude111 05-08-2021 20:18
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobbydaler
Click on Getting Started to learn more...
I did and I couldnt believe what came on my screen!!!!!!!

Thats an interesting site!!

Hugh 05-08-2021 21:26
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
What is your monitor size/resolution?

joglynne 06-08-2021 10:13
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
I had forgotten about Cobby's link to this site. It was one of links I lost, along with a lot of other interesting sites, when a hard drive unexpectedly went to hardware heaven over 10 years ago.

For once Dude's delving into ancient threads has provided me with something interesting. :D

tweetiepooh 06-08-2021 10:29
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34390561)
Apropos this...

Carl Sagan reflecting on a picture of Earth taken from 4 billion miles away by Voyager I


Very humbling...

Link
Yet this is the planet God so loves that God Himself came to as Jesus and died for. (He didn't stay dead!) I'd say that He put all those stars in place to show His glory to us here.

pip08456 06-08-2021 10:35
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36088798)
Yet this is the planet God so loves that God Himself came to as Jesus and died for. (He didn't stay dead!) I'd say that He put all those stars in place to show His glory to us here.
Yeh. OK, if you say so.

Chris 06-08-2021 12:28
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
To be fair, Carl Sagan was invoked earlier in the thread. His moral philosophy arises from contemplating Earth from afar and concluding that we need to do our best for one another because Earth is alone and there’s nobody coming to our aid. Plenty of religiously-minded people have contemplated the beauty of the created universe and found it a source of faith and encouragement. It would be churlish to let Sagan’s comments stand unchallenged whilst being dismissive of others. ;)

idi banashapan 07-08-2021 01:08
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36088798)
Yet this is the planet God so loves that God Himself came to as Jesus and died for. (He didn't stay dead!) I'd say that He put all those stars in place to show His glory to us here.
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2021/08/1.gif

Not sure if you're being serious or not....

Chris 07-08-2021 09:18
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by idi banashapan (Post 36088880)
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2021/08/1.gif

Not sure if you're being serious or not....
He’s being serious.

Paul, an early leader of the Christian community, wrote that the creation itself is evidence of God’s power and divinity.

idi banashapan 07-08-2021 11:38
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
I see

Dude111 07-08-2021 18:49
Quote:
Originally Posted by joglynne
I had forgotten about Cobby's link to this site. It was one of links I lost, along with a lot of other interesting sites, when a hard drive unexpectedly went to hardware heaven over 10 years ago.

For once Dude's delving into ancient threads has provided me with something interesting. :D
Im glad I helped ya mate :)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
What is your monitor size/resolution?
800x600 Hugh,I reckon yours is 1280x something right??

Hugh 07-08-2021 19:17
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dude111 (Post 36088906)
Im glad I helped ya mate :)

800x600 Hugh,I reckon yours is 1280x something right??
Gigabyte 34" 3440 x 1440, 144Hz, 1ms, coupled with a Gigabyte AORUS Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080X with 8GB memory.

Dude111 07-08-2021 20:57
Wow thats quite big!!!!

Ya..In my browser it says 800x553 at the bottom alot so I guess thats the dimentions in seeing IN MY BROWSER....

pip08456 17-08-2021 00:04
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36088808)
To be fair, Carl Sagan was invoked earlier in the thread. His moral philosophy arises from contemplating Earth from afar and concluding that we need to do our best for one another because Earth is alone and there’s nobody coming to our aid. Plenty of religiously-minded people have contemplated the beauty of the created universe and found it a source of faith and encouragement. It would be churlish to let Sagan’s comments stand unchallenged whilst being dismissive of others. ;)
I'm amazed I never replied to this comment of yours before Chris. Thankyou for confirming Carl Sagan, the astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator, didn't base his moral philosophy on any religion or religious belief but on pure science.

He has remained unchallenged because no-one of any religion nor in the science world has been able to challenge him, he stated fact not any fairy tale.

Dude111 17-08-2021 07:02
Yup and no one can challenge it!!

Hom3r 18-08-2021 11:51
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Why are Brits using the term "sleepy Joe", a term used by pro trump supporters?

Dude111 19-08-2021 17:11
Hehe I guess everyone thinks he sleeps all the time!


How do you guys feel about Biden??

We think he is a dumbass and cant do anything......... (Alot of us anyway)

Chris 19-08-2021 19:06
Re: Amazing Astronomy Site
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dude111 (Post 36090351)
Hehe I guess everyone thinks he sleeps all the time!


How do you guys feel about Biden??

We think he is a dumbass and cant do anything......... (Alot of us anyway)
I had nothing to judge him on until this week, except that he’s not Donald Trump, which is obviously a very good thing.

I am forming the view that Joe Biden is surprisingly lacking in political skill for one who has attained such high office. But he’s still not a sociopath. So there’s that.

I never thought there was very much chance of him going for a second term, and now I think it’s all but certain he won’t, which will make the next couple of years interesting. Will his authority start to drain away? Time will tell.

Dude111 20-08-2021 02:38
Thank you Chris :)


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