Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Bees?

It's good, but it's not right.




Edit: It's not good.

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Caution, graphic. (but worthwhile)

[nirvana]

Spoke to my country correspondent and the little boxes are for cleaning during outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. Brush on top. Tin of cleaning fluid below. A bucket of water would be there during times it would be in use. It's not what you know...

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Spoke to my country correspondent and the little boxes are for cleaning during outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. Brush on top. Tin of cleaning fluid below. A bucket of water would be there during times it would be in use. It's not what you know...

Excellent work!

[nirvana]

Oh and nice ilex aquifolium in the background apparently

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Oh and nice ilex aquifolium in the background apparently

Yes. I put that in to add a dash of colour to an otherwise drab picture. I thought it did a lot to aid the composition, give a sense of scale and increase dramatic effect.

[nirvana]

Oh and nice ilex aquifolium in the background apparently

Yes. I put that in to add a dash of colour to an otherwise drab picture. I thought it did a lot to aid the composition, give a sense of scale and increase dramatic effect.

Haha. Enjoyed finding out what that was. I feel clever vicariously and the person I asked feels even cleverer. You feel chuffed with yr great picture. So much winning happening here

[Rod Paradise]

Spoke to my country correspondent and the little boxes are for cleaning during outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. Brush on top. Tin of cleaning fluid below. A bucket of water would be there during times it would be in use. It's not what you know...

 

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If you look at the moon tonight you will see that there is a star about 6ft away from it (Top left).

I've been watching it track across the sky for the last couple of hours or so and the star is staying in the same relative position. How does that work?

[Tal]

If you look at the moon tonight you will see that there is a star about 6ft away from it (Top left).

I've been watching it track across the sky for the last couple of hours or so and the star is staying in the same relative position. How does that work?

Well spotted!

The short answer is it's not a star: it's Jupiter. If you get a decent pair of binoculars, you should be able to see the four largest moons dancing around the planet. They'll change their configuration during the course of the night: sometimes three on the left and one on the right, then two and two, then four and none, etc.

It is currently 435 million miles away. Not a bad pair of binoculars, that

[Tal]

https://astronomynow.com/2016/01/27/see-the-moons-close-brush-with-jupiter-on-the-night-of-2728january/

This should help you know what you're looking at: http://m.ashbournenewstelegraph.co.uk/spot-moons-Jupiter/story-28606403-detail/story.html

[tikay]

Just went and had a look, how extraordinary.

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If you look at the moon tonight you will see that there is a star about 6ft away from it (Top left).

I've been watching it track across the sky for the last couple of hours or so and the star is staying in the same relative position. How does that work?

Well spotted!

The short answer is it's not a star: it's Jupiter. If you get a decent pair of binoculars, you should be able to see the four largest moons dancing around the planet. They'll change their configuration during the course of the night: sometimes three on the left and one on the right, then two and two, then four and none, etc.

It is currently 435 million miles away. Not a bad pair of binoculars, that

Wow! How exciting.

Thanks Tal.

[Tal]

You can see four planets in the night sky at the moment (Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) and I think Mercury joins them just before dawn.

Venus is there every morning (if you're wondering why there's a star in the daytime most of the year), but the others come and go during the year because of the orbits.

You won't see Saturn's rings with binoculars, but it'll look fuzzy, instead of round. You'd need a telescope for that.

You can get an app I'm sure that'll show you the night sky if you want to find what's up there. Most people can find Orion or Ursa Major and work from there)

Great fun.

[tikay]

You can see four planets in the night sky at the moment (Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) and I think Mercury joins them just before dawn.

Venus is there every morning (if you're wondering why there's a star in the daytime most of the year), but the others come and go during the year because of the orbits.

You won't see Saturn's rings with binoculars, but it'll look fuzzy, instead of round. You'd need a telescope for that.

You can get an app I'm sure that'll show you the night sky if you want to find what's up there. Most people can find Orion or Ursa Major and work from there)

Great fun.

Are there no limits to your range of specialist subjects, Mr Tal?

Stars & stuff are mostly shit, but that stuff was actually quite interesting.