http://xkcd.com/1074/ I found the alt-text interesting...if the earth was the size of a basketball, no human in 40 years has been more than a half inch from the surface. Puts the orbit of the space shuttle and ISS into perspective. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin
Actually, using a standad 9.5 inch basketball the distance would only be slightly more than 1/4 inch. That assumes a space station height of 230 miles. From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD. http://xkcd.com/1074/ I found the alt-text interesting...if the earth was the size of a basketball, no human in 40 years has been more than a half inch from the surface. Puts the orbit of the space shuttle and ISS into perspective. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Hubble's around 354 miles though... Dan On Jun 27, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Brent Watson wrote:
Actually, using a standad 9.5 inch basketball the distance would only be slightly more than 1/4 inch. That assumes a space station height of 230 miles.
From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD.
I found the alt-text interesting...if the earth was the size of a basketball, no human in 40 years has been more than a half inch from the surface. Puts the orbit of the space shuttle and ISS into perspective.
Dan
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Yes, that is about .4 inches. The moon on that scale would be 21 feet 4 inches away. From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD. Hubble's around 354 miles though... Dan On Jun 27, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Brent Watson wrote:
Actually, using a standad 9.5 inch basketball the distance would only be slightly more than 1/4 inch. That assumes a space station height of 230 miles.
From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD.
I found the alt-text interesting...if the earth was the size of a basketball, no human in 40 years has been more than a half inch from the surface. Puts the orbit of the space shuttle and ISS into perspective.
Dan
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I love calculating scale sizes & distances. A while ago I built a "scale model solar system" Excel spreadsheet that allows you to enter the scale size of Earth and then have pretty much everything else in the solar system (and a few other things) calculated in terms of their size, speed and distance at that scale. It's only 46kb. It's kind of fun to play with, and makes a dandy teaching tool. If anyone wants a copy to fool around with I'd be happy to share. Seth Jarvis Clark Planetarium sjarvis@slco.org -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Brent Watson Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:25 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD. Yes, that is about .4 inches. The moon on that scale would be 21 feet 4 inches away. From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD. Hubble's around 354 miles though... Dan On Jun 27, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Brent Watson wrote:
Actually, using a standad 9.5 inch basketball the distance would only be slightly more than 1/4 inch. That assumes a space station height of 230 miles.
From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Today's XKCD.
I found the alt-text interesting...if the earth was the size of a basketball, no human in 40 years has been more than a half inch from the surface. Puts the orbit of the space shuttle and ISS into perspective.
Dan
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Every Sunday Fraser Cain, Pamela Gay and others have an online star party on Google+ It is getting very popular and they are looking for others to help them. Here is some contact info. 9:27 AM [1] - Public MORE ASTRONOMERS NEEDED FOR THE VIRTUAL STAR PARTY We're always looking for more astronomers to join our +Virtual Star Party [2]. If you've got the ability to view live images from your telescope on your computer, you're 99% of the way there. Just contact me or +Scott Lewis [3], and we'll help you work out the technical details to stream your view right into a +Google+ [4] hangout. It's not that hard. We'd love to see more people from other parts of the world, like Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia - North Americans are welcome too. :-) We hold the Virtual Star Party every Sunday night right here on Google+. In the summer we start at 9 pm Pacific / 12 am Eastern, when it gets dark on the West Coast. We're glad to explain the gear, teach you how to do astronomy and astrophotography, and we'll even take requests - picking out objects if they're up in the sky right now. Circle me, or the +Virtual Star Party [5] to see when we're streaming live. You can also subscribe to the Universe Today channel on YouTube to get an announcement: http://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday [6] Links: ------ [1] https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts/axscZabg9Jz [2] https://plus.google.com/100902337165997768522 [3] https://plus.google.com/109479143173251353583 [4] https://plus.google.com/101560853443212199687 [5] https://plus.google.com/100902337165997768522 [6] http://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday
I've enjoyed these. After they are done they put them as a podcast on iTunes under 'Astronomy Cast'. They don't have the video, but they do have the audio on the podcast. Nice to hear it in the car. It's one of the few things I find useful with Google+. Dan On Jun 27, 2012, at 12:55 PM, john@fxlight.com wrote:
Every Sunday Fraser Cain, Pamela Gay and others have an online star party on Google+ It is getting very popular and they are looking for others to help them. Here is some contact info.
9:27 AM [1] - Public
MORE ASTRONOMERS NEEDED FOR THE VIRTUAL STAR PARTY
We're always looking for more astronomers to join our +Virtual Star Party [2]. If you've got the ability to view live images from your telescope on your computer, you're 99% of the way there.
Just contact me or +Scott Lewis [3], and we'll help you work out the technical details to stream your view right into a +Google+ [4] hangout. It's not that hard.
We'd love to see more people from other parts of the world, like Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia - North Americans are welcome too. :-)
We hold the Virtual Star Party every Sunday night right here on Google+. In the summer we start at 9 pm Pacific / 12 am Eastern, when it gets dark on the West Coast.
We're glad to explain the gear, teach you how to do astronomy and astrophotography, and we'll even take requests - picking out objects if they're up in the sky right now.
Circle me, or the +Virtual Star Party [5] to see when we're streaming live. You can also subscribe to the Universe Today channel on YouTube to get an announcement: http://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday [6]
Links: ------ [1] https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts/axscZabg9Jz [2] https://plus.google.com/100902337165997768522 [3] https://plus.google.com/109479143173251353583 [4] https://plus.google.com/101560853443212199687 [5] https://plus.google.com/100902337165997768522 [6] http://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Thank you so much for sharing this information. I have been listening to astronomy cast for years and now this. Technology is absolutely astounding. Mark Mark Shelton Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator) ________________________________ From: "john@fxlight.com" <john@fxlight.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:55 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Virtual Star Party on Google+
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