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(Message started by: notseinfeld on Jan 14^th, 2007, 9:32pm)

Title: Your place in the universe
Post by notseinfeld on Jan 14^th, 2007, 9:32pm

Putting the planet in perspective..
http://www.starlaboratories.com/pics/planets2.jpg
http://www.starlaboratories.com/pics/planets3.jpg
http://www.starlaboratories.com/pics/planets4.jpg

http://www.starlaboratories.com/pics/planets5.jpg

modified for space...no pun intended [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by brewcrew on Jan 15^th, 2007, 4:47pm

I wonder how big the zit on the back of my neck would appear, comparatively speaking.... ;;D

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by JeffB on Jan 15^th, 2007, 4:53pm

My balls were as big as Antares after I got a poison ivy rash a few years ago.

Edit to spell a word I learned in the 1st grade ;;D

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by brewcrew on Jan 15^th, 2007, 5:11pm

on 01/15/07 at 16:53:32, JeffB wrote:

My balls were as big as Antares after I got a poisen ivy rash a few years ago.

Wow. That's really big. HUGE.

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by Ghost on Jan 15^th, 2007, 5:15pm

on 01/15/07 at 16:53:32, JeffB wrote:

My balls were as big as Antares after I got a poisen ivy rash a few years ago.

Thanks Jeff now Chewy will never leave you alone! [smiley=spit.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=spit.gif] [smiley=oops.gif]

BTW Now I have to clean my computer wishing I didn't read while drinking again!

Mike

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by AussieBrian on Jan 15^th, 2007, 5:22pm

Following the recent international conference of astronomers, Pluto's status as a planet has been cancelled. It's new classification is too long for me to remember, and gobble-de-gook anyway, so I refer to it simply as a 'planette'.

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by notseinfeld on Jan 15^th, 2007, 5:57pm

Brew...

With the zit 'sight unseen' I'm going to take a stab and delcare "Rigel"

:)

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by TxBasslady on Jan 16^th, 2007, 1:18am

on 01/15/07 at 16:53:32, JeffB wrote:

My balls were as big as Antares after I got a poison ivy rash a few years ago.

TMI [smiley=laugh.gif]

Jean

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by Charlie on Jan 16^th, 2007, 2:47am

Quote:

My balls were as big as Antares

Try looking through the other end of the telescope. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/astronomer1.gif

Charlie

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by AussieBrian on Jan 16^th, 2007, 3:12am

on 01/16/07 at 02:47:23, Charlie wrote:

Try looking through the other end of the telescope. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/astronomer1.gif

And avoiding lousy gags about gas giants, red dwarfs and black holes.

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by UN solved on Jan 16^th, 2007, 9:59am

WOW !! Uranus is pretty damn big !! [smiley=laugh.gif]

UNsolved

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by BobG on Jan 16^th, 2007, 1:14pm

on 01/16/07 at 09:59:27, UN solved wrote:

WOW !! Uranus is pretty damn big !! [smiley=laugh.gif]

UNsolved

Oh Yeah! Well, so is your sister's.
::)

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by Pinkfloyd on Jan 16^th, 2007, 1:48pm

http://www.bigskyastroclub.org/pale_blue_dot.htm

Bobw

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by JeffB on Jan 16^th, 2007, 2:06pm

Very cool, Bobw.
I just don't see how anyone could think we are alone in this universe.

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by JDH on Jan 16^th, 2007, 3:41pm

on 01/16/07 at 13:48:29, Pinkfloyd wrote:

http://www.bigskyastroclub.org/pale_blue_dot.htm

Bobw

That's humbling.

Hey Pink, Is there anybody out there? ;)

Jim

Title: Re: Your place in the universe
Post by georgej on Jan 16^th, 2007, 8:25pm

I enjoyed seeing this post, notseinfeld.

Interested to learn recently that our personal pinwheel, containing all the stars shown--the Milky Way galaxy--is most likely a barred spiral a hundred thousand light years across, something like this:

http://whyfiles.org/shorties/184barred_galaxy/images/milkyway_sm.jpg

Not a whirlpool like M31, as was long thought.

And,

http://haydenplanetarium.org/universe/skyskan/pics/

To get an inkling of our position in the local universe.

Best,

George