finally, some news from home...karaidl!!??, they're gettin' ready!

Holy fucking shit. Modern cosmology is totally the religion killer. OK, virgin birth, yadda-yadda what ever. You think YOU'VE got miracles? Your ancient texts don't have SHIT on modern science, yo.

The veil nebula is one of my favorite things I've ever observed. Through a 15 inch telescope it's a bright black and white wisp, and it's amazingly huge. Absolutely stunning.

Damn, that's an Adam's apple.

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ooooh! didnt know there was such a thing as Hubblecast. Awesomely geeky.

Was watching Cosmos just last night, Episode 11 where they feature the VLA in New Mexico. Interestingly, the radio energy that the VLA measures is so faint, all of the energy the VLA has ever detected over the years still doesn't equal the amount of energy that a snowflake releases when hitting the ground. That's just...wow.

I tried to start a Hubble Fan Club a few years ago. Nobody in Louisiana was interested.

This would be better if I didn't already know everything he said.

this guys vocal inflection is so peculiar.

the veil looks killer through my refractor with an O3 filter.. here is deathcows monster refractor
http://www.pbase.com/mclemens1969/image/78131622

"this guys vocal inflection is so peculiar."

if i had to guess, it sounds like he is a native slavic or germanic speaker and learned english from a british teacher

People in Louisiana might be interested in a Rubble Fan Club.

In reply to this comment by deedub81:
Have you read the ancient text I study from?


Does it involve a set of forces that explains the behavior of matter that is consistent on scales from 10 to ten to the power of 40?

Does it cover binary stars, black holes, and hawking radiation?

Does it say anything about neutron stars? I'd be interested in reading an ancient text that can tell us about objects in the universe that are SO dense, that a tablespoon of them weighs as much as the entire himalayas.

My point is, the universe is WAY more amazing than any mythos that has been dreamt up by man. We're just not configured to be able to imagine this stuff. Why would we be? A study of evolutionary psychology reveals much about why we are the way we are. Being able to intuitively grasp the dynamics of relativity is NOT adaptive for ancient man. We needed to develop math to figure out this shit.

So, tell me about your text. Does it have mind-bending philosophy? Does it want us to spend our lives looking at our navels? Count me out of those, please.

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